
Since 2008, DEF has been supporting its clients through its Training Organisation, which has just obtained Qualiopi certification. An overview of that certification and what it means for the Organisation. What is Qualiopi? It is a certification mark that endorses the quality of the processes employed by training providers. It is important to our […]
The leading trade fair for industrial actors interested in managing their conversion to Industry 4.0 took place at the Parc Expo at Mulhouse (East of France) on 19 and 20 November 2019. It provided an opportunity for DEF Nord-Est to promote its innovative solutions for fire safety at complex industrial sites. Thanks to its location […]
As part of a study conducted with AFNOR Certification customers, the companies questioned all emphasised the rapid return on investment of their environmental certification process.
It enabled them, in particular, to:
The advantages of this certification:
IQNet is an international network of certification bodies partners of AFNOR Certification, which since its creation in 1990, has remained the largest network of certification bodies in the world. IQNet has many partners covering hundreds of offices and subsidiaries around the world.
APSAD certifications are third-party certified certifications and confidence passports as part of a collective approach where all stakeholders are involved in a certification committee (security professionals, users, prescribers, insurers, public authorities).
The certifications supported by DEF are those related to the installation and maintenance of fire safety systems on the one hand, and automatic extinguishing systems with inert gas and inhibitor on the other hand.
The benefits of this certification:
And many others, available in the NF SSI certification rules.
Established in 2011, the QUALDION association brings together 4 professional organisations (GESI, FFIE, SERCE and SVDI) representing manufacturers, installers, and maintainers of fire detection systems. As a non-profit association, its purpose, in consultation with the public authorities, is to inform owners of detectors and professionals and to promote the quality label of the same name, vouching for the skills of dismantling and replacement operators of DFCI.
The QUALDION label allows DFCI users/owners to easily identify service providers abiding by the regulations and experts in fire safety.
This certification allows the professionals who obtain it to guarantee the proper operation of the installation after the replacement of detectors.
The advantages of this certification:
The Global Compact is a framework of voluntary commitment by which companies, associations or non-governmental organisations are invited to respect ten universally accepted principles concerning human rights, labour standards, the environment and the fight against corruption. The members must vouch every year for their effective implementation of these principles in a “communication of progress”: report which is posted on the website of the Compact. The initiative, led by a core secretariat, experienced a strong development, totalling 13,000 members in 2017, including almost 10,000 companies.