Date for your diary :- AGM & Technical Meeting:- 5th October 2010
Our annual general & technical meeting will be held at the Jaguar Plant Castle Bromwich 5th October 2010. Further information :- Formal notification and agenda
The minutes of the 2009 AGM can be found on our minutes page.
Daedalus
The summer 2010 edition of the Newsletter of the Institute has just been published. As an additional service to our members these are now available to be to be viewed on line. View here >> The spring edition can still be viewed from the panel on the right.
Congratulations
To our member John O'Sullivan who has been awarded the Paul C Lamb Award, which is the highest accolade in fire safety, by the National Fire Protection Association of America.(NFPA) Read more >>
The Institute to formally support accredited fire risk assessors certification
The IFSM Council announced to their members, during the recent technical day in Birmingham, that it would be in the interest of their registered fire risk assessors to gain independent certification of competence through a UKAS accredited scheme. The Warrington Certification Limited and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors scheme, "The Fire Risk Assessors Certification Scheme" FRACS is the scheme that they are supporting. Read more >>
FRACS Technical Day
Warrington Certification are to host their first Fire Risk Assessors Certification Scheme (FRACS) Technical day, for more information and final agenda see our events page from the panel on the right
Statutory Instrument 2010 No. 471
The Fire Safety (Employees’ Capabilities) (England) Regulations 2010 have come into force. Every employer must, in entrusting tasks to employees, take into account their capabilities as regards health and safety, so far as those capabilities relate to fire. More details can be found on opsi government web site.
Fire deaths down 6% in 2008/9
Fire Statistics Monitor shows incidents and deaths down in the year ending March 31st 2009 Read more >>
About the IFSM
The Institute of Fire Safety Managers is a professional body of highly respected individuals and companies who all share the same objective.
‘’To raise the awareness of fire safety at a local, national and international level, promoting fire prevention, fire protection and reducing the risk from fire as far as reasonable practicable’’
Members benefit through the organisation of technical conferences and training events, communication with 100’s of other like minded fire professionals, updates on latest news, standards and technical advances, dissemination from other fire related organisations worldwide and most of all remain at the forefront of the fire profession industry.
A fire risk assessors register has been introduced by the IFSM to help those who have been designated as ‘responsible persons’ under the legislation. The register will hold details of individuals who have gone through the registration process and who are considered to be appropriately qualified, and experienced as fire risk assessors, together with the services they provide.
We also encourage members who provide fire related courses to apply for accreditation via our accreditation team. For more information see our accreditation section
We welcome entry at all levels and actively encourage and promote knowledge advancement and membership progress.
Students in full time further education receive free membership during the duration of their study.
Note:
Members are reminded to keep the the Institute updated with any changes in contact details. Please use the attached form
Membership, risk assessor and course accreditation fees are due each year in January and the reminders are sent out late in that month. To avoid a clashes with the different types of fees our reminder letters, are staggered accordingly.