Building Fire Safety Inspections

Establishing an Effective Fire Safety Management Program through Building Plan Submission and Inspection Processes

Overview

The requirements for building plan submission prior to any commencement of building project ensure that building designers such as architects and engineers exercise due diligent in the fire safety design of building structures during the initial design phase. When construction commences upon building plan being approved, the fire safety works need to be inspected and certified by registered fire inspectors and the SCDF before the building project can attain the temporary occupation permit (TOP) as well as the Fire Safety Certificate (FSC) for occupation. Some building with critical fire life safety systems such as automatic fire detection and alarm systems, smoke control systems, automatic suppression systems, etc. are required to undergo periodic professional engineers’ inspection and testing as well as annual fire certificate (FC) inspection by the authority. This workshop will cover the essential requirements and processes of building fire safety inspection inspection to help FSMs to establish an effective fire safety management program.

Objective

• Understand the Building Plan Submission Scheme

• Plan and implement effective Minor Addition & Alteration, Temporary Change of Use, etc.

• Plan and Establish an Effective Fire Safety Program

Outline

• Fire Safety Building Plan Submission Scheme

• Building Fire Safety Inspection Processes

• Building Fire Certificate (FC) Inspection and Certification

• Using the Systems for Effective Fire Safety Management

Target Audience

• Senior managers and executives who have building/facility management responsibilities

• Fire Safety Managers and executives with emergency preparedness roles

• Line managers and executives who have building/facility planning functions

Course Fees (Incl GST)

SCAL Member Fee: $162.00

CIJC Member Fee: $183.60

Non-Member Fee: $183.60

Speaker Profiles

DR IVAN SIN SIANG MENG obtained his PhD in Incident Management from Southern Cross Australia in 2019, MSc in Safety, Health and Environmental Technology from National University Singapore in 2003 and MBA in Business Resilience from Murdoch Australia in 2012. As a certified emergency operation commander, continuity planner and fire investigator, Ivan has more than 20 years of experience in occupational safety and health, with focus in fire safety, emergency response, incident investigation, business continuity, disaster recovery, and crisis management with the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Ivan is actively involved with several professional organizations such as the Society of Loss Prevention for Process Industries (SLP), Institution of Fire Engineers, Singapore (IFES), Association of Company Emergency Response Team (A-CERTS), and Workgroups of SPRING Singapore Standards.

ER MATTHEW KWEK obtained his MFSE in Fire Safety Engineering from the University of Western Sydney in 2004, MSc in Property and Maintenance Management from National University of Singapore in 1989, MSc in Mechanical Engineering from National University of Singapore in 1986, and BEng in Mechanical Engineering from University of Singapore in 1980. As a practicing engineer, Matthew has been in the Building M&E Industry with extensive experience in Shop Retrofitting; Building Maintenance and M&E Consultancy. He is a qualified Professional Engineer in Mechanical Engineering, a Fire Safety Engineer involved in Performance Based Fire Safety Design, a Registered Inspector for Building Fire Safety and a Certified Fire Safety Manager. Currently he also an associate lecturer in the University of Newcastle, Singapore (UONS).