Our Sponsors & Supporters
Our Sponsors
Aico
Aico, an Ei Company are the leader in home life safety, pioneering new technologies and offering high quality alarms, developed and manufactured in Ireland. All Aico alarms meet UK standards and offer a variety of sensor types to guarantee protection for every home, the cornerstone of which is delivering education, quality, service and innovation.
In 2020, Aico expanded their Connected Home offering with the acquisition of leading Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, HomeLINK. HomeLINK leverages cutting edge smart home integration and analytics technologies, providing a complementary platform to present a synergistic approach to IoT.
Apollo
Apollo Fire Detectors Ltd specialises in the design and manufacture of high-quality fire detection solutions for commercial and industrial applications. From our base in Havant, near Portsmouth on the UK’s south coast, we have, for over 40 years, designed and built products that save lives and protect property from the risk of fire.
In that time, we have broadened our capability from a straightforward focus on conventional fire detectors to the manufacture of sophisticated analogue addressable detectors and interfaces.
A relentless desire for innovation drives our company’s product development programme; we are continuously exploring new technologies that help us deliver leading-edge fire detection solutions.
Through planned expansions, Apollo has reached a leading global position in the market for professional fire detection. With regional offices in the UK, America, China, Dubai, Germany and India, plus a network of partners and distributors on five continents, we have cemented our place as a world-class fire solutions provider.
We deliver to our customers tailored fire detection solutions, approved to local standards and regulations, wherever they are based in the world. Apollo fire safety products are used in prestigious locations across the globe: The Statue of Liberty, New York; The Royal Albert Hall, London; The Kremlin, Moscow, to name but a few.
Apollo is part of the Halma group of companies. Halma is a FTSE Top 100 listed PLC, with over 40 subsidiaries worldwide; all engaged in specialist engineering activities.
EMS
EMS is located in Kent with a total workforce of circa 105 which comprises the following:-
- Business Systems
- Customer Services
- Finance
- Manufacturing
- Operations
Manufacturing:
From concept to point of sale. EMS has comprehensive manufacturing facilities. Equipment installed in our factory includes: 2 x MYDATA fully automated surface mount lines, STL 3D printer for rapid prototyping, ATE and X-ray inspection equipment as well as smoke and RF test chambers.
- Production Engineering
- Quality, Compliance & Standards
- Research & Development
- Sales Team
- Technical Support Engineers – Field & Office Based
Research & Development:
Our R & D Team is located at our offices in Kent. This facilitates rapid, yet flexible and fast response product development. The team includes engineers in the hardware, software, mechanical and RF disciplines as well as dedicated test & verification technicians.
FIA
The FIA is the largest fire protection trade association in the UK with 1000+ members.
We are a not-for-profit organisation and a major provider of fire safety training.
Our objective is to promote, improve and perfect fire protection methods, devices, services and apparatus.
We achieve this through the representation of our members, providing technical support, guidance and opportunities for professional advancement through education and appropriate regulation.
We 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.
We also provide funding for research projects in line with our principal objectives.
NCAB
We produce our customers' most important component; the PCB. Our target group is customers for whom the PCB is a strategic product throughout the entire product life cycle.
Our ongoing goal is to assist our customers achieve the best possible time to market and competitive advantage by producing PCBs in a sustainable way at the lowest total cost through our competence, delivery accuracy and product quality.
With offices in 15 countries all over the world, we are able to offer competitive terms, quality and delivery assurance that broaden your production possibilities. Working from a single point of contact gives you access to all types of PCBs. Irrespective of location, the NCAB Group supports all technical requirements from prototype through to volume.
Safety Chair
Safety Chair evacuation chairs are the perfect solution for your stairway evacuation needs.
When it comes to emergency evacuation for your premises, it is very rare that Safety Chair evacuation chairs will not be able to support the correct solution for you. The Safety Chair evacuation chair range caters for both single and dual person operation. Plus our battery powered evacuation chair that makes it even easier to descend or ascend a stairwell.
What makes us different is when it comes to price, quality, reliability, flexibility, satisfaction, compliance and information on evacuation and evacuation chairs, we simply will not be beaten.
Siderise
SIDERISE has been creating and manufacturing acoustic, fire and thermal insulation solutions for the UK and overseas markets for over 45 years.
We have come a long way since the introduction of our original Lamaphon, Lamatherm and Lamapro product ranges, which have become trusted leading brands in construction, building services, OEM and many other industries. The SIDERISE brand and range of insulation products is now renowned internationally.
Our growth is attributable to the key values we held from our earliest days – the fundamental ethos at SIDERISE is to provide class leading fire protection, noise control and thermal insulation solutions and to support customers and specifiers with the highest level of technical expertise.
SimPro
simPRO is a global leading provider of business management software for the trades and services industry. Since 2002, simPRO has developed a range of solutions to help businesses work smarter, provide exceptional service, and maximise their profitability:
- Field Mobility
- Workflow & Automation
- Project, Service, Maintenance Management
- IoT
- Business Transparency
- Facility Management
With offices in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom, simPRO now supports more than 4,800 clients and 120,000 users with powerful features to help streamline their entire workflow, providing complete visibility across their workforce with real-time office-to-field connectivity.
Tio
We believe the key to safety in the 21st century is ‘together works better’, a world where responsibilities, communications and actions are clear. We’ve been helping fire, safety and building professionals do their jobs more effectively, by bringing their staff, customers, contractors and tasks together, since 2017, when we created the first true digital fire logbook.
The requirement for a golden thread of safety information has become vital. Our mission is to deliver this data and audit trail in a way that supports and enhances the lives and operations of all Tio customers and stakeholders. Our software brings standards, best practice and connected products together with building, facilities, safety and service professionals, in mutually beneficial relationships, with clearer responsibilities, guidance, asset and task data for everyone. Our customers should easily be able to deliver the value their companies, teams, customers and stakeholders want, with baked-in safety, efficiency and performance.
Tio is built (and hosted) in the UK, by fire and safety professionals for the fire, security and safety industries. We deliver truly together software, that is easy to use, and avoids the headaches, overheads and complexity of alternative products.
We don’t aim to do everything half well, but are focused on doing everything that matters exceptionally well; so we’ll fit around existing software and processes with dashboards, integrations and APIs. With HQ in Hertfordshire, our team of 14 works together to create easy-to-use products that knit together customer requirements, best practice and the safety legislation we help create. We update our products and feature sets regularly because safety should always be up to date.
Our Supporters
ASIS UK
ASIS International is the largest organisation for security professionals, with more than 35,000 members worldwide including 750 in the UK.
The UK Chapter runs dynamic seminars and training days throughout the year, publishes a quarterly Newsletter containing articles from some of the country's leading security practitioners and acts as a voice for the security profession, representing members' views at the highest levels.
BAFE
** BAFE is the independent registration body for Third Party Certificated fire safety service providers across the UK. **
The BAFE Fire Safety Register offers a comprehensive record of Third Party Certificated competent providers for business owners, property managers, facility managers, specifiers and others who require assistance in managing their fire safety responsibilities and obligations.
BAFE deliver and administer an extensive register of Third Party Certificated fire safety service providers. End users specifying a Third Party Certificated BAFE Registered provider can have peace of mind that their fire safety compliance requirements are being fulfilled by a provider with quality evidence of their competency for specific services.
IFEDA
IFEDA, the Independent Fire Engineering & Distributors Association, was founded in 1989, to provide an independent representative body of fire trade companies. IFEDA is completely unaligned to any manufacturer.
IFEDA is also instrumental in promoting the benefits of these quality and professional industry standards to insurance companies, fire authorities, governments departments and other fire trade companies. Leading the way in training IFEDA offers, amongst others, fire extinguisher training courses. IFEDA continues to champion third party accreditation for fire risk assessments and their importance, following the introduction of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Fire risk assessments is an area often overlooked by businesses, and IFEDA, by assisting members and promoting quality and fire safety is keen to improve the industry standards of fire risk assessments delivered to business owners and industry as a whole.
IFSM
The Institute of Fire Safety Managers is a professional body of highly respected individuals and companies who all share the same objective:
"To raise the awareness of fire safety at a local, national and international level, promoting fire prevention, fire protection and reducing the risk from fire as far as reasonably practicable."
Our members are at the forefront of the fire profession industry, receiving the latest news, standards, technical advances and dissemination from other fire related organisations worldwide.
NSI
** Protecting UK homeowners and businesses for 50 years **
The National Security Inspectorate is the UK's most highly trusted and respected, independent, UKAS-accredited certification body in the security and fire safety sector.
As a not-for-profit organisation helping to protect homeowners, businesses, the public sector and the general public, we count premium local providers, as well as the UK's premier security and fire safety providers amongst our clients.
SSAIB
The Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board (SSAIB) is the leading certification body for organisations providing security systems and services, fire detection and alarm systems, telecare systems and services, manned security services and monitoring services.
SSAIB is a Security Industry Authority (SIA) approved certification body - in respect of the SIA Approved Contractors Scheme - that operates within the UK. We also offer certification for firms based in the Republic of Ireland as well.
Founded in 1994, the SSAIB is a company limited by guarantee, operating on a not-for-profit basis. It promotes high standards of service and is focused on serving the certification needs of organisations providing security and safety related services.
The Security Institute
We are the UK’s largest professional membership body for security professionals, with over 3,500 members to date.
Since 2000 we have been working to promote the highest possible standards of integrity and professional competence in the business of security.
Whatever you are looking to achieve in your security career, membership of the Security Institute can help you exceed your goals.