SFPE Asia – Oceana Chapters Hold Regional Meeting

Attendees at the Asia – Oceana Chapter Coordination Meeting

The SFPE Asia – Oceana chapters held a two-day coordination meeting October 28-29 in Taiwan. The meeting began with a conference on fire risk assessment in heritage buildings. The conference featured presentations by representatives from the Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Korea chapters. Approximately 100 people attended.

Following the conference, representatives from many of SFPE’s Asia – Oceana chapters meet to discuss how they could coordinate their activities. They noted that these chapters have similar
cultural backgrounds, and would benefit from sharing the experiences and practices of fire protection engineering through periodic exchange meetings. The chapter representatives agreed to hold future coordination meetings, develop information networks, and develop an informal coordination committee. The coordination committee will consist of the presidents of the chapters in the Asia – Oceana region, and it will be chaired by Ai Sekizawa of Japan.

SFPE Technical Director Morgan Hurley Welcoming Attendees to the Conference on Risk Assessment in Heritage Buildings

SFPE Technical Director Morgan Hurley said: “The chapters in the Asia – Oceana region have been holding informal coordination meetings since 2004. These meetings have been beneficial to chapter and membership growth in the area. We are pleased that the chapters have agreed to continue to hold these meetings on a regular basis. Prof Sekizawa is to be commended for his leadership of this initiative.”

Hurley further noted that “We are now trying to implement the model that was successfully developed by the chapters in the Asia – Oceana region in Europe.”