The Fire Risk Assessment Competency Council is a voluntary group of fire industry organisations, chaired by Iain Cox representing CFOA and Martin Duggan ( FIA ) is acting secretary. The Council comprises a broad group of relevant stakeholders, emerged with the encouragement of Government to address the issue of defining a competent fire risk assessor.
The Council exists to establish criteria against which the competence of a fire risk assessor can be judged. It is anticipated that these criteria will be used by professional bodies, third party certification bodies that register or certificate fire risk assessors and commercial companies that provide fire risk assessment services.
Membership of the compency council is informal and open and currently consists of :
Association of Building Engineers ( ABE )
Association of Fire Consultants (AFC)
Association for Specialist Fire Protection (AFSP)
Awarding Body of the Built Environment (ABBE)
British Approvals for Fire Equipment ( BAFE )
British Fire Consortium ( BFC )
BRE Global Ltd ( BRE )
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
Chief Fire Officers’ Association ( CFOA )
Chief Fire & Rescue Advisors Unit ( CFRAU )
Confederation of British Industry ( CBI )
Construction Products Association ( CPA )
Department for Communities and Local Government ( DCLG )
Fire Industry Association ( FIA )
Fire Brigades Union ( FBU )
Fire Protection Association ( FPA )
Federation of British Fire Organisations ( FOBFO )
Institution of Fire Engineers ( IFE )
Institute of Fire Prevention Officers ( IFPO )
Institute of Fire Safety Managers ( IFSM )
International Fire Consultants Certification Ltd (IFCC)
Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH)
National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH)
Passive Fire Protection Federation ( PFPF )
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ( RICS )
Skills for Justice
Warrington Certification Ltd (WCL)
United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)
