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Owners of new premises have to appoint an FSM within 90 days of obtaining a certificate of statutory completion or a temporary occupation permit. A new FSM must be appointed within 14 days if an FSM's appointment is terminated. The appointment and termination of FSM can be done via the e-Fire Safety Manager (eFSM) portal.

Penalty

All Public or Industrial Buildings which satisfy at least one of the following conditions, are required to appoint a fire safety manager:

1. A public building that —

• has 9 storeys or more (including any basement);
• has an occupant load of 1,000 persons or more; or
• has a floor area of 5,000 square metres or more,

excluding any building specified in paragraph 3 of the Fire Safety (Fire Certificate — Designated Buildings) Notification 2020 (G.N. No. S [000] /2020).

2.  An industrial building that —

• has an occupant load of 1,000 persons or more; or
• has a floor area or site area of 5,000 square metres or more.

3.  A foreign employee dormitory that —

• has an occupant load of 1,000 persons or more; or
• has a floor area or site area of 5,000 square metres or more.
  

4.  A hospital

All Public or Industrial Buildings which satisfy any of the following conditions are required to appoint a Senior Fire Safety Manager:

a. that has an occupant load of 5,000 persons or more and 

1. that is of 31 storeys or more (including any basement) in height;
2. that has a gross floor  area of 50,000 square metres or more; or
3. that has a basement storey with a floor area of 10,000 square meters or more; or
   

b. in respect of which fire safety works are carried out according to a plan using an alternative solution the Commissioner may reasonably determine to be complex.

Refer to Regulation 7 of Fire Safety (Fire Safety Managers) Regulations for the general duties of the Fire Safety Manager.

• Diploma in Engineering (Building Services and Fire Safety) - Ngee Ann Polytechnic
• Certificate in Senior Fire Safety Manager - Civil Defence Academy

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.

FSMs who have been certified by SCDF are required to participate in the 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 to remain as a Certified FSM. Senior FSM will require 40 CPD points to be recertified as Senior FSM.

Excess points accumulated within the 3 years cycle are not transferable to the next cycle.

The current CPD cycle is from 1 Jan 2026 to 31 Dec 2028.

View CPD Points in the e-FSM Portal

FAQs on FSM CPD Points (PDF, 442 KB)

List of Approved Courses with FSM CPD Points (as of 6 August 2026) (PDF, 104 KB)

At the end of the 3-year fixed CPD cycle, FSMs will need to be re-certified through the attainment of at least 30 CPD points within the 3-year cycle to continue to practise as an FSM in the coming CPD cycle.

FSMs that did not meet the requirement of accumulating at least 30 CPD points within the 3-year cycle will be suspended and not be re-certified. In order to continue to practise as an FSM, suspended FSMs will need to undergo and pass a re-validation course.

Senior FSMs who could meet only 30 CPD points may be re-certified as FSMs in the coming CPD cycle, but not as Senior FSMs. They will need to pass the Senior FSM examination to be re-certified as Senior FSM. 

For further clarifications regarding the re-validation course, you may contact Ngee Ann CET Academy at enquirycet@np.edu.sg or contact 6463 0596. 

Course details:

Fire Safety Manager Revalidation Course (Classroom & Synchronous E-learning)

As of 1 April 2025, FSMs are required to submit the Annual Fire Safety Report (AFSR) and Premises Emergency Data (PED) via the eFSM portal.

• Access the e-FSM portal
• Refer to the FSM Resources section below for submission guidelines for the AFSR and PED
• Refer to the AFSR and PED reference sample

Certificates must be collected by individual participants from the accredited training institute where they attended the course.

1. The security team shall handle fire alarm activation in pairs according to organisational procedures.
   
2. Upon hearing the fire alarm, security officers shall ascertain the location of the fire from the main fire alarm panel and use the fire lift to go to two storeys below the fire floor and proceed cautiously to the fire floor via staircase to verify the fire incident.
   
3. The Security officer shall then bring the fire lift down to the 1st storey and await the arrival of the Singapore Civil Defence Force. He is to provide relevant details on location, type of fire and possible hazards within the building and especially the fire floor to SCDF upon arrival.
   
4. The Security officer shall not reactivate any of the passenger lifts that have been "homed" by the activation of the fire alarm until at such time that the incident has been investigated and mitigated.
   
5. If the location of the fire is indicated to be at the basement, the Security officer shall not proceed to fire floor. He shall check CCTV, if available, to verify the fire incident.
   
6. In the event of small fire, security personnel shall attempt to extinguish or control the fire without taking undue risk, before the arrival of the Singapore Civil Defence Force.
   
7. In the event of a fire that has gone out of control, the security officer shall not attempt to extinguish the fire. He shall proceed to make the appropriate announcements over the PA system and initiate the relevant evacuation procedures.

• Emergency Response Plan Guideline

Accredited Training Organisations for CERT Training

• List of Accredited Training Organisations (ATOs) for CERT Training (SSG Approved) (PDF, 227 KB)
  

• Full User Guide for FSMs (PDF, 1.51 MB)
• Full User Guide for Building Owners (Non-FSM premises) (PDF, 1.31 MB)

Download the following standard pre-recorded messages for broadcast when a fire alarm is activated in the building:

• Alert (MP3, 202 KB)
• Evacuation (MP3, 246 KB)
• Emergency Standby (MP3, 237 KB)
• Safe to Stay (MP3, 202 KB)
• False Alarm (MP3, 168 KB)

Download the slides on topics presented during the FSM briefings below:

• Slides for FSM Briefing 2025

Archives:

• Slides for FSM Briefing 2024

• Slides for FSM Briefing 2023

• Slides for FSM Briefing 2022

• Slides for FSM Briefing 2021

• Slides for FSM Briefing 2019

Refer to the Subsidiary Legislation of Fire Safety Act 1993 for the following Act and legislation:

• Fire Safety Act
• Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Emergency Response Plan) Notification 2020
• Fire Safety (Emergency Response Plan) Regulations
• Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Fire Safety Manager and Company Emergency Response Team) Notification 2013
• Fire Safety (Fire Safety Manager) Regulations
• Fire Safety (Company Emergency Response Team) Regulations 2013