EU Elections 2024: Keeping EU Citizens Fire Safe in Buildings Manifesto

EU Elections 2024: Keeping EU Citizens Fire Safe in Buildings Manifesto

21 November 2023

This November 2023, following the completion of the EU Fire Safety Week (EUFSW23), the Modern Building Alliance is committing alongside the European Fire Safety Alliance (EuroFSA) and other related stakeholders to the publication of the Manifesto for the upcoming European elections: “Keeping EU Citizens Fire Safe in all Buildings”.

The Manifesto calls for the European Institutions to prioritise fire safety in buildings by developing and promoting a consistent strategy with Member States for the fire safety of all EU citizens. The document elaborates why the European Union must play the role of coordinator in the fire safety field.

Aligned with the subsidiarity principles, the EU Fire Safety Strategy suggests ten actions:

 

 

The Modern Building Alliance welcomes the sectorial approach to address fire safety in buildings at the European level. For us, fire safety should be considered in a holistic way, starting with prevention, detection, early suppression, evacuation, compartmentation, structural safety and firefighting, which is reflected by the consortium of co-signatories.

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EUFSW23: Another success for Fire Safety

EUFSW23: Another success for Fire Safety

20 November 2023

Last week, the Modern Building Alliance participated in the fifth edition of the EU Fire Safety Week (13-17 Nov.). During this edition, many stakeholders from the European Fire Safety sector organized events, webinars, and conferences aiming to address Fire Safety in buildings.

Our Fire Safety Expert Franklyn Okwara spoke at the workshop related to the Fire Safety Engineering profession. Franklyn presented our newly published Fire Safety Engineering Competency paper. Perrine Ethuin from BASF also went on stage on behalf of the Modern Building Alliance to comment on the implementation of the Fire Safety Action Plan and related actions on Fire Safety Statistics.

The Modern Building Alliance also co-funded the high-level political discussion in the European Parliament. Co-hosted by Members of the European Parliament Maria Carvalho (EPP, Portugal), Adam Jarubas (EPP, Poland), Seán Kelly (EPP, Ireland), and Carlos Zorrinho (S&D, Portugal), this event addressed what the next Parliament and Commission should do to improve fire safety in Europe.

Officials from DG GROW and DG ENER, Permanent Representatives, and participants exchanged about the strategic interest of the EU Institutions in facilitating improvements in fire safety. On the agenda: Fire Safety awareness, Fire Statistics, Energy Transition and Renovation Wave, Training, Skills, Competence & Research Aspects, as well as the EU Fire Information Exchange Platform (FIEP) coordinating action between Member States.

The Modern Building Alliance is pleased of having supported this fruitful initiative led by the European Fire Safety Alliance (EuroFSA) and thanks the organisers and participants for their lively contribution.

 

Factsheet on Fire Safety of Façades

November 2023

This factsheet aims at presenting façade systems and key factors affecting their fire performance. A rapid fire spread on a façade may jeopardize the fire compartmentation strategy in a building and compromise people’s safety. This must therefore be avoided. Fire safe façades are an element of the B.I.O framework for fire safe buildings.

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