ISO 9001 certification for the ASFP

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has achieved ISO 9001 certification in June this year, following a two-stage assessment by UKAS-accredited certification body LRQA.

The ASFP started its ISO 9001 certification journey in late 2022, as part of its continuous drive for improvement. ASFP Compliance and Quality Assurance Manager Tariq Malik worked to develop a Quality Management System (QMS) and Quality Manual in line with ISO 9001 requirements.

A stage one assessment of its systems took place in February this year. During this audit systems were reviewed to see if the Association had put in place all the requirements specified in ISO 9001. As with any new system, several gaps were identified and LRQA raised five findings for further work.

Having undertaken this work, ASFP’s stage two assessment took place in May this year, which resulted in ISO 9001 certification being issued in June.

ASFP Managing Director Mike Ward stated: “I am delighted we have achieved this certification and would particularly like to thank Tariq for his hard work in developing our QMS system and for guiding the Association successfully through this process.

“By achieving ISO 9001 certification, we want to demonstrate our commitment to members and customers that our products and services will always meet regulatory requirements as well as our customers’ needs. We are always striving to improve and by becoming ISO 9001 certificated, we have gained another tool that will allow us to do so in a globally-recognised way.”