Fire Risk
IFE Malaysia Branch is offering a 5-day Fire Risk Assessor accredited course. The accreditation is by IFEM Malaysia Branch.
Introduction
The main objective of the Fire Risk Assessors (FRA) accredited course is to raise the profile and competency of fire engineers, fire safety engineers, fire safety managers, fire safety engineers, fire auditors in the fire and the construction industry. Participant who completes the course will be recognized as qualified Fire Risk Assessor (FRA) and listed on the Institution of Fire Engineers (UK) Malaysia Branch’s (IFEM) website as FRA registrants. All registrants of FRA will have the opportunity to join IFE as a member (of suitable grade) with an opportunity to be registered as an Engineering Technician with The UK Engineering Council.
A competent FRA should be able to conduct professional risks assessment on buildings under survey, with in-depth knowledge learnt throughout the course. A qualified FRA should be competent to produce a comprehensive risks assessment report by highlighting the risks of assets under review for loss prevention and for business continuity. A proper risk assessment will enable building owners to exercise mitigation measures in eradicating or reducing fire risks and ensuring safety of all occupants and visitors through risks management recommendations. The value of having competent FRAs in the industry or an organization is in achieving loss prevention and in building a sustainable society with life safety and property protection as the main objective.
Course Learning Outcomes
Participants who have attended this course and achieved the qualification should be able to:
- Perform competent fire risk assessment on buildings, identify potential risks and recommend mitigation measures as part of risk management for business continuity beyond code compliance.
- Demonstrate understanding of the fundamental fire science, danger of fire propagation, danger of fire damage to properties and danger of smoke to occupants.
- Gain valuable lessons from past international and local fire incidents to prevent recurrence.
- Understand basic Building Regulation, Acts, Codes and Standards and legislative requirements for life and fire safety.
- Understand active and passive fire protection systems design concept, operation, functionality of components and methods of assessing system operational conditions.
- Provide structure risks and mitigation advice to building owners on risks exposure with the possibility of reduction in insurance premium.
- Understand the concept of means of egress design.
- Incorporate human behaviour in fire safety design.
Recognition
- Participants who have completed the course and pass the assessment will be awarded a Certificate of Achievement by The Institution of Fire Engineers Malaysia Branch. Non-members can become IFE members through a fast route process.
- Successful participants will be listed as accredited Fire Risks Assessors on The Institution of Fire Engineers Malaysia website and he/she who fulfills the requirement is eligible to apply for accreditation with the UK Engineering Council.
