Newsletter November 2017
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Fire Protection Association New Zealand NEWSLETTER Commentary Welcome to the second-to-last Thursday 30 November. It is good to see that, as we newsletter for 2017. grow, a number of new faces are being nominated for the council. This always brings fresh ideas and perspectives I am sure you all will agree that the to topics within our industry, and I encourage you to be year has flown by once more and we part of the change and growth of FPANZ. Details for this are facing the usual rush to complete AGM: tasks so we can have a break during the holiday season. It is no different 5pm, Thursday 30 November for us here, having completed Members Lounge Scott Lawson another very successful FireNZ and Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron then dealing with the pile of work 181 Westhaven Drive, Westhaven Marina, Auckland that was put on hold during that time. So, this month’s newsletter is short, as we are focusing on such things as the AGM and the annual report for our members as well as planning our events and meetings for next year. Most FireNZ 2018 Update of the special interest group (SIG) chairs will provide Planning is already well underway for next year’s event. their updates in the December newsletter to close out the So far, we can confirm the venue and dates, and other year. However, I do still have a number of things to share planning is well in hand for this peak industry event. So, with you. mark the following details in your calendar now, before you forget: New Members ASB Baypark Stadium I would like to personally welcome the following 81 Truman Lane, Mount Maunganui new members to our association: Evacuation Now, 26, 27, 28 September 2018 Clevertronics, and Fire Compliance Services. We look forward to their engagement with our association. Events Calendar We are in the final stages of locking in our 2018 calendar. Council Voting and AGM Please see the draft on page 18 of the newsletter. We have Nominations were requested for the four positions on tried to map out all the SIG, board, and council meetings, the national council, and voting is open until 5pm on as well as our members’ meetings and training sessions around the country. Have a look, and start to book in ❱ some of those dates. As with previous years, we have an NOVEMBER 2017 ISSUE electronic calendar for those who wish to subscribe to it; we update it for you, which saves you manually adding In this issue... events to your calendar. Events Schedule ............................................................... 2 Recalls of Kidde Fire Extinguishers in the Passive Fire Protection SIG Update ................................ 3 USA and Canada FPANZ Team-Up Calendar .............................................. 3 You may have seen the recall notice for some Kidde fire Fire Protection and Glazing Systems ..........................4-6 extinguishers in the USA and Canada. We have contacted FireNZ 2018 ...................................................................... 7 UTC in the USA, who is dealing with requests for Calling all Halon Fire Extinguisher Owners ...............8-9 information as we obviously had questions as to whether FPANZ Council for 2016 - 2017 ...................................10 any products in New Zealand were affected. So far, they have not identified any units sold in New Zealand as Attendance Record ........................................................11 being involved. They now have our details and will FPANZ Membership 2016 - 2017 ................................12 contact FPANZ should anything change in the future, Listings ...................................................................... 13-15 and we will pass this information on to our members. Fire Saves .................................................................. 16-17 We encourage our members to be mindful of the small FPANZ Events Calendar 2017 ......................................18 possibility that some units might have been imported into New Zealand through non-official distribution CLICK TO VIEW PAGE continued next page... FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION NEW ZEALAND 1 Commentary cont. channels. Further details can be found on UTC’s website: to ensure all field staff are aware of this topic. Further https://inmarmarketaction.com/kidde/Kidde284US/ information can be found on the links below. https://www.recalls.govt.nz/recall/system-sensor- System Sensor Series 300 Base base-b401 Replacement https://www.recalls.govt.nz/recall/system-sensor-smoke- Just a quick update on this topic. If you are affected by detector-base-b401-2 this recall, you should have been contacted by one of the Apologies again about the lighter than normal newsletter two-local distributors you deal with. Honeywell have this month, but I hope you still find plenty of relevant advised that the replacement programme is progressing content for you and your staff. with both distributors, and they will also provide a formal update in our December newsletter. We will continue to Until December, farewell for now. monitor this situation and supply the industry and our Regards, members with regular updates. This is also a reminder Scott Lawson Executive Director, FPANZ Event Schedule January – March 2018 26th January 2018 Board/Council Meetings Auckland 12th February 2018 SIG Meetings: Passive, HOFFE, Inspectorate, Evacuation Auckland 13th February 2018 SIG Meetings: Contractors, Training Auckland 20th February 2018 Members Meeting Wellington 5th March 2018 Get it Right Seminar Training Auckland 6th March 2018 Get it Right Seminar Training Wellington October 10, 2014 2:30 PM 7th March 2018 Keith Blind <[email protected]> Christchurch Get it Right Seminar Training To: Yvette Harris <[email protected]> Cc: "Jenna @ FPA" <[email protected]> 26th January 2018 Board/Council Meetings FW: Safety Charter UPDATE eNewsletter - SeptemberAuckland 2014 Yvette Can you add t5his into the newsletter as well thanks From: Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter Sent: Monday, 29 September 2014 12:12 p.m. To: Keith Blind Subject: Safety Charter UPDATE eNewsletter -‐ September 2014 Charter Update - September 2014 - Issue# 10 View online Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter To download the latest Charter News, click here: http://safetycharter.org.nz/newsletters/ CLICK TO VIEW If you would like to receive the Charter monthly newsletters and event invites please contact [email protected] www.fireprotection.org.nz FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION NEW ZEALAND 2 Safety Spotlight Graham’s View · Download and print our brand new critical risk posters for your sites here. 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Our focus on managing critical risks supports the risk-based approach in the Health and Safety Reform Bill, which will become law in 2015. As Charter members, we have all made a commitment to identify, manage and mitigate critical Special Interest Groups UPDATE Passive Fire Protection SIG Update - Author Paul Ryan – Passive Fire Protection SIG Chair Industry Summary – 2017! It’s a busy time of the year for us at FPANZ preparing for We still have huge mountains to the up and coming AGM – this month’s article is a chance climb – but things are getting better for the Passive Fire Protection Special Interest Group to – I would like to thank the entire reflect on what we have achieved and give ourselves a pat SIG for the time they have given up on the back! coming along to the meetings and providing important In just twelve months – we have created a passive fire input which has helped us achieve so much in such a protection product register providing a comprehensive short time frame! list of AS 1530.4 tested products helping clients specifying Roll on 2018! and install code compliant systems. - Paul Ryan We have created a platform to help provide leadership and Passive Fire Protection SIG Chair 2017 guidance for industry through our position statements and played an important part in the Fire 101 Training Initiative in association with the IFE and SFPE - creating new NZQA qualifications which will help raise the bar within our industry. Attendance at the Passive SIG meetings this year has broken all records – we continue to attract new members and Fire NZ 2017 saw more Passive Fire exhibitors and attendees than ever before! FPANZ Team-Up Calendar We now have a great online calendar system for keeping The ical links are below, you can add the ones you want an eye on events that are relevant to our industry and and need or All calendars. For instructions on how to link FPANZ. This can be accessed a number of ways, from our these to outlook, or other calendar applications please website, or from the