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THE INSTITUTE OF FIRE ENGINEERS – STATEMENT

Overview of the Institution

The Institution of Fire Engineers now has approaching 10,000 members in 20 countries who represent a complete cross section of the fire engineering discipline.

It provides professional recognition for fire engineers across a broad spectrum and has achieved recognition from a number of professional bodies, including the Engineering Council UK (ECuk) which regulates the engineering profession in the UK. IFE is a Licensed Member of ECuk and is authorised to register suitably qualified members at Chartered Engineer (CEng), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and Engineering Technician (Eng Tech) level.

How can the IFE help?

The fire risk assessment consultancy market is likely to become saturated with people having varying degrees of skill and knowledge so how can employers, who are still ultimately responsible for the fire risk assessment, ensure that their choice of consultant is a good one? In this potential minefield, The Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE) has created a Register of Fire Risk Assessors and Auditors. It was appropriate for the IFE, as the leading professional body in the field of fire, to take this initiative to ensure that anyone having need of the services of a fire risk assessor can refer to the Register and thereby verify the credentials of their choice of assessor.

The IFE has created the Register of Fire Risk Assessors and Auditors to assist employers, building owners and managers to source appropriately skilled consultants to help them meet the requirements of current and forthcoming legislation.

Clauses for Clients/Users

Users of the Register are asked to note the following:-

1. Any Assessors whose details appear on the Register have been required to complete an application form and provide examples of previous work carried out by them in their particular field. A panel appointed by the Institution then reviews samples of the Assessors’ work and, if these are satisfactory to the Institution (following interview if considered necessary), the Assessor is admitted to the Register. Assessors provide one or more references to the Institution. However, the Institution does not, and is not able to, visit premises in respect of which the Assessors have provided advice to verify the suitability and veracity of work carried out by Assessors.
2. The Use's contract will be with the Assessor and not with the Institution. The Institution simply seeks to set out a basis for assessing the ability to advise, but cannot evaluate or assess the suitability of any advice in relation to any particular premises, given that no agent or employee of the institution will have been involved in any kind of site survey nor have any knowledge of any premises or operations in respect of which an Assessor is asked to advise.
3. Accordingly, it is the responsibility of the User to evaluate the suitability of any Assessor for the selected task, whether assessing risk to people, buildings, business continuity or any combination of these. It is also the responsibility of Users to satisfy themselves as regards any assessor’s professional indemnity and public liability insurance cover.