07 Nov ABICHAMA holds lectures and meetings with key players of the Fire Safety sector in Brazil

With the last months being very positive for the fire safety sector in Brazil, BSEF partner ABICHAMA chased the opportunity and engaged in several activities aimed at raising awareness on the importance of fire protection and strengthening its connections with relevant stakeholders, in view of future cooperation. These included taking part in numerous dedicated events and conferences across the country and organizing a series of meetings with relevant government and civil society partners.

In August, the Association could count on the invaluable support of Joel Tenney, Director of advocacy at ICL Group, ABICHAMA and BSEF’s member company, who traveled to Brazil to be a speaker at three important events: the ‘International Seminar of Fire Protection’ (SIPP) in São Paulo, the ‘International Seminar in Celebration of 50 years of Fire Investigation by the Military Fire Department of the Federal District (CBMDF)’ organized by Lieutenant Colonel George Cajaty, General Commander at the Brazilian Federal District Fire Department, and the ‘2^nd National Fire Expertise Seminar (SENAPI)’ in Brasilia. During his presentations, Joel compared several types of foams by their ignition time and the type of fire they produced, highlighting the key role played by flame retardants (FRs) in ensuring these materials comply with high fire safety standards.

With the last months being very positive for the fire safety sector in Brazil, BSEF partner ABICHAMA chased the opportunity and engaged in several activities aimed at raising awareness on the importance of fire protection and strengthening its connections with relevant stakeholders, in view of future cooperation. These included taking part in numerous dedicated events and conferences across the country and organizing a series of meetings with relevant government and civil society partners.

In August, the Association could count on the invaluable support of Joel Tenney, Director of advocacy at ICL Group, ABICHAMA and BSEF’s member company, who traveled to Brazil to be a speaker at three important events: the ‘International Seminar of Fire Protection’ (SIPP) in São Paulo, the ‘International Seminar in Celebration of 50 years of Fire Investigation by the Military Fire Department of the Federal District (CBMDF)’ organized by Lieutenant Colonel George Cajaty, General Commander at the Brazilian Federal District Fire Department, and the ‘2^nd National Fire Expertise Seminar (SENAPI)’ in Brasilia. During his presentations, Joel compared several types of foams by their ignition time and the type of fire they produced, highlighting the key role played by flame retardants (FRs) in ensuring these materials comply with high fire safety standards.

Joel’s stay in Brazil was also an occasion for him to visit, together with ABICHAMA’s members, the Institute of Technological Research of the State of São Paulo (IPT)[1] ’s laboratories and facilities, and to meet and engage with Congressman Mr. Gilson Daniel, who is President of the Parliamentary Front for Risk and Disaster Management.

This second meeting marked an important occasion to discuss the need to foster public policies dedicated to this topic within the country, with a particular focus on passive protection measures.

Last but not least, in September ABICHAMA took part as a speaker – in partnership with the IPT – in the ‘Brazil Fire Seminar’, an event organized as part of the ‘Expo Protection and Emergency’ in São Paulo and was invited to be a guest at ‘PrevCast’, the first podcast specifically focused on fire safety in Brazil and run by Renata Dal Molin, a fire safety engineer.

Renata Dal Molin (left) and ABICHAMA’s delegation (right) during PrevCast podcast

Footnotes:

[1] The IPT is a leading Research, Development and Innovation (R&D&I) institution working to foster the discussion around fire safety at the national level. IPT’s