Sustainability = Fire Safety

China’s Fire Safety Regulations – Compliance with New Policies

This program will focus on:

• How the new Fire Safety Law impacts the fire protection practice among all stakeholders
• How overseas loss prevention practices compare with local Chinese practices
• The application of Chinese codes versus international codes for multinational companies doing projects in China.

This event is co-sponsored by the China Fire Protection Association, and promises to be an excellent opportunity to interact with a wide variety of professionals, including government officials responsible for fire safety regulations. Panelists will share thoughts on the challenges facing the implemention of the new fire code regulations and how facility owners, designers and project managers should best be prepared to comply with the new regulations.

About the Panelists:

Fang Li is executive vice president of China operations for Rolf Jensen and Associates (RJA). She has been responsible for the RJA Shanghai office since 2004. She was authorized by the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) to operate the SFPE China chapter and was elected as the founding chairman. Upon graduation from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in December 2000, Ms. Li joined RJA as a fire engineering consultant after working at the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association ) Chemical group. Her work included applying modeling protocols for fire dynamic analysis, smoke control analysis and egress analysis, as well as code analysis and consultation. Ms. Li has worked on significant projects in China using performance-based design and is part of a team that develops performance-based design technical guidelines for China. Ms. Li was awarded the Silver medal by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China.

Paul Mayles is the Shanghai-based, Greater China engineering manager for FM Global and has worked for the company for 15 years. He is responsible for overseeing the company’s loss prevention engineering services across their four offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Operating with a team of 25 engineers, FM Global provides engineering consulting services to more than 1,200 client locations and 80 green field projects across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. This entails risk surveys and ongoing consultations for existing facilities, as well as loss prevention project services for new and upgraded projects. FM Global’s work extends to automotive suppliers, semi-conductor, food and beverage manufacturers, machine shops, electronics manufacturers, power generation enterprises and software development campuses. Prior to his work in Shanghai, Paul was manager for FM Global in Southern China, based in Hong Kong for five years. This followed three years in Bangalore, India, where he established an FM Global office.