NEW JOIFF MEMBERS

During April, May and June 2020, the JOIFF Board of Directors were pleased to welcome the following new Members. Advanced Fire Suppression Technologies, Alberton, South Africa rep- resented by Armand Barnard, CEO, Barries Barnard, Group CEO – Advanced Group of Companies, Westley Barnardt, Group Executive – Advanced Global and Trevor Fiford Director – Industrial Fire & Hazard Control. Advanced Fire Suppression Technologies (AFST) was founded in 2000 and is engaged in sales/installation/maintenance of fire suppression systems and equipment for mining, commercial and military includ- ing specialised foam products. Al Afiya Sarl, Dakar, Sénégal represented by Rachid Dioury, CEO. Al Afiya Sarl is accredited by the Ministry of Interior of Senegal for all fire safety training and services and the Ministry of Maritime affairs Security training and consulting according to International Ship and Port Facility Code. With the discovery of oil in Senegal and gas there is a growth in the need for competency based training. National Chemical Emergency Centre, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, represented by Ed Sullivan, Hazardous Material Lead and Dr Nigel Blumire, Emergency Response Training Manager/ Consultant. Since 1973, NCEC has Following and audit, newly joined JOIFF member organisation National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC), United Kingdom, was awarded JOIFF Accreditation. The picture shows Ed Sullivan, Hazardous Materials Lead NCEC receiving the Certificate of JOIFF Accreditation from Gerry Johnson, JOIFF Director of Standards of Training and Competence worked with governments, public bodies and private sector organisations facing complex chemical risk and compliance challenges. Support is provided to organisations during emergencies via telephone from NCEC’s 24/7 call centre, via their Chemdata application and/or during the preparation phase of an emergency, training can be provided either face-to-face or via eLearning to both emergency services and private sector organisations.

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS During Q 2 2020, the Directors were also happy to welcome Miroslav Gojic, Belgrade Serbia. Miroslav is a design engineer in fire safety and hazardous areas and related items. Miroslav has a BSc in Mechanical engineering and works in the field of fire protection, primarily in Industry and oil refineries. JOIFF also welcomed Mike Willson, Tasmania, Australia who is a firefighting foam and foam systems technical specialist and consultant on fire fighting foams, long and short-chain PFAS issues, potential transition to Fluorine free alternatives and the environmental impact of foam choices.

We look forward to the involvement of our new and existing Members in the

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continuing development of JOIFF.