Fire Protection Association Australia (FPA Australia) is the national peak body for fire safety, providing information, services and education to the fire protection industry and the community. FPA Australia supports and represents accredited and competent practitioners working across all disciplines of the fire protection, building and construction industry. The Association is supported by approximately 1,700 members consisting of leading companies, organisations and individuals around Australia, with a growing reach of up to 30,000 people at all levels of the industry. Association members include manufacturers, suppliers, installers and servicers of fire protection products and services, firefighters, building owners, insurers, designers and building surveyors, government and legislators, educators, bushfire consultants and anyone else working as part of the fire protection community to provide a safer environment for all Australians. FPA Australia is a not-for-profit organisation employing more than 40 people at its national head office in Melbourne, with other resources positioned in other states. The Association also has training centres located in Melbourne and Sydney. The Association's vision and purpose is a safer community where loss of life, injury and damage to property and the environment are eliminated through effective fire protection.