Masterclass with AICO & Plumis: Retrofitting for Life Safety

Join us for this masterclass designed for housing providers looking to turn person-centred risk assessments into practical retrofit strategies - equipped with real-world tools, case studies, and lessons from those doing the work on the ground.

Virtual - Thursday 4th September 2025 (14:30 - 15:30)

CPD points available

Event Overview

For housing associations and local authorities, ensuring residents are safe from fire risk - especially during retrofit - remains a vital but complex responsibility. As we strengthen our efforts to improve energy efficiency, comfort, and air quality, we must also understand how retrofit can inadvertently change fire risk - and what we can do about it.

This masterclass takes a fresh look at how fire safety planning needs to evolve, not just as a compliance exercise, but as an integral part of creating healthier homes. Delivered in partnership with AICO and Plumis, the session provides practical insights into how housing providers can translate risk assessments into action, align detection and suppression strategies with individual needs, and make the case for innovation that prioritises people.

Whether you’re developing retrofit strategies, delivering compliance programmes, or looking to ensure that retrofit enhances safety as well as health, this session is an opportunity to challenge assumptions and learn from others navigating the same balancing act.

Agenda Highlights

• Understanding fire risk in retrofit: what changes and why it matters
• Awareness of practical retrofit options that reduce disruption: including property archetypes, layout, height and other key design considerations
• Real world case studies
• Discussion: reflections from installers, compliance leads and residents
• Q&A: an open space for questions on policy, tech, or operational delivery

Featured Speakers:

Andrew Sturgess, Regional Director, AICO
Andrew Sturgess is the Regional Director for the South at Aico, a leading provider of domestic fire and carbon monoxide alarms in the UK. With over a decade of experience in the housing and safety sector, Andrew is passionate about promoting safe living environments through innovative technology and community engagement.

He has played a pivotal role in developing partnerships with local authorities and housing associations to enhance fire safety standards in social housing. Andrew aims to share insights on integrating smart technology in social housing and the importance of proactive safety measures.

Yusuf Muhammad, Cofounder, Plumis
Yusuf Muhammad is an award-winning design engineer and the Chief Design Officer and Co-Founder of Plumis, a fire safety technology company redefining how we protect people and property. Driven by a mission to minimise the disruption caused by fire and water damage in homes, Yusuf works at the intersection of engineering, design, and policy. He is passionate about ensuring solutions are not only effective but accessible and aligned with how people live.

Why Attend?

Because life safety requires more than compliance—it requires care, clarity, and leadership. This session will help you:

• See where safety, health, and retrofit come together to deliver long-term impact for residents
• Strengthen your understanding of PCRAs and their potential to transform fire safety planning
• Consider how to balance compliance, innovation, and resident wellbeing in one strategy
• Connect fire safety to the wider Healthy Homes mission—where health, retrofit, and safety converge

Who Should Attend:

Fire safety officers, compliance leads, housing associations, building surveyors, retrofit programme managers, and local authority specifiers.

Don't Miss Out!

This is part of a series of essential Masterclasses, designed to help you make informed, strategic decisions. Join us to stay on top of the latest developments in the sector and ensure your organisation remains compliant, proactive, and prepared for the future.

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This FREE event is available to all Housing Providers and members of the Healthy Housing Hub

To learn more about becoming a Healthy Homes Hub member, contact: trina@healthyhomeshub.uk