The administration team deals with all daily aspects of the business from enquiries, to project co-ordination. This team includes the accounts department.
Directors
Colin Todd, MBE
Managing Director
Established the company in 1982. Overall responsibility for strategic running of the company. Other responsibilities: Expert witness cases. Author of a number of BSI publications, including PAS 79. Delivers training courses for clients and undertakes public speaking. Serves on several British Standard committees. Board member of the Fire Industry Association (FIA), Chairman of the FIA […]
Steven Daws
Technical Director
Joined in 1986. Responsibility for: Responsible for Quality Management within the company. Serves on various British Standards committees. Overseeing the provision of services and managing quality assurance for the company. Fire engineering, property protection and surveillance audits.
Naomi Davies
Head of Administration
Joined 2009. Responsibility for: Administration team. Key client accounts. Work allocation and flow of business.
Associate Directors
Stephen Robinson
Head of Fire Engineering
Joined in 2011. Responsibility for: The provision of advice on projects where fire engineering is required. Liaison with building control authorities. Creating fire strategies for new and existing buildings. Fire spread reports for timber framed buildings.
Nicola Basu
Head of Deliverables
Joined 2015. Responsibility for: Deliverables team. Issuing and quality processing of all reports. Training presentations and materials.
Consultants
John Kluth
Senior Consultant - Head of Specialist Fire Risk Assessments
Joined in 1999. Responsibility for: Providing fire engineering advice on the protection of assets and protection against business interruption. Assists with reports for insurance underwriters. Strategic reviews for major clients in the leisure, educational and healthcare industries. Lead on industrial risks, including the integration of the risk assessments into overall site safety plans.
Angus Stone
Senior Consultant and Head of Systems Engineering
Joined in 2016. Responsibility for: Advising clients on emergency escape lighting and the design and engineering of fire detection and alarm systems. Specifications and drawings for new or upgraded fire alarm systems. Design certificates under BAFE SP203-1. Tender evaluation of quotations from fire alarm contractors with regard to meeting technical specifications. Technical support, often during […]
Andrew Fox
Senior Consultant - Head of Specialist Training
Joined in 2016. Carries out fire risk assessments. Advising clients on fire safety management. Delivery of fire safety training. The delivery of training to housing and sheltered housing officers.
Malcolm Hoare
Senior Trainer
Joined in 2005. Responsibility for: The development, delivery and quality of courses carried out by the company. Specialist for complex residential premises. Co-author of the Local Government Group guide on Fire Safety in Purpose-built Blocks of Flats and the NFCC Guide to Fire Safety in Specialized Housing.
Andrew Stapleton
Consultant
Joined in 2016. Carries out fire risk assessments. Advising clients on fire safety management. Delivery of fire safety training.
Derrick Chegwyn
Consultant
Joined in 2018. Carries out fire risk assessments. Advising clients on fire safety management.
David Norgate
Consultant
Joined in 2013. Carries out fire risk assessments. Advising clients on fire safety management. Delivery of fire safety training.
David Thorpe
Consultant
Joined in 2019: Carries out fire risk assessments. Advising clients on fire safety management.
Charles Humphries
Consultant
Joined in 2006. Carries out fire risk assessments. Advising clients on fire safety management. Delivery of fire safety training.
John Hubble
Consultant
Joined in 2010 Carries out fire risk assessments. Advising clients on fire safety management.
Michael Crew
Consultant
Joined in 2012. Carries out fire risk assessments. Advising clients on fire safety management. Delivery of fire safety training.
Martin Combs
Consultant
Joined in 2019: Carries out fire risk assessments. Advising clients on fire safety management.
Paul Clayton
Consultant
Joined in 2016. The provision of advice on projects where fire engineering is required. Carries out fire risk assessments. Creating fire strategies for new and existing buildings. Fire spread reports for timber framed buildings.
Robert Rice
Consultant
Joined in 2016. Carries out fire drills and tenant inspections. Delivery of fire warden and fire marshal training.
Simon Moore
Consultant
Joined in 2018. Carries out fire risk assessments. Advising clients on fire safety management. Delivery of fire safety training.
Administration Team
Deliverables Team
The deliverables team are responsible for any finished written product provided to a client from a presentation, to an expert witness report to a fire risk assessment. They support the technical team in providing first line quality assurance.
