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Impact of COVID-19 on the Fire Safety Industry

This is an unprecedented time for every industry. Have your say and shape the future of the fire industry.

The FIA have been asked directly by the Government to consult with our members as they are keen to hear how you have been affected and how they can work with our industry to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19.

We have put together this survey addressed to fire industry professionals to that we can effectively gather the latest and most important information from you about how Covid-19 is currently affecting your organisation. We need your help to do this and are asking you to spend a few minutes to complete our industry survey.

Your answers will provide us crucial insights that will enable the FIA to represent your needs, wants and desires more effectively to the organisations and people that matter. The survey will be followed by a comprehensive report 

This survey covers multiple topics, all relevant to the rapidly changing business and workforce environment and its answers will undoubtedly help companies begin to plan for the future.

For any questions regarding the survey, please get in touch with us at fia-team@fia.uk.com
1.What type of business do you represent?
2.Has your company experienced any regulatory challenges during the COVID-19 outbreak?
3.Does your company have any essential/key worker employees that are required to be on-site?
Financial Impact
4.What is the estimated impact of COVID-19 on your company’s overall financial performance for 2020?
5.As the lock-down came into effect, by what proportion did your business reduce in terms of income?
6.How long can your business last for under current circumstances  that is
market being affected by COVID-19 and no new assistance from the government?
7.As a percentage, how much have your enquires / bookings reduced?
8.What percentage of your client base do you forecast my be lost?
9.How is COVID-19 affecting the strategy of your transactions (i.e., mergers, acquisitions, joint partnerships) for the next 12 months?
10.If you applied for the bank loan was the offer at an acceptable interest rate?
Impact of Operational Changes
11.How has your company handled the culture and workplace change to working virtually?
12.Which of the following workforce priorities will your company review during the next three to six months? Select all that apply.
Services (If you are not service or installation company, please go directly to question 18)
13.What percentage of the events (engineering services, sales, installations etc) that you have booked for 2020 have been postponed or cancelled due to Covid-19?
14.How many businesses are open but not allowing you on site to do scheduled service/maintenance/testing?
15.As the lockdown has progressed, have you seen a change in levels of accessibility to your customers premises? i.e. are people locking down more, or are they becoming more relaxed and you are regaining access?
16.Are some sectors buildings and more 'open' than others and allowing you in whereas the other sector buildings are not?
17.How do you plan to address the backlog of visits once lockdown is over? Please comment below.
Employment and Staff
18.What percentage of your staff have been placed on furlough?
19.In general, what percentage do you expect to be to return from furlough? or are you planning on making redundancies if / when the furlough scheme ends?
How is your company handling each of the following employment types? ( questions 20-22)
20. Apprenticeships (formal, paid, long-term training program)
21.New college/university graduates’ hires
22.Experienced staff hires
23.Has your company considered using workforce sharing (e.g., loaning employees to other companies in need of resources)?
Domestic Vs International Trade. Please let us know your opinion.
24.Will the balance of domestic vs international sales change?
25.What are the current thoughts of your members on the future of international trade?
26.What do you see as potential barriers for exports post COVID-19?
27.What do you see as potential opportunities post COVID-19?
28.What can industry and government do better together?
29.What Her Majesty’s Government support is needed to help re-establish / increase exports post COVID-19 ?
30.Do you have any further comments you'd like to share?