If you mean, as an inspecting officer, we run what I believe is still the only IFE approved fire risk assessment course in the UK. It is an examinable course, and those who pass the course exam have a ''fast track'' route to registration by the IFE on their new register of fire risk assessors and auditors. By auditors, the IFE mean inspecting officers who, in effect, audit the employer's fire risk assessment. We developed the course for the Northern Ireland Fire Safety Panel, which is a non-profit making body that represents enforcing authorities ( fire service, building control and licensing) in NI. It is great demand by fire authorities throughout the UK, who want IO's to receive training in fire risk assessment to assist them in benchmarking the FRAs they see from employers agaisnt some sort of standard. We set up 10 courses of 3.5 days duration for fire brigades between the beginning of September and mid December. By the time we are finished that lot, we will have run the course 26 times and will have delivered it to representatives of approx 25% of fire brigades in the UK. Some brigades will find room for non-fire brigade personnel or officers of other brigades. If this is of interest, feel free to contact me and we can investigate the possibilty of attendance at a course held for a brigade. ( Any costs would be payable to the brigade, not to us, as we charge a fixed fee to the brigade.)
