Hosted by the IFE Yorkshire and Humberside branch.
In this month's webinar, guest speaker
Ben Mossop of the London Fire Brigade (LSB) explores the origins, intents and real world application of the magic numbers and golden rules of Access & Facilities for the Fire Service.
Programme
- 14:30-15:00 - Early careers-focused webinar
- 14:55-15:00 - Early careers webinar Q&A
- 15:00-16:00 - Speaker presentation
- 15:55-16:00 - Q&A
About the speaker
Ben is a Senior Fire Engineer with the London Fire Brigade (LFB) and is one of the joint Team Leaders for the Brigade’s Fire Engineering Group. As well as helping to lead LFB’s growing team of fire engineers, technicians and support staff, he is also the Fire Engineering Group lead for work relating to the new regulatory regime for higher-risk buildings under the Building Safety Regulator.
Ben’s areas of expertise include active fire protection systems and transport and infrastructure projects, having previously been Team Leader and Transport Fire Engineer for LFB’s transport fire safety function. This team was responsible for the regulation of fire safety across London’s extensive rail, road, air and river transport network. Ben’s MSc research investigated the impact of operations within sub-surface rail infrastructure upon firefighter physiology. He was also a member of the technical panel that drafted BS 9992:2020, the new code of practice for fire safety in the design, management and use of rail infrastructure.
Prior to joining LFB, Ben was a Senior Building Control Officer at the City of London District Surveyor’s Office, the authority responsible for approving building work in the historic ‘Square Mile’, from 2011 to 2015. Ben commenced his engineering career in 2007 as a Mechanical Engineer with Waterman Building Services.
Ben was recently appointed Vice President of the Institution of Fire Engineers London Branch. He has previously been Chairman of the Rail Industry Fire Association (2017-2020) and Vice President of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers UK Chapter (2014-2023).