2018 Award Recipients

Congratulations to our 2018 Fire Protection Industry Award winners. We would like to thank you for your commitment to excellence and for your outstanding contribution(s) to the Fire Protection Industry.

Brett Staines

Barry Lee Technical Excellence Award

Brett has worked in fire protection related roles for 30 years since graduating with a Mechanical Engineering Degree in 1998. For over 20 years Brett has been actively involved in the committees of both Fire Protection Association Australia (FPA Australia) and Standards Australia and has received the A.V. Viscogliosi Award in 2009 for outstanding service to fire protection.

Delta Fire Australasia

Harry Marryatt Fire Protection Company of the Year (1 - 49 Employees)

Delta Fire (Australasia) Pty Ltd is an industry leader in fire protection services and equipment. Over the past 18 years, Delta Fire have developed a solid industry reputation as commercial fire safety experts across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

DEM Fire & Essential Services Group

Fire Protection Project of the Year (under $1 million)

DEM Fire & Essential Services Group has been established for forty years and provides a complete essential service solution throughout NSW, and now including Victoria. This includes prominent property portfolios in fields such as industrial, commercial, retail, warehousing, hospitality, entertainment, medical and residential.

Walker Fire Protection

Harry Marryatt Fire Protection Company of the Year (50+ Employees)

Established in 1894, the Walker name is one of the oldest and most respected in the Australian fire protection industry.Walker Fire Protection provides high quality, independent technical advice and support to help identify the best fire and life safety solution for you.We are experts in complex, high risk and mission critical sites, and are renowned for our reliable and cost-effective essential services maintenance and management to ensure statutory obligations are met. At the heart of our advice is a passion for keeping people safe and protecting assets.

Walker Fire Potection

Fire Protection Project of the Year (over $1 million)

Established in 1894, the Walker name is one of the oldest and most respected in the Australian fire protection industry.Walker Fire Protection provides high quality, independent technical advice and support to help identify the best fire and life safety solution for you.We are experts in complex, high risk and mission critical sites, and are renowned for our reliable and cost-effective essential services maintenance and management to ensure statutory obligations are met. At the heart of our advice is a passion for keeping people safe and protecting assets.

PVStop International

Innovative Product & Technology Award

Our “world first” innovation, PVStop is the only product that isolates the power produced by solar panels at the source. PVStop eliminates the risk of high voltage, DC electrocution by acting as a “liquid tarpaulin”, shutting down the solar PV system in seconds. It is the only fast, effective and cost efficient solution available that renders solar panels safe.

Our technology is now being adopted by Fire and Emergency Services organisations, airports, government agencies, mine sites and indeed anyone who owns or is exposed to solar PV systems and who has PCBU obligations.

Kathryn Kinnear

Ron Coffey Award for Excellence in Bushfire Protection

Kathryn Kinnear has worked in Environmental and Bushfire Management for 23 years, and has developed specialist skills from field operations, reporting and management experience. Kathryn completed a Bachelor of Applied Science at Edith Cowan University in 1994 and worked with the Department of Environment and Conservation for 10 years. Kathryn Kinnear is an Accredited Level 2 Bushfire Practitioner and is the only Level 2 accredited bushfire Practitioner in the south coastal region.

Matt Dalgety

Young Achiever of the Year Award

Matt started his journey in late 2009 at the age of 19 taking up a fire services designer cadetship with Fire Technology Pty Ltd in Brisbane after studying both building design and civil engineering.

He spent close to 7 years within this role building himself up from a junior cad draftsman to a senior designer.

In early 2018, he was offered the position of Fire Services Section Manager in the Norman Disney & Young Melbourne office and is currently completing a Graduate Certificate in performance Based Fire Codes at Melbourne University.

Keith Nicolls

A.V. Viscogliosi Award

Having completed tertiary qualifications including an honors degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Adelaide in 1991 and courses regarding Temperature Measurement and Working with the BCA Performance code, Keith has developed extensive technical experience in fire.

Then in 1996, Keith accepted a position in a lead role for the development of new products and systems at CSR Gyprock, becoming a customer of CSIRO and other laboratories. Keith’s technical consulting experience was then developed through over a decade as the Manager of Product Testing and Assessments at Exova Warrington Fire between 2004 and 2016. They continue to have significant involvement in the technical work of FPA Australia and associated activities with Industry, Government and standards and it is important to recognise this contribution has come freely and willingly in addition to their day to day role.

Russell Porteous

Meritorious Service Award 2018

Russell began his career as an apprentice electrician with Wormald in 1988, going on to establish the new internal business unit to coordinate the delivery of preventative maintenance of fire systems and mechanical services to customers across Australia and New Zealand. In late 2001, this individual started his own fire protection company with a former colleague who shared the same vision of providing a high level of service that was not currently offered in this industry.

He is now the CEO of this company which follows a mantra that “purpose provides people a cause, something that each employee can believe in and can rally behind to make a positive difference in their lives, our customers and society”.

In 2008 in conjunction with other industry stakeholders, a research project was undertaken for the Victorian Building Commission "Should people who carry out Essential safety Measures maintenance be registered" ? This assisted FPA Australia in developing the Fire Protection Accreditation Scheme, known as FPAS

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