Introduction to Fire Safety Management

About the authors
Andrew Furness
is a charismatic safety professional with over 25 years’ experience 
in both fi re safety and risk management and health and safety fi elds. As a Fire Safety 
Enforcing Offi cer for a local Fire Authority his role was changed when he became the 
Health & Safety Advisor to the Fire Brigade in Buckinghamshire.
Joining IOSH in 1996 Andrew took on a number of roles within his Branch at 
Thames Valley before becoming the Vice Chairman of IOSH Fire Risk Management 
Specialist Group. In the Vice Chair’s role he acted as Chairman of the Working Party 
that developed the NEBOSH Fire Safety & Risk Management Certifi cate syllabus, which 
was based upon the CPD fi re programme produced for IOSH members.
As Managing Director of Salvus Consulting Limited he has an active involvement 
leading his team delivering the new NEBOSH Fire Certifi cate programme. Andrew is 
a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and a Graduate 
Member of the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE).
Martin Muckett
has Masters Degrees in Business Administration and Local Government 
Management. He is been an active Member of the Institute of Fire Engineers since 1986, 
and was awarded the NEBOSH Diploma in 1998. He is a chartered member of the 
Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
Martin has a unique experience in both fi re and health and safety management. He 
has nearly 30 years’ experience in the local authority Fire service and reached the rank of 
Assistant Chief Fire Offi cer before retiring in 2003. In 1998, Martin was appointed to Her 
Majesty’s Fire Service Inspectorate. As Principal Health and Safety Advisor, he authored 
and/or edited all national fi re service guidance and led the development of a suite of 
Home Offi ce publications on Health and Safety for the Fire Service. He has an excellent 
reputation here and abroad where he lectures on health and safety risk management
He now lives and works in the Middle East for part of the year. When in the UK, he is 
a senior consultant for Salvus Consulting Ltd, providing health and safety management 
services to a variety of public and private organisations.

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