Recognising the Competence of Fire Safety Practitioners
Launch of the Fire Protection Accreditation Scheme (FPAS)
Are you, or the professionals you use, competent? Is that competence recognised?
Changes to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 in 2017 mean that anyone:
· designing a fire system; or
· conducting an annual fire safety assessment
must be a competent fire safety practitioner (CFSP).
The onus for confirming this competence rests with the owner of a building, their agent, or the certifier of any work, but there is no formally recognised method available to demonstrate competence.
The Fire Protection Accreditation Scheme (FPAS) is a useful way to ensure practitioners are appropriately skilled to carry out their work.
The scheme, run by Fire Protection Association Australia, provides accreditation for fire safety designers and fire safety assessors to take the guesswork out of compliance.
Open to all practitioners, FPAS provides certainty for owners, managers, and certifiers and helps to reduce their professional risks significantly.
This seminar will discuss the scheme and its implications for effective fire safety.
8:00am to 10:00am
Orchard Hills: 9:00am - 11:00am
Dubbo: 8:30am - 10:30am
Locations
| 22 March | Fire and Rescue NSW Academy | 1 Distribution Drive, Orchard Hills 2748 |
| 25 March | Fully booked - Maitland Fire Control Centre | 110 Mt Vincent Road, East Maitland 2323 |
| 26 March | Kempsey Macleay RSL Club | 1 York Lane, Kempsey 2440 |
| 27 March | East Lismore Bowling Club | 76 Nielson Street, East Lismore 2480 |
| 28 March | Tamworth Golf Club | Mahony Avenue, Tamworth 2340 |
| 29 March | Dubbo Fire Control Centre | Lot 10 Cooreena Road, Dubbo 2830 |
| 1 April | Bathurst Panthers | 132 Piper Street, Bathurst 2795 |
| 2 April | Commercial Club Albury | 618 Dean Street, Albury 2640 |
| 3 April | Jerrabomberra Community Centre | 25-31 The Parkway, Jerrabomberra 2619 |
| 4 April | Moruya Golf Club | Evans Sreet, Moruya 2536 |
| 5 April | Wollongong Golf Club | 151-161 Corrimal Street, Wollongong 2500 |
Why should you attend?
People attending this seminar will hear:
- What the regulations require
- Responsibilities of owners, managers, certifiers, and competent fire safety practitioners
- How FPAS helps people to address these requirements
- What accreditation through FPAS covers
- How fire safety practitioners can become accredited
Who should attend?
- Commercial and residential building owners and managers
- Government and healthcare property managers
- Facilities managers
- Strata managers
- Fire protection professionals
- Emergency responders
- Consultants
- Building certifiers
- Council officers
- Allied professionals (builders, HVAC, architects)
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