Auckland 2023

20-21 Jun, Tue–Wed 10am–5pm, Auckland Showgrounds

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Carol Caldwell

Carol is a fellow of Engineering New Zealand, a Chartered Professional Engineer, and the president of the NZ SFPE Chapter. She is a senior fire engineer at TM Consultants Ltd in Christchurch. Previously, she was the sole director of Enlightened Fire Solutions Limited, a specialist fire engineering consultancy working on various projects throughout New Zealand established in 2004. Enlightened Fire Solutions Limited merged with TMCo on 6th March 2023.

With over 40 years of fire engineering experience, she has worked in the fire safety design, protection, and building compliance industries in New Zealand for 29 years. She is originally from the USA and has 10 years of experience providing fire engineering expertise at US government research laboratories.

Tuesday 20 June

Fire Safety, Reflecting on the Future - Chris Mak, Ed Claridge, Carol Caldwell and Samantha McNaughton (Moderator)

2:45pm-3:30pm Seminar Series

Carol Caldwell

Ed Claridge

Chris Mak

Samantha McNaughton

The panel will discuss the importance of all of the stages of the building lifecycle, from the need to get it right from the start, from the infrastructure that goes into the ground (water) and roads built (to get fire trucks there), to design, construction/installation, maintenance and management (including the vulnerability of occupants etc.). They will discuss some of the big issues of the importance of product compliance, why managing and maintaining buildings is essential and all the steps in between. Holistic fire safety is important, and everyone has a part to play, from the person on the end of a mastic gun to the manager of the building doing weekly checks of the fire doors and daily checks of the escape routes. Future challenges, such as intensification and emerging risks, such as energy storage systems, must be predicted.