The Fire Safety Event Europe

The Fire Safety Event Europe fills Hall 4 at NEC Birmingham from Tuesday 27 to Thursday 29 April 2027, and the organiser expects more than 300 exhibitors showing over 10,000 fire safety products to an audience of about 14,000. Entry is free if you register online before the day, and the same badge covers five other safety and security shows in the neighbouring halls.

What you can source on the floor

If you specify, install or manage fire protection, you can compare detection, alarms, passive protection and suppression from competing suppliers in one visit. The organiser lists alarm receiving centres, emergency lighting, extinguishers, fire detection and prevention, integrated security and fire, passive fire protection, PA and VA systems, pumps and valves, smart buildings, sprinkler and suppression systems, software, testing and approval, and training. The ASFP Passive Fire Zone gathers fire stopping and compartmentation suppliers together, and the Fire Aware Zone is set aside for members of that group of building owners, designers and managers.

Live demonstrations run through all three days. The Loss Prevention Certification Board brings its Live Testing Lab, where forced entry specialists attack doorsets, windows and fencing, to the co-located security show in Hall 5. On the Fire Industry Association stand you can watch the FIA Emerging Technician Competition, in which two groups of fire detection and alarm technicians compete each day for the New Technician of the Year Award presented at the FIA lunch in November.

CPD theatres and themes for 2027

You can collect CPD across five theatres, which the organiser says add up to more than 100 hours of accredited content over the three days. They are the Fire Safety Leaders Summit (sponsored by RiskBase), the Passive Fire Protection Conference run with the ASFP, the Compliance Theatre, the Innovation Theatre and the FIA Guidance Theatre. Scan the QR code on the holding slide of each session and a CPD certificate is generated for you. The 2027 programme leads on compliance and competence, design, construction and retrofit, and emerging risks such as lithium ion batteries and low carbon technologies, with further sessions on the golden thread of building safety data and on lessons from real incidents.

Who visits

The organiser’s visitor profile shows a trade audience that buys and installs. Installers and integrators made up 41% of visitors, end users 27%, consultants and specifiers 21%, distributors 6% and manufacturers 5%. Visitors came mostly from the Midlands (35%) and London and the South East (32%), with 21% from the North and Scotland. It also reports that 71% of visitors were influencers or decision makers and 45% had a budget of more than £1 million.

Tickets, Platinum Club and opening times

Registering online in advance is free. If you arrive without registering, you pay a one-off £49.99 for a three-day pass. The show is open only to trade visitors, so bring a business card or other proof of your company, and students on relevant courses at undergraduate level or above are admitted with an NUS card. The Platinum Club upgrade costs £199 plus VAT and adds lunch on all three days, a lounge with drinks, priority theatre seating and a professional headshot. Doors open at 10:00 each day, closing at 16:30 on Tuesday and Wednesday and at 15:30 on Thursday. The FIA Networking Cafe serves free drinks from 16:00 on the first two days.

One badge for six shows

Your pass also admits you to The Security Event, The Health & Safety Event in Halls 2 and 3, The Workplace Event in Hall 3A with The Facilities Event inside it, and the National Cyber Security Show in Hall 5. Our guide on what a co-located exhibition ticket covers explains how to plan a day across several halls. For more fire and building safety suppliers in London, the Smart Buildings Show runs at Excel London on 23 and 24 June 2027, and other events are in our safety and facilities shows.

Exhibiting

As an exhibitor you reach a buying chain the organiser describes as 89% senior management or above, and it reports that 88% of visitors said attending was critical to their business. Stands are booked through an enquiry form, and you can request the floorplan and sales brochure online. The exhibitor marketing package adds pre-show promotion to a wider community of more than 150,000 professionals across the six shows. If you are weighing up the stand format, see shell scheme or space only.

Getting there and parking

Birmingham International station is next to the NEC, so you can walk into the halls without going outside, and the free Air-Rail Link runs from Birmingham Airport. Parking for the whole Safety and Security Series is free, either pre-booked on the NEC website or validated on the day at a pay-on-foot machine, and the booking link opens three months before the show. Blue Badge holders have the closest spaces, next to the Moxy hotel. More events at the venue are in our Birmingham trade shows calendar.

Source: firesafetyevent.com