FIA

The Fire Risk Assessment Competency Council, which is an open and voluntary group of fire industry organisations encouraged by the Department of Communities and Local Government ( DCLG ) to form, has published the ‘Competency Criteria for Fire Risk Assessors’. It is anticipated that the fire industry will use this criteria to develop Third Party Certification schemes and appropriate training courses.

A second document, ‘Fire Risk Assessment - A Guide for Businesses’ is in the drafting process and could be available at the end of January 2012. The guide is anticipated to be the signpost, used by all the major industry stakeholders, to finding ‘competent’ fire risk assessors and links in with the criteria document.

The FIA has worked hard, along with the rest of the Competency Council members, to develop the much needed ‘standard/bench mark for competency’ for fire risk assessors and are delighted that the Competency Criteria has finally been published. With the Warrington Certification FRAC scheme already available and the BAFE SP205 scheme anticipated to be available at Easter 2012, the Fire Risk Assessment sector is ‘getting its house in order’ to provide the public with a route to establish independent proof of competency, and therefore adding comfort that they can select a competent Fire Risk Assessor, should they require this service.

To read the Competency Criteria click here.