Building Professionals

FSM Briefing 2013 will be held on 16^th July and 22^nd August 2013, priority will be given to FSMs who are certified and appointed to a premises. (that requires an FSM according to FSM regulations). The online booking for such FSMs will open on:

4^th June and close on 10^th June 2013.

FSMs will be informed of the registration details like registration procedure, venue, time, participation fee, etc before opening of the registration.

These FSMs who are given priority will be required to submit the name of the premises you are officially appointed to. (each premises has only one official FSM)

Payment will not be refunded if you are found to have provided inaccurate or false information.

The reason for this prioritization is due to the impending official requirement for FSM premises to each have a Company Emergency Response Team. Thus, the FSMs should have the chance to hear the actual presentation and ask the relevant queries during the question and answer session. To confirm your appointment you may access the eFSM portal through the link provided below,

http://www.scdf.gov.sg/content/scdf_internet/en/building-professionals/fire-safety-manager.html

Then navigate;

e-Fire Safety Manager Portal

Fire Safety Manager

SingPass

Appointment

After which you will come to a page stating whether you are appointed or not.

The online booking for all other certified FSMs will open on:

11^th June to 30^th June 2013.

Should the demand exceeds the current supply of seats, a third run of the briefing will be held in November 2013.

Please register your interest to attend via an email to events@fsmas.org.sg

Do note that registering your interest to attend third run of the briefing is not a confirmed registration for the third run FSM Briefing 2013.

FSMs will need a working Master/Visa/AMEX/Diners credit card to make a successful online booking.

As per previous years, the online booking will be managed by Fire Safety Managers’ Association (Singapore), you may direct queries pertaining to online registration to events@fsmas.org.sg

Emergency Response Plan Guideline

Fire Statistics (2005 – 2012)  NEW!!

http://www.nfec.gov.sg/firePg_stats.html

Download the slides on topic presented during the FSM briefing below

• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

Powerpoint presentations for the recent CERT seminar can be found at http://www.nfec.gov.sg/publication_conf_seminar.html

FSM Regulations ( PDF, 48.60 KB )

The Fire Safety Manager (FSM) Scheme aims to ensure and enhance the fire safety standard within buildings. Through the Fire Safety Manager, fire safety activities and fire prevention measures are also implemented to promote fire safety awareness among the building occupants. Engagement of a Fire Safety Manager will help owners of buildings prevent substantial monetary and life losses resulting from fires. The scheme was given wide publicity since 1989 and with the passing of the Fire Safety Act 1993 and the Fire Safety (Fire Safety Manager) Regulations 1994, it has become mandatory for owners of designated buildings to appoint Fire Safety Managers. The amended FSM regulations which was gazetted on 13 Apr 2007 aims to make further improvements to the FSM scheme.

• List of available qualification courses for Fire Safety Managers
• Summary of courses with the respective CPD Points

**Note: Any building owner who wants to appoint a FSM for his / her building is strongly recommended to nominate a suitable staff who is in the higher management to attend and pass the course.

From 13 April 2007, all FSMs holding the relevant FSM qualification need to be certified by Commissioner in order to be able to be appointed and practise as a FSM. Qualified FSMs needs to register with CED to be certified.

Newly graduated FSMs who have just passed out within any of the CPD cycle will be given a grace period of 3 years from the date of his graduation to register with SCDF (CED) to be certified. FSMs who wish to be certified can log in to the e-fsm portal.

The CPD program has been instituted for FSMs to upgrade their knowledge and skills and to keep abreast with the new developments in the fire safety domain.

The CPD program may be organised by the SCDF or other organisations in the form of refresher courses, workshops, seminars or dialogues and briefings. However, such activities must be accredited by the SCDF and allocated with points.

Click here for a summary of the courses with respective CPD points.

FSMs who have been certified by SCDF are required to participate in the Continual Professional Development (CPD) programme. Certified FSMs will be awarded the specified CPD points upon completion of any CPD programme. FSMs are to accumulate a minimum of 30 points within the 3 years cycle in order to remain as a Certified FSM.

By the last month before the end of the CPD cycle, FSM is required to submit all the relevant documents to SCDF to prove that she/he has successfully met the CPD requirement.

The 1st CPD cycle had commenced on 1 Jan 2008 to 31 Dec 2010. The current CPD cyle is from 1 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2013.

At the end of the 3-year fixed CPD cycle, FSMs will need to be re-certified in order to be able to be practise in the coming CPD cycle. FSMs need to make application for their re-certification at least 30 days before the end of each CPD cycle.

If they have not met the minimum requirements of 30 points within the 3-year cycle, their recertification will not be approved. They will be deregistered and cannot be certified for that coming cycle. FSM who is not certified will not be allowed to be appointed and practised as FSM.

As of Apr 2011 there were more than 721 commercial and 1513 industrial buildings that have appointed FSMs. Owners of new commercial and industrial buildings that have been completed, are required by law to appoint FSMs if their buildings fall into the criteria for having FSMs.

As of December 2004, Arson Prevention Plan (APP) should be included into the Annual Fire Safety Report. A sample copy of the report is available at the following link:

For further clarifications on the FSM scheme, you may contact WO2 Sudiran Riswan (6848 3559) or SGT Md Azali(6848 1440)

Failure to appoint a FSM will result in the owner of the building / premises being fined $10,000 or sentenced to a prison term of 6 months or to both.

In an effort to improve the FSM scheme , some changes have been made to the regulations since April 2007. The proposed changes were surfaced for public comments via the SCDF website; and their feedbacks were taken into consideration in the changes made to the regulations.

FSMs have undertaken additional roles in the current security climate such as implementing the Arson Prevention Plan and conducting table-top exercises. Under the amended scheme, these roles will be formalised. Also, there are approximately 4000 qualified FSMs in the scheme who have not been appointed as FSM. Hence, in order to ensure their knowledge and competency is kept current, all FSMs will be required to attend Continual Professional Development programmes before they can be appointed to undertake this appointment.

The CPD program has been instituted for FSMs to upgrade their knowledge and skills and to keep abreast with the new developments in the fire safety domain. The CPD program may be organised by the SCDF or other organisations in the form of refresher courses, workshops, seminars or dialogues and briefings. However, such activities must be accredited by the SCDF and allocated with points.

All existing FSMs who may be appointed or not, must register with SCDF before the start of the first CPD cycle, on 01 January 2008, to become a certified FSM. The FSM will be issued with a Certification Letter to indicate the period of certification once he/she successfully completes the registration. FSMs who wish to be certified can log in to the e-fsm portal below: http://fsm.scdf.gov.sg/shine/efsm/index.do

Click here to download guide to be certified as an FSM. 

Once certified, the FSM is required to participate in the CPD program, where they are required to accumulate a minimum 30 points within a 3-year period to remain as a certified FSM regardless of his appointment status.

At the end of the 3-year CPD cycle, FSMs will need to be re-certified. If they had not met the minimum requirements of 30 points within the 3-year cycle, their recertification will not be approved. They will be deregistered and not be certified for that coming cycle.

Building owners or occupiers are reminded that FSMs who are not certified will not be allowed to be appointed and practise as a FSM.

The existing FSM Regulations allow a 44-day grace period for the owner or occupier of the designated building to appoint a new FSM to replace the one who has resigned. This results in a long lapse of time that a building is without a FSM to assist the owner with key fire safety functions. As the FSM plays a vital role in keeping a close watch on the safety of the building, it is important that a FSM is available at all times.

Therefore, the grace period for building owners or occupiers to re-appoint a FSM has been revised to 14 days.

The role of the FSM has taken on a bigger dimension, in relation to today’s security climate. Since 2003, all FSMs are required to implement APP and conduct table-top exercises in addition to emergency drills. The objective of the APP is to enhance protection for the building’s fire safety systems against possible sabotage whilst table-top exercises enable members of the Fire Safety Committee to practise the procedures of dealing with emergencies.

Formalising these additional tasks ensures that necessary changes are carried out to improve the overall fire safety in the premises.

The existing regulations stipulate the minimum age criteria for a person to be appointed as an FSM as 30 years. However, on a case-by-case basis, SCDF had allowed FSMs below 30 years of age to be appointed predominantly because they possess the relevant qualifications and competencies. They have since proven themselves capable of discharging the duties of an FSM just as well as their older counterparts. Thus, under the amended regulations, the age criteria for appointment of FSMs will be removed.

Members of public who have further queries or clarifications with regards to FSM matters & regulations may contact SGT Md Azali (6848 1440) or WO2 Sudiran Riswan (6848 3559).