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AnnouncementCFOA/NFCC is Requesting your Feedback: The National Fire Chiefs Council have requested feedback on the Fire Investigation Competancy Framework. The document is available here Click Here The Framework seeks to simplify previous levels of fire investigation and place very clear, minimum, competency requirements for FRS Incident Commanders, undertaking basic fire investigations in order to provide statistical returns to the Home Office on the Incident Recording System, and FRS Fire Investigators carrying out that specialist role either as part of a dedicated team or as a bolt on to other duties. A simple survey has been produced to collect your feedback and can be accessed via: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Z835RN8 "....All other responses can be provided to Peter Greenslade directly at [email protected]" IAAI Board of Directors nomination Claire Mansi, our past Director of Administration, was nominated to run for election to the IAAI Board of Directors at the IAAI ITC in Frisco, Texas. The IAAI Nominations Committee will consider her application along with others before the voting opens in the Spring of 2019. We hope that UK-AFI members who are IAAI International members will show their support by voting for her when the time comes. 2018 Summer Training Conference 9 July 2018 The 2018 Summer Training Conference will be held at The Quay Hotel and Spa, Deganwy, Conway, LL31 9DJ. Some of the training subjects will include, Fire Chemistry, Spontaneous Combustion, Diagnostics of Smoke Detectors, and Synthetic Cannabinoids and Fatal Fires. For additional information within the agenda please use this link. Please use this link to book a place online. Members £95 Non Members £190. Forensic Regulator shares information The Forensic Regulator attended the UK-AFI Training Conference this week and shared some information about free resources that were available to assist in the adoption of Standards. Regulator’s website www.gov.uk/government/organisations/forensic-science-regulator
Regulator’s Codes of Practice & Conduct: www.gov.uk/government/publications/forensic-science-providers-codes-of-p...
Additional validation guidance: www.gov.uk/government/publications/forensic-science-providers-validation
ILAC G19 international guidance on adoption of ISO 17025 and ISO 17020 for forensic science: http://ilac.org/latest_ilac_news/ilac-g19082014-published/UKAS RG-201:
Accreditation of Bodies Carrying out Scene of Crime Investigation https://www.ukas.com/download/publications/RG%20201.pdf
Government launches new Office for Product Safety and Standards The government has announced the creation of a new national oversight body tasked with identifying consumer risks and managing responses to large-scale product recalls and repairs.
The new Office for Product Safety and Standards will enable the UK to meet the evolving challenges of product safety by responding to expanding international trade, the growth in online shopping and the increasing rate of product innovation.
Today’s announcement comes as part of the government’s response to the Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety. Established in October 2016 by former Consumer Minister Margot James, the group of product and fire safety experts was brought together to build on the recommendations made by Lynn Faulds Wood in her independent review into consumer product recalls.
In addition to providing support and advice for local authority Trading Standards teams, the office will co-ordinate work across local authorities where action is needed on a national scale and will ensure the UK continues to carry out appropriate border checks on imported products once the UK leaves the European Union. Link https://www.gov.uk/government/
HM Government announces an update relating to the Grenfell Tower fire in the "Acting on Product Safety" area of its website HM Government has established an area of its website which is dedicated to product recalls. The website provides links to the product recall databases hosted by Electrical Safety First website, the UK-AFI website and the 'recent' product recalls published on the Chartered Trading Standards Institute website. Please use this link to access the HM Government Product Recalls area and the Grenfell Tower announcement. Use this link to go to the Electrical Safety First Product Recalls database Use this link to go to the Chartered Trading Standards Institute website where recenly published prodcut recalls are listed. Use this link to go to the fire and electrical defect related Product Recalls on this website which has Product Recalls dating back to 1996 and are searchable by product type and manufacturer. In addition, results can be filtered by date. Standing Order Forms and Online Membership payments If you haven't set up your Standing Order form for your annual subscription, or paid online, you may no longer be a member of the UK-AFI. After a generous break, membership subscriptions re-started in June 2016, and are set at a modest £35.00.p.a. The link for individual membership is: http://www.uk-afi.org/become-member. Alternativly, you can pay for your annual membership online via this link: http://www.uk-afi.org/repay-membership 4 November 2016 Link to East Sussex 'Black Museum' website. The Community Fire Safety Department of East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service have published a website that highlights the dangers of real life fires click here 'Black Museum' or see the link in our Useful Links.
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