VOLUNTARY FIRE SAFETY INSPECTION SCHEME
(AN IFE (INDIA) – AHPI Initiative)
Sub: - CALL FOR FIRE SAFETY INSPECTOR AND FIRE TECHNICIAN
Dear All,
A Voluntary Fire Safety Inspection Scheme for hospitals has been launched to provide competent fire safety inspection resources in the market during the inaugural session of the 17th edition of IFE (India) International Conference and Exhibition "Fire India 2023" which was held in Mumbai between 5th to 7th October, 2023.
The scheme is a joint initiative of the Association for Healthcare Providers (India) (AHPI) and the Institution of Fire Engineers (India) (IFE) to address the fire safety needs of the healthcare industry. The Scheme provides for truly third-party agencies, who can issue a certificate of compliance based on the inspection, as also inspection agencies who can besides inspection, can also help address the gaps. The scheme has described the competence of Inspection personnel.
The following are the requirements for Fire Safety Inspector and Fire Technician.
1. Fire Safety Inspector: The Fire Safety Inspector shall have the following educational qualifications and experience and shall act as a Team leader;
(a) Graduate in Fire/Fire & Safety Engineering and having 5 years post qualification experience in a fire service established under law in a position not less than the rank of a Station Officer or equivalent; or in the field of fire protection engineering including design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance.
OR
(b) Divisional Officer Course passed from national Fire Service College, Nagpur/Graduate ship/Member ship Examination conducted by IFE (I) or IFE (UK)/Diploma in Fire Engineering from a Technical Board of Engineering and having 7 years’ experience post qualification in a position not less than the rank of a Station Officer or equivalent; or in the field of fire protection engineering including design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance. NOTE: Any other qualification and/ or experience prescribed by law by any state shall also be acceptable under this Scheme for inspection in that state.
(c) In either case, the inspection personnel shall have knowledge of local fire safety and other regulations (e.g. building byelaws, development control rules etc);, as applicable.
2. Fire Technician: The Fire Technician shall have following qualifications and experience: (a) Passed 10+2 examination of a recognized Board of Education; (b) Passed Certificate Course in Fire Protection from a recognized Board of Technical Education; and (c) Two years post qualification experience in fire protection works in a building/fire service/installation company.
The interested candidates can send their credentials at email ID fsis@ifeindia.org and info@ifeindia.org
IFE will provide the training to the shortlisted candidates on the following elements:
1. Overview on the requirements of ISO/IEC 17020:2012 and ISO 19011 relevant to fire safety inspections.
2. Fire Safety Inspection process
Once the candidate is qualified as a Fire Safety Inspector / Fire Technician, he/she has to register with IFE (India). IFE (India) will provide the unique identification number.
(DR. U.S. CHHILLAR)
Director General
Institution of fire Engineers (India)