Industry Insights & Collaboration
Our Knowledge Hub is a gateway to industry insights, collaboration, and thought leadership. Whether you’re looking to engage in discussion, access reliable information, or explore new ideas, the Knowledge Hub brings it all together in one place.
Our Networks
Our members drive a series of professional Knowledge Networks that identify and prioritise fire safety issues.
Emerging Hazards
The Emerging Hazards Knowledge Network works to improve fire safety by sharing lessons from real incidents and near…
Safety in Sports Grounds
The Sports Ground Knowledge (Fire Safety) Network aims to bring together a range of stakeholders, including The Sports…
Heritage Buildings
The Heritage Building Knowledge Network focuses on safeguarding the UK’s historic and culturally significant buildings from the risk…
Fire Safety in Healthcare
The network brings together fire safety practitioners, estates professionals, and regulators from across healthcare to share expertise, interpret…
Fire Research
This network that unites researchers, industry specialists, professional bodies, fire and rescue services, government partners, funders, and construction-sector…
Consultations Network
The Confederation’s Consultations Network is a platform for collaborative and consistent response to fire-related consultations. It acts as…Explore More
Insights
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September 6, 2026
Understanding the Unique Challenges of Fire Command
This paper examines the unique challenges of fireground command, arguing that effective incident leadership depends on the ability to recognise cues, make…
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September 6, 2026
Consolidating Fire Research
This paper examines the longstanding fragmentation of fire research in the UK, arguing that the core problem is not a lack of…
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November 30, 2025
A System Response to the Fire Safety Challenge
This insight paper examines the Grenfell Tower fire as a systemic failure resulting from decades of regulatory fragmentation and deregulation in the…
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December 1, 2025
ASFP’s ‘Sparking Interest’
Listen to “Sparking Interest” from the ASFP.
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December 1, 2025
Fire Safety Matters Podcast
Fire Safety Matters is the UK‘s leading B2B publication covering fire safety and evacuation. Every month the FSM editorial team of Brian…
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December 1, 2025
#392 SOUTH COAST FIREFIGHTER CHALLENGE 2025 DEBRIEF
The second instalment in our Challenge debrief series. Last time, we kicked things off with the Welsh Firefighter Challenge, Today we’re keeping…
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December 1, 2025
216 – What do we measure and how? with David Morrisset
What happens when we stick a thermocouple into a fire? The answer is surprisingly complex and has profound implications for fire safety…
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