The
Executive Committee comprises a Chairman, Vice-Chairman,
Secretary and ? other members, all of whom are elected during
the AGM.
Those elected serve in an honorary capacity and receive no remuneration
for services rendered.
The committee meets at least once every two months to discuss
matters of interest to the industry.
Executive
Committee
Jeremy Kellett
Jeremy
Kellett
Jeremy has served on the FFETA executive committee since 1985
and was Chairman
for the period 1998 to 2003 as well as currently. He has
been involved with the fire industry since 1973 and is the
managing director of his own fire equipment company. He is
also a director and technical chairman of the Centa Group of
fire companies and is a partner in a fire equipment company
that focuses on carrying out national contract work for the
Centa Group.
He is a founding member of the SAQCC(Fire) having served on
their executive committee since its early beginnings in 1996. As
chairman of their technical committee, he was appointed to
oversee and edit the recent re-write of the SAQCC(Fire) Operations
Manual.
A further area of his involvement with the fire industry is his
participating membership of number of SABS technical working
committees where he has been actively involved in the drafting
and updating of various SANS standards for the fire industry.
Brett Jones
Brett Jones
Brett Jones has been involved in the fire industry since
1968. He first worked for MSA in Durban and transferred to
Jhb as the Industrial Sales Manager in 1975. He was Managing
Director of Natfire and General Manager of Angus Fire SA
and finally Managing Director of Chubb Fire until retirement
in 2004. He is the current Chairman of SAQCC Fire and has
been in that position since his retirement in 2004 and is
a participating member of a number of SABS technical committees.
James Nunnerley
James Nunnerley
After joining Chubb Fire as a salesman in 1974, James Nunnerley
went on to specialise in the marine fire and safety service
industry with Landmarine Fire Fittings. He is currently managing
a Marine Fire & Safety Division for BOSSS Lifeboats & Lifesaving
Services in Durban.
Rosemary Cowan
Rosemary
Cowan – Administration Manager
Rosemary emigrated to South Africa in December 1989 and has
been working for FFETA since May 1990 when her father, Frank
Sims was the Administrator. Following his death in July 1997,
she took over his position as Administrator for FFETA and then
with the inception of SAQCC Fire, took on the administration
of that as well, in 1999. She is currently the Administrator
for FFETA, SAQCC Fire and the Administration Manager for the
South African Institute of Security.
Astrid Mugge
Astrid Mugge – Vice Chairman
Astrid has served on the FFETA executive committee since
2005 and has held the position of Vice Chairperson since
2007. She has also served on the SAQCC(Fire) executive
committee since 2007 after having attended their meetings
for some time as an invited observer.
Her involvement with
the fire industry began in her early childhood when she started
assisting her father in his fire equipment company. After
completing her studies in 2001, she decided to follow in
her fathers’ footsteps
and is now an integral part of the family business, where
besides ensuring the day to day smooth running of the business,
she is solely responsible for the functioning of their SANAS
accredited Test Station.
She is one of the few female SAQCC(Fire) registered competent
persons in the country and has quickly become recognized
as a respected and important member of the fire industry.
Kobus Breedt
Kobus Breedt
After a 15 year period in sales and marketing in the FMCG
industry, working up to Regional Manager's level – and then
a six year stint in the insurance industry as a Branch Manager
– Kobus Breedt became involved with the fire industry in
1993.
He joined Springbok Fire as branch manager and after
a merger in 2004 was appointed as General Manager for the
Dumela Diamond Fire group. He has been a member of the
SAQCC-Fire committee since 2002, the last two years serving
as Treasurer.
Tom Dreyer
Tom Dreyer
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Lizl Davel
Lizl Davel
Lizl studied journalism at the University of Stellenbosch
and after working in Namibia, bought Atlas Fire Security
from her father in 1990. She has since been actively involved
in the fire industry and serves on bodies such as the Industrial
Fire Technology Association and the SAQCC. She serves on
the board of the CENTA fire group.
Johan Pretorius
Johan Pretorius
Johan Pretorius joined Chubb Fire in 1994 managing
the production facility. He was instrumental in the setup
of their new manufacturing facility in Midrand. After a period
of working outside South Africa, he returned to the same
position and then moved on to Safequip (Pty) Ltd., where
he is currently National Technical Manager.
