Harrogate September 2019

Safe as Houses? - Fire safety management in HMOs (Houses in Multiple Occupation) - Antony Bolder 

Fire prevention is a critical component in ensuring the continued safety of people residing in buildings.  As the national tragedy of Grenfell Tower has exposed, the incorrect application of building works or lack of correct planned preventative maintenance programme can have devastating effects.

Having been in the fire service, as an operational officer, fire safety, community safety and health and safety specialist for 27 years, Antony has taken those skill sets into the private sector of fire consultancy.  Working with a host of letting agents and private landlords, and through multiple fire risk assessment surveys,  the level of  understanding in  both active and passive fire safety elements from an owners or `responsible persons` view is still a real issue.  This together with understanding the responsibility to provide fire safety aspects under either the Fire Safety Order or HMO management regulations, many of which are `absolute` under the law, are important elements in ensuring todays landlords or letting agents/management companies are exercising their required duties correctly.

During Antony's presentation he will highlight the following major points:

• Legislation and its effects on pin members
• Fire Dynamics (including fire growth and spread in compartments)
• `Active` and `Passive`systems
• Testing and Inspection programmes (as required by the FSO/MHMOR)
• LandlordsFSO fire management programme as an alternative to paper based documents

ALSO... Mindset for Success - A mental approach to achieving wealth - Stuart Doughty

Being successful and creating wealth isn’t only about developing expertise and knowing what to do. It’s also about how you think and what you believe is possible that inspires you to take action. Developing the right thinking process is critical to achieving extraordinary results and reaching your goals.

Unless we learn how to manage our mind and think positively,we end up with self-limiting beliefs that stop us from reaching the levels of success we aspire to. But when you understand how to change the way you think, then anything becomes possible.

At this month's pin meeting, Stuart Doughty will take you inside your mind and show you why the way you think affects the results you get in your business and your life. And he’ll show you how to change your thinking to get the results you really want.

In his talk you will learn: 
•    How your thinking shapes your life 
•    What’s in the ‘Knowing-Doing Gap’ that holds you back
•    Why you should set goals you believe are beyond you
•    How to approach risk and overcome fear
•    A way forward to achieve your biggest goals 

Even in this short time, you will go away with a new awareness of the way your mind works that helps you realise why you can build a successful business and inspires you to believe in your dreams.