The Fire Industry Association ("FIA") is a not-for-profit organisation formed originally by the merger of the Fire Extinguishing Trades Association ("FETA") and the British Fire Protection Systems Association ("BFPSA").
It is said to be "the largest fire protection trade association in the UK".
The FIA's objective "is to promote, improve and perfect fire protection methods, devices, services and apparatus" which they say they achieve "through the representation of [their] members, providing technical support, guidance and opportunities for professional advancement through education and appropriate regulation".
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Membership
As of March 2016, the FIA has over 650 members, the list of whom may be searched on the FIA's Online Member Directory.
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Organisational Structure - Board
The FIA is "overseen by a Board and seven Councils".
The members of the Board are "representatives from FIA member companies and are elected to the seats on the Board for a term of two years".
As of March 2016, the board consists of representatives from ADT Fire & Security, Anderstore, Argus Security, C S Todd and Associates, Chubb Fire & Security Ltd, Churches Fire Security Ltd, Fire Safety Services (UK) Ltd, Hochiki Europe (UK) Ltd, Honeywell Fire Safety, International Fire Consultants Ltd, Mat Fire Systems Ltd, Sunfish Services Ltd, Supply Plus Ltd, TG Products Ltd (A division of Chubb Fire Ltd), Titan Fire & Security Ltd as well as four representatives from the FIA itself.
Organisational Structure - Councils
As of March 2016, the FIA has seven councils, described as follows:
- Export Council - Promoting export opportunities around the globe
- Extinguishing Council - For manufacturers and suppliers of fire extinguishing equipment
- Fire Detection and Alarm Council - The home for fire detection and alarm equipment manufacturers and suppliers
- Fire Engineering Council - Representing fire engineering service providers across the UK
- Fire Risk Assessment Council - Representing fire risk assessment services
- FIRESA Council - Manufacturers/suppliers of goods & service to the fire & rescue services
- Services Council - Installers, designers, commissioners & maintainers of fire protection systems
Promoting Professional Standards
The FIA say that they "promote and shape legislation and the professional standards of the fire industry through close liaison with government and official bodies, as well as other key stakeholders". This is evidenced, for example, with their involvement on many of the BSI committees responsible for the authoring of key British Standards relating to fire including:
- BSI Committee FSH/0 Strategic Policy Group for Fire Standardization;
- BSI Committee FSH/2 Fire extinguishers, whose responsibilities include the standards:
- BS 5306 (including BS 5306-3, BS 5306-8 and BS 5306-9); and
- BS EN 3; and
- BSI Committee FSH/12 Fire detection and alarm systems, whose responsibilities include the standards:
- BS 5839 (including BS 5839-1 and BS 5839-6)
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