The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), the world’s leading professional society for fire protection and fire safety engineering, has announced the appointment of four SFPE members as liaisons to the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Axel Mossberg, PhD, PMSFPE; Gabriele Vigne, PhD, PMSFPE; James Bassett, PMSFPE; and Mohammad Heidari, PhD, will share their insight and facilitate communication between CEN and SFPE.

Axel Mossberg, PhD, PMSFPE; Research Director and Senior Fire Safety Consultant at Bengt Dahlgren Brand & Risk in Sweden – Axel is a member of the SFPE Committee on Performance-Based Design and has been appointed to serve as an SFPE liaison member on the CEN TC 127 Fire Safety Engineering.

Gabriele Vigne, PhD, PMSFPE; Director, Advanced Technology, JVVA in Spain – Gabriele is a member of the SFPE Subcommittee for Standards Oversight and the Computer Model Selection Task Group and has been appointed to serve as an SFPE liaison member on the CEN TC 156 Smoke Control.

James Bassett, PMSFPE; Projektleiter Brandschutz, SafeT Swiss AG in Switzerland – James has been appointed to serve as an SFPE liaison member on the CEN TC 191 Fixed Fire Suppression.

Mohammad Heidari, PhD, Fire Safety Engineer, CERIB in France – Mohammad is a member of the SFPE Fire Exposures Committee and has been appointed to serve as an SFPE liaison member on the CEN TC 250 Eurocodes.

 Nicole Boston, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, said: “Through these four new liaison appointments, Axel, Gabriele, James, and Mohammad will help ensure that SFPE’s engineering standards, guidelines, and public positions are known and widely shared throughout Europe.

“Similar to the long-standing work between the Society and the National Fire Protection Association and International Code Council, SFPE is committed to working together with the European Committee for Standardization to advance the use of engineering best practices, learn from each other, expand the scientific and technical knowledge base to reduce fire risk, and ultimately save lives.”