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Faculty of Occupational Medicine (of the Royal College of Physicians) (FOM)

6 St Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LB

Status: Professional body.

Principal functions and activities: To advance occupational medical knowledge, to develop education and training in the speciality and to ensure the highest standards of professional competence and ethical integrity.

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Failsafe Risk Management Services

20a Brewlands Crescent, Symington, Ayrshire KA1 5RA, UK

Status: Consultancy

Principal functions and activities: Chartered health, safety and training consultants. Provider of health and safety consultancy, including policy and procedure development, fire risk assessments, audits and inspections and in-house training.

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Fall Arrest Safety Equipment Training (FASET)

Association House, 99 West Street, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7EN

Status: Trade association/training organisation

Principal functions and activities: The organisation has been developed to create a standard training syllabus and an industry-wide approved identification training card scheme for those who work at height.

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Federation of British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers Association (BEAMA)


Federation of Environmental Trade Associations (FETA)

2 Waltham Court, Milley Lane, Hare Hatch, Reading, Berks RG10 9TH, UK

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: To represent manufacturers and distributors of products in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and flue/chimney sectors of the building services industry.

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Federation of European Employers (FedEE)

Adam House, 7-10 Adam Street, The Strand, London WC2N 6AA

Status: Company limited by guarantee (non-profit)

Principal functions and activities: The organisation for major employers operating across Europe.

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Federation of Master Builders (FMB)

Gordon Fisher House, 14-15 Great James Street, London WC1N 3DP

Status: Trade association for small and medium sized building firms.

Principal functions and activities: To organise, represent and promote the interests of employers in the building industry on a national basis.

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Federation of Plastering and Dry Wall Contractors (FPDC)

The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT

Status: Trade association

Principal functions and activities: Represents companies involved in the plastering and drywall industry.

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Fife Health and Safety Consultants (FHSC)

Wemyssfield House, Wemyssfield, Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY1 1XN, UK

Status: Consultancy

Principal functions and activities: Provider of health and safety consultancy services including policy and procedure development, audits and inspections, fire risk assessments etc.

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Fire Extinguishing Trades Association (FETA)

4th Floor, Neville House, 55 Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 1BW

Status: Trade association

Principal functions and activities: FETA was formed in 1916 (as the Association of Liquid Chemical Fire Extinguisher Manufacturers) and comprises manufacturers and specialist distributors of fire extinguishers, portable fire-fighting equipment, hose reels and associated fittings as well as contract maintenance of portable fire extinguishers and hose reels.

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Fire Industry Confederation (FIC)

Neville House, 55 Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, KT1 1BW

Status: Trade association

Principal functions and activities: Umbrella organisation for its trade association members, which represent 90% of the fire protection market. Members of the trade association are as follows:Association of Specialist Fire Protection; British Automatic Sprinkler Association; British Fire Protection Systems Association;; Fire Extinguishing Trade Association.

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Fire Protection Association (FPA)

Bastille Court, 2 Paris Garden, London SE1 8ND

Status: UK's national fire safety organisation

Principal functions and activities: The Fire Protection Association is the UK's national fire safety organisation; it works to identify and draw attention to the dangers of fire and the means by which their potential for causing harm to people and property is kept to a minimum.

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Fire Research Station (FRS)


Firesafe Design Ltd

Bridge House, Berry Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE29 2LA, UK

Status: Consultancy

Principal functions and activities: Fire risk assessment (approved IFE), Fire safety training, health and safety audits and training, first aid.

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Fire Safety Engineering Group (FSEG)

University of Greenwich, 30 Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9LS

Status: Research group undertaking research and consultancy contracts and active in the development of computational fire engineering.

Principal functions and activities: FSEG is active in the field of fire safety engineering. Its function includes the mathematical modelling of combustion, fire/smoke spread, evacuation modelling, structural response to fire and fire extinguishment.

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Fire Safety International Ltd (FSI)

Unit 48, Atcham Business Park, Shrewsbury SY4 4UG, UK

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: Health and Safety consultants providing a personal and comprehensive service covering fire investigation, expert opinion, health and safety assessment and fire safety management.

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First Aid Company of Trainers Ltd

42 Greengate Farm Estate, Coedpoeth, Wrexham, North Wales LL11 3PX

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: Providers of health and safety training including approved first aid at work courses.

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First Aid First

Woodbine Farm Business Centre, Truro Business Park, Truro, Cornwall
TR3 6BW, UK

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: First aid training, offering 4 day first aid at work, appointed persons ' emergency first aid and refresher training, both in -house and external.

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First Aid Support Ltd

Suite 19, Enterprise House, Rippers Court,Sible Hedingham, Essex CO9 3PY, UK

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: First aid training; all types of health and safety training i.e risk and COSHH assessment, manual handling; competent person roles.

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First Choice Training and Development Ltd (FCTD)

37 Langdale Crescent, Eston Grange, TS6 7RB, UK

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: Health and safety ,first aid, manual handling, and related training.

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Flood Partnership Ltd

1 Tywford Court, High Street, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1AE

Status: Health and safety consultancy

Principal functions and activities: Chartered health and safety consultants providing guidance to all industries. CDM co-ordinators. Accredited trainers.

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Footwear Industry Health and Safety Committee (FIHSC)

Mrs E Davies Secretary, FIHSC, BFA, 3 Burystead Place, Wellingborough, Northants. NN8 1AH, UK

Status: Voluntary organisation

Principal functions and activities: To promote and advise on good health and safety practices within the footwear industry in association with the Health and Safety Executive

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Fork Lift Truck Association

Manor Farm Buildings, Lasham, Alton Hants GU34 5SL

Status: Limited by guarantee

Principal functions and activities: To raise standards of Health and Safety in the operation and maintenance of fork lift trucks.

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Furniture Industry Research Association (FIRA International Ltd)

Maxwell Road, Stevenage, Herts SG1 2EW

Status: Research and technology centre.

Principal functions and activities: Research, testing, design, information and business consultancy centre for furniture manufacturers, related industries and their suppliers of materials, components and equipment. Specific health and safety areas include: risk assessment, COSHH service, noise surveys, dust and solvent surveys, formaldehyde surveys, chemical analysis. Advice and recommendations on all the above topics is available on a consultancy basis together with specific training courses.

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Future Safety

32 Pender Gardens, Rumford, FK2 0BJ, UK

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: Promoter of safety innovation in construction and publisher of related products, materials & services.