Part of the outcome of the recent enquiry into fire safety within the UK is that it recommended that all fire safety practitioners register on a formally recognised ‘Risk Register’ for fire risk assessors. This register gives the names and contact details of the fire engineers who have passed the competency criteria set out by the IFE for that of a professionally experienced and qualified fire safety practitioner. This registration is soon to become a mandatory requirement for fire risk assessors within the UK.
In the UK, three legislative regimes impose a duty to carry out a fire risk assessment. In England and Wales, the duties are imposed on the Responsible Person who, in a workplace, is the employer and in premises that are not a workplace is the person having control of the premises. The duty can also be imposed on other persons having control of the premises, such as managing agents. In Scotland and Northern Ireland, the term ‘responsible person‘ is not used but, again, the duty will fall on the employer and / or certain other persons having control of the premises.
If, as a result of a failure to properly carry out a fire risk assessment, an occupant of the building or someone in the immediate vicinity is put at risk of death or serious injury in case of fire, an offence is committed which can lead to a heavy fine or, in serious cases, imprisonment.
As the leading professional body in the field of fire, the IFE, were the first UK organisation to establish a register, and it remains the largest scheme presently in the UK. The IFE is also a member of the Fire Risk Assessment Competency Council which has published national competency criteria with which all applicants to schemes are expected to be familiar.
The IFE’s Fire Risk Register of Assessor’s is a register of individual assessors who carry out fire risk assessments for life safety.
Listing within this website register is proof of registration and assessors are issued with a Fire Risk Register of Assessors Life Safety logo. This website register is continuously maintained in a current and up-to-date state and only individuals who appear in this website listing are current IFE registered fire risk assessors.
Eng Tech, FIFireE
We are pleased to announce that Neil Green Eng Tech, FIFireE of Cambs Fire Safe Limited is now officially registered as a Fire Risk Assessor (Life Safety Stream) with the Institution of Fire Engineers.