Interview with Alan Page

Our today’s guest is Alan Page. Alan is an expert with 30 years of international experience in the passive fire consultancy and inspection. Alan currently works as a Technical Director in PFITS Consultancy.

Alan is responsible for carrying out Fire Risk assessments on all types of buildings, providing advice to building owners and operators on the passive fire systems and design, designing passive fire solutions to problems in both new and existing buildings including hospitals, MOD premises, marine, power and shopping malls, installing correct systems to obtain company 3rd party accreditation, on site supervision, training, and inspections.

Alan is often invited to be a keynote speaker at the FPANZ Annual Conference Fire NZ, the New Zealand Insurance Conference, and the Radio New Zealand.

Alan previously worked as a Technical Director in Olsson Fire and Risk.

• 1:39 – 6:07 The comparison of the British and New Zealand passive fire compliance requirements in terms of their robustness and scrutiny.

• 6:36 – 10:00 The PFITS Consultancy values such as forthrightness and honesty, and how they guide the work of the team in the industry.

• 10:56 – 20:20 What is the biggest compliance challenge in the passive fire industry and how does Alan envisage the industry to tackle it?