Fire Protection Association (FPA)

The Fire Protection Association (FPA) produces technical documents that provide invaluable information and guidance on all fire safety needs, from staff training and educational resources through to detailed technical reference materials.

FPA and IHS have created a collaborative agreement to give subscribers access to key fire safety, fire prevention and fire protection advice, guidance and support in OHSIS - the UK's leading daily updated online health & safety information service.

OHSIS provides access to all key FPA documents in a new supplement. Publications include risk controls, Fire Risk Management and Essentials of Fire Safety Management.

IHS will provide non-FPA members with an FPA membership as an integral part of the OHSIS FPA offering.

New users will enjoy the additional benefit of discounted training courses, discounted training DVDs and publications and access to the highly respected monthly journal, Fire Risk Management.

The new content within OHSIS includes the FPA Library of Fire Safety featuring:

• A wide range of books on fire prevention, security and health and safety 
• An extensive range of recommendation documents 
• Codes of practice 
• Design guide documents 
• Reports 
• Technical briefing notes

The most downloaded FPA documents from The Occupational Health & Safety Information Service:

• Fire Prevention on Construction Sites - The Joint Code of Practice on the Protection from Fire of Construction Sites and Buildings Undergoing Renovation 
• Construction Site Fire Prevention Checklist. 
• Fire Risk Management in Residential Care Homes

OHSIS is a fast, reliable, online platform for all health, safety & environment information, providing access to current legislation, guidance, standards and best practice documents.

The Fire Protection Association (FPA), founded in 1946, is the UK's national fire safety organisation, promoting fire safety within industry, commerce and the wider public. They provide authoritative advice and information on all aspects of fire safety and fire prevention including research, consultancy, training, publications, risk surveying and auditing.

With an unrivalled reputation for quality of work and expertise, our products and services are designed to assist fire, security and safety professionals achieve and maintain the highest standards of fire safety management.

FPA's mandate is to:

• Protect people, property and the environment by advancing fire prevention and protection techniques 
• Collaborate with its members, insurers, central and local government, the fire service and others in this work 
• Help focus national and international attention on such issues 
• Influence related decision-making of individual consumers and businesses 
• Collect, analyse and publish statistics, identify trends and promote research 
• Publish guidance, recommendations and codes of practice 
• Disseminate advice