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FSMAS Technical Seminar Cum Networking Night 2007
 

This Technical Seminar entitled "Challenging the mindset of Fire Safety Professionals" was delivered by our Hon. Secretary's Desmond Lee on Nov 2007 and was awarded 5 CPD points by SCDF for FSM who can use it for re-certification. The Seminar attracted more than 100 participants and was held at Hotel Royal.

   
FSMAS AGM 2008
  The Annual General Meeting 2008 was hosted on 27 March 2008 at SAFRA Toa Payoh Clubhouse cum a technical talk by Mr David Goh, Convener Working Group for CP:10 2005 and an update on security threats in Singapore by Ms Freda Yee, Singapore Police Force. 5 CPD points were awarded by SCDF and the event had a strong attendance of 130 members.
   

FSMAS TECHNICAL SEMINAR 2008

 

The FSMAS Technical Seminar was organized on the 29 July 2008 at Hotel Royal Newton. The two prestigious speakers were ER. Matthew Kwek, a Professional  Engineer who delivered a topic on “Understanding Building
Performance Based for FSM” and Dr. Carlos Perez, R + D Manager at LPG Técnicas en Extinción de Incendios who delivered a topic on “Latest knowledge and selection of different type of Gas Suppression Systems in market”.
The seminar had a strong attendance of 198 participants and 3 CPD points were awarded by SCDF.

   

FSMAS AGM 2009

 

The Annual General Meeting 2008 was hosted on 20 March 2009 at Hotel Parkroyal at Kitchener Road cum a technical talk on topic “SAVE YOUR LIFE WITH Automated External Defibrillator (AED), At the Heart of Matter” 5 CPD points are awarded by SCDF and the event had a strong attendance of 152 members.

   
FSM BRIEFING 2009
 

The FSM Briefing 2009 was conducted by SCDF in the months of May 2009, June 2009 and July 2009. In all, there were 12 half-day  sessions. Vice President Mr. David Goh and Committee Member ER Matthew Kwek were invited to present the topic: Overview of  Fire Alarm Systems and Maintenance in the briefing.

   
LAUNCH OF NEW SS 546 : 2009 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR EMERGENCY VOICE COMMUNICATION
SYTEMS IN BUILDINGS
 

SPRING Singapore had conducted a seminar on Wednesday 26.08.2009 to launch the new SS546:2009 Code of Practice for Emergency Voice Communication Systems in buildings.
Our President, Mr Benedict Koh, who is also a member of the Technical Committee for Emergency Alarm and Communication Systems with SPRING Singapore has been invited by SPRING to share his perspective views on the practical applications and implementation benefits of the revised standards.
The invitation is a recognition of the association and the professionalism of all our FSMs in Singapore.

   

SS 332:2007 – FIRE DOOR TECHNICAL SEMINAR

 

The ½-day seminar was organized on the 16 October 2009 at the Hersing Auditorium, Hersing Hub. The seminar was to enable Fire Safety Mangers to understand and recognize applicable requirements for inspection, testing and maintenance of fire door, evaluate key features and components of fire door and FSMs’ responsibilities concerning inspection testing and maintenance of fire door in compliance to SS332:2007.
3 CPD points were awarded by SCDF for the seminar and it had attracted 108 participants.

   
FSMAS AGM 2010
  The Annual General Meeting 2010 was hosted on 26 March 2010 at Hersing Auditorium Hersing Hub Toa Payoh. A FSMAS Seminar on the Fundamentals of Fire Risk Assessment was also organized on the same day. The seminar was approved as an accredited course of the FSM’s CPD and 3 CPD points were awarded by SCDF.
Objective of the seminar was to educate Fire Safety Managers to identify exposes to fire loss that could interfere with company’s objectives, analyze the potential impacts and consequences of these identified exposes, selecting the various alternatives of handling such a risk, implementing the chosen alternative, monitoring the effectiveness and appropriateness of the chosen alternative and selecting the various alternatives of handling such a risk.
   
FIRE SAFETY MANAGER BRIEFING 2010
  The association had successfully organized five (5) sessions of the Fire Safety Managers Briefing 2010 on the 30 June, 29 July, 21 September, 23 September and 30 November 2010 respectively. In all, 2833 Fire Safety Managers had attended the five (5) sessions and Fire Safety Managers who attended the briefings were awarded 10 CPD points

The Guest-of-Honor for the briefing on 30 June 2010 at the Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre was
Commissioner Peter Lim, Commissioner SCDF.
   
 VISITATION BY KOREA FIRE SAFETY ASSOCIATION (KFSA)
 

The President and the Korean Fire Safety Association (KFSA) delegation had paid a visit to the association on the 16 November 2010. A visit to the Sunteccity Fire Command Centre was also hosted for the delegation by the association on that day too. There was a series of discussions between both the presidents of the two associations, including a possible MOU between the two associations
The association also facilitated their courtesy call to Assistant Commissioner Eric Yap of SCDF, Senior Directors and Directors of SCDF on 18 November 2010. The delegation was given an educational insight on the Fire Safety Manager Scheme by SCDF and the call ended with a visitation to Paya Lebar Fire Station.

   
FSMAS AGM 2011
 

The FSMAS held its Annual General Meeting on the 24 March 2011 at Hersing Hub Auditorium, Hersing Hub Toa Payoh. Highlight of the agenda for the AGM was the nomination of the 22nd FSMAS Management Committee 2011 – 2013.

Altogether 13 nominations were received for the 13 available seats. The nominees are:-
Mr. Benedict Koh Yong Pheng
Mr. Chung Peter
Mr. Danny Toh Liew Siew
Mr. David Goh King Siang
Mr. Dennis Yap Beng Wah
Mr. John Lim Boon Hin
Mr. Lawrence Ng Cheok Yew
Mr. Lim Chun Leong
Mr. Lim Shien Ming
Mr. Matthew Kwek Yoong Yoong
Mr. Raymond Ang Tsze Nam
Mr. Thomas Ng Ah Tee
Mr. William Tay Seng Tiong