FPASA Fire Magazine
March 2018 FPASA FIRE Magazine
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March 2018 FPASA FIRE Magazine
Join the FPASA as a member and you will receive these magazines quarterly.
It is jam packed with the latest fire industry news. Stay connected to The FPASA to remain in the know!
FPASA Members, our 1st quarter Fire Protection Journal is now available for download.
Please login to access it now.
Fire Protection Association of Southern Africa POPI Notice
Fire Protection Association of Southern Africa gather and process your personal information in accordance with this notice and in compliance with the relevant Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act). This notice provides you with the necessary information regarding your rights and our obligations, and explains how, why and when we process your personal information.
Fire Protection Association of Southern Africa’s registered office is at 105 Springbok Road, Bartlett, Boksburg and we are a company registered in South Africa under company registration number 1973/000022/08. Our designated appointed person is Christine van der Westhuizen, who can be contacted at the above address or via e-mail:
Fire Protection Association of Southern Africa processes your personal information to meet our legal, statutory and contractual obligations and to provide you with our products and services. We will never collect any unnecessary personal information from you and do not process your information in any way, other than as specified in this notice.
Website usage information may be collected using “cookies” which allows us to collect standard internet visitor usage information.
The personal information that we collect may include:-
We collect information in the below ways:-
Fire Protection Association of Southern Africa takes your privacy very seriously and will never disclose or share your information without your consent, unless required to do so by law. We only retain your information for as long as is necessary and for the purpose(s) specified in this notice. Where you have consented to us providing you with promotional offers and marketing, you are free to withdraw this consent at any time. The purposes and reasons for processing your personal information are detailed below: -
We need to disclose personal data to some of our employees that require the personal data to do their jobs. These include our responsible management, human resources, accounting, audit, compliance, information technology, or other personnel. All employees sign a confidentiality agreement.
You may request to update or correct any of your personal information held by FPASA, to do so please send an e-mail to
We are legally obliged to provide adequate protection for the personal information we hold and to stop unauthorized access and use of personal information. We will, on an on-going basis, continue to review our security controls and related processes to ensure that your personal information remains secure.
We will ensure that anyone to whom we pass your personal information agrees to treat your information with the same level of protection as we are obliged to.
You have the right to access any personal information that Fire Protection Association of Southern
Africa processes about you and to request information about:- • The personal information we hold of you.
If you believe that we hold any incomplete or inaccurate information about you, you have the right to ask us to correct and/or complete the information and we will strive to do so as quickly as possible; unless there is a valid reason for not doing so, at which point you will be notified.
You also have the right to request erasure of your personal information or to restrict processing (where applicable) in accordance with the POPI Act; as well as to object to any direct marketing from us. Where applicable, you have the right to information portability and the right to be informed about any automated decision-making we may use.
If we receive a request from you to exercise any of the above rights, we may ask you to verify your identity before acting on the request; this is to ensure that your information is protected and kept secure.
We do not share or disclose any of your personal information without your consent, other than for the purposes specified in this notice or where there is a legal requirement.
If you consent to us contacting you with the above-mentioned marketing and offers, please tick to say how you would like to be contacted: -
Post Yes No Email Yes No
Telephone Yes No Text Message (SMS) Yes No
Fire Protection Association of Southern Africa will occasionally send you products and services that we provide by e-mail/sms/post that have been identified as being beneficial to our customers and in our interests. Such information will be relevant to you as a customer and is non-intrusive and you will always have the option to opt-out/unsubscribe at any time.
If you would prefer not to receive above-mentioned marketing and offers, please tick below:-
I wish to opt-out of marketing
Fire Protection Association of Southern Africa only processes your personal information in compliance with this notice and in accordance with the relevant laws. However, if you wish to raise a complaint regarding the processing of your personal information or are unsatisfied with how we have handled your information, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.
Christine van der Westhuizen
Audit, Risk & Compliance Manager
Fire Protection Association of Southern Africa 105 Springbok Road, Bartlett, Boksburg
011-397-1618
Adv. Pansy Tlakula
Information Regulator 329 Thabo Sehume Street
012-357-8267
Dear Members,
Our 4th Quarter Magazine is now available for download. Please login to access it.
Happy reading.
Dear FPASA Members,
Our 3rd quarter Fire Protection Journal is now available for download. Please login to access it now.
Enjoy the read.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our sponsors for making this event possible and their continued dedication to fire education and training.
Thank you.
LEADING SABS APPROVED MANUFACTURER AND WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR OF FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.
Safequip (Pty) Ltd was established in 2008 following the integration with Blue Crane Engineering, commencing operations as far back as 1986 in Cape Town under the banner of H.I. Lay Sales. Our diverse product range offers a one-stop-shop, catering for all your requirements, demonstrating our commitment to service excellence, quality, and best price. Safequip has its head office in Cape Town with branches in Gauteng, Western Cape, Kwazulu–Natal, Eastern Cape. Our customer network throughout the central and southern regions of Africa as well as the Indian Ocean islands enables us to expand our product offering to these markets.
Safequip is also part of the Rovic International Group of companies. It adds strategic value to the group’s rapidly growing diversified portfolio consisting of Rovic and Leers (Pty) Ltd, a leading supplier of agricultural equipment, Burquip (Pty) Ltd, a leading manufacturer, importer & distributor of trailer components and Turf-Ag (Pty) Ltd, a leading supplier of irrigation technology.
Our diverse product range consists of an assortment of firefighting equipment including well-known local brands such as Firemate, Blue Crane, Victaulic and AWG.
Technoswitch® is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company that designs, manufactures, imports and sells high-quality fire detection, suppression and control equipment.
We have supplied world-class fire detection and suppression products to sub-Saharan Africa since 1974. Our headquarters and manufacturing facilities are based in Johannesburg, with branches and training facilities in Cape Town and Durban. We are also continually expanding our distribution channels into sub-Saharan Africa.
With a staff complement of over 70 and a dedicated Technical and R&D department, Technoswitch has the experts to ensure we can live up to our vision of Saving Lives and Assets™. Our support team is distinguished by their functional and technical expertise and hands‑on experience, ensuring our clients receive the most effective and professional service. Our goal is to exceed the expectations of every client with our outstanding customer service.
Technoswitch designs and manufactures its own control equipment locally and complements these with an imported range of high-quality intelligent control panels and other fire detection, suppression and signalling products. These world‑class products include flame, smoke and heat detectors, aspirating smoke detectors, motorised beam detectors, linear heat detectors, and a range of fire suppression solutions. Many of these are award‑winning products, and all of them have extensive certification approvals. Our suppliers are international leaders in their respective fields and include Advanced, Apollo Fire Detectors, Ciqurix, Dycon, FGD, Hyfire, Protectowire, Rotarex Firetec, Securiton, Stat-X, Teletek, The Fire Beam Company and Xtralis.