| Al Brown, Chartered Engineer and Managing Director |
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Al Brown was born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland, attending Glasgow Academy from 1972-1978 and University of Glasgow from 1978 to 1982 and before graduating with a Bachelors Degree in Mechancial Engineering . After three years in the Tobbacco Machinery industry with Molins PLC, Al joined Factory Mutual International in 1985 where he trained as a Loss Prevention Engineer. He spent 14 years with FM, where became a Senior Resident Engineer based in Scotland and finally Staff Engineer with responsibility for the Semiconductor Industry programme. Al founded Rushbrook with his colleagues in 1999 and has led the Company as Managing Director since its formation.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESIONAL
EXPERIENCE Al Brown has over 24 years risk survey and consulting experience in fire safety and industrial risk engineering covering locations and clients in the UK, Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. He regulalrly advises management and construction professionals on the specification and design of fire protection systems for buildings, equipment and processes. His extensive loss prevention risk survey experience covers of a wide range of industrial occupancies including: semiconductor fabrication and electronic assembly (PC, LCD & PDP TV, ICs and Hard Disks); rubber products; pulp & paper; food & beverage; engineering and manufacturing. Al is recognised around the world as a specialist in risk engineering for semiconductor and TFT LCD fabrication, process fire risk assessment and cleanroom fire safety. He provides advice to a wide range of semiconductor wafer & LCD fabs in Europe and Asia as well as process equipment manufacturers in North America and Europe, and Al is regularly called on by risk managers, insurance underwriters and brokers to survey large industrial operations and to advise on all aspects of property protection and business interruption management and commonly covering areas including construction, process safety, fire protection, natural hazards, human element and safety management. His semiconductor industry activities has resulted in extensive involvement in the fire risk assessment of semiconductor wafer fab equipment including wet benches, spin processors, spin coaters, coater/developers, ion implanters, lasers, CVD (chemical vapour deposition) reactors and other cleanroom equipment. Where fire protection systems are required Al has been involved in , specification and design review for systems including local application CO2 and fine water mist systems for protection of wet process equipment handling flammable liquids and heated non-flammable chemicals in plastic constructed wet benches. Al is an active member of industry and national standards committees including SEMI EHS - Europe (co-chair 2003-2008), SEMI S3 Process Liquid Heating Task Force, S14 - Fire Protection Task Force (co-chair 2004-2009). He continues to serve as a Technical Expert on NFPA 318 - Cleanrooms (since 2001), whose focus includes design guidelines and risk mitigation for process liquid heating hazards associated with the semiconductor industry. He is has also served as a Technical Expert on NFPA 75 Committee – Electronic Computer Systems since 2001. His experience as an investigator and expert witness began in 1989, includes investigations into;
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