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Membership
Requirements
Membership of the Institution of Fire Engineers
is normally conferred through an examination process. Individuals who achieve
successful scores on the membership examinations of the Institution are admitted
to the appropriate grades based upon the nature and content of the examinations
passed. The Institution currently administers the following examinations through
its branches:
- Preliminary Certificate
- Intermediate
- Graduate
- Member
The USA Branch is not currently administering the
membership examinations of the Institution of Fire Engineers in America. As
such, the branch can only nominate members to the grades of Student, Graduate,
Associate, Affiliate (Organization), and Fellow at this time. The US Branch
Membership Committee will provide the necessary endorsements to the application
Taken from
"Routes to Membership" published by the Institution of Fire Engineers
(Publications) Ltd.
Additionally, Affiliate membership
is open to organizations who are interested in supporting the aims of the
organization
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Qualifications
A pre-requisite for membership in the Institution
is an involvement or employment in fire engineering. Fire engineering is a
broad discipline, difficult to describe comprehensively in a few words.
Applications for membership will be expected to demonstrate that their work has
a clear relationship with fire prevention, fire extinction or fire engineering
(referred to collectively as "fire engineering"). The various
membership grades and requirements are discussed below:
Student
Every person for election into the grade of Student shall be a person who has
established, to the satisfaction of the International Council, they meet the
requirements below:
- Is engaged as a part time or full time student
of fire engineering, (which may include vocational work place based
training), or are in part time or full time employment in fire engineering.
Persons may remain in the Student grade for as
long as they wish (subject to the rules of membership), however, the Institution
would hope that students would progress through the various grades of
membership.
Technician
Every person for election or transfer into the grade of Technician shall
be a person who has established, to the satisfaction of the International
Council, they meet the requirements below:
- Hold the Institution's Intermediate
examination, and
- Have two years of acceptable training and
responsible experience in fire engineering, or
- Is registered as an Engineering Technician
with the Engineering Council in the UK, or an International equivalent.
Graduate
Every person for election or transfer into the grade of Graduate shall be a
person who has established, to the satisfaction of the International Council,
they meet the requirements (a), (b), or (c) below:
- (a)
- Hold the Graduateship examination or hold
the UK Statutory Station Officers examination or have successfully
completed a course (or courses) which has/have been accredited and
continually validated by the Institution as having equivalency with the
Graduateship examination, and
- Have three yeas of acceptable training and
responsible experience in fir engineering
- (b)
- Hold a Higher National Certificate or
Diploma, or equivalent in relevant subjects, or has qualified by
examinations for membership at an appropriate level, of a professional
body approved for this purpose by the international Council, and
- Have three years of acceptable training
and responsible experience in fire engineering
- (c)
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Fire engineers
without the formal academic qualifications necessary for the grade of
Graduate may submit an application via the Mature Candidate Route.
Such applications will be required to demonstrate 12 years of increasing
responsibility in fire engineering and, by submitting a technical paper,
that they have achieved a standard of competence comparable to
contemporaries who have achieved the Graduate grade by academic
achievement.
Associate
Every person for election or transfer into the grade of Associate shall be a
person who has established, to the satisfaction of the International Council,
they meet the requirements (a) or (b) below:
- (a)
- Are a Graduate member who has successfully
completed the additional modules of study prescribed for transfer to
Associate, and
- Are able to demonstrate one year of
continuing professional development, and
- The application has the support of three
corporate members of the Institution
- (b)
- Have a relevant honors degree required to
progress to membership in the grade of Fellow, but cannot fulfill the
training and experience requirement for that grade, and
- The application has the support of three
corporate members of the Institution.
Member
Every person for election or transfer into the grade of Member shall be a person
who has established, to the satisfaction of the International Council, they meet
the requirements (a), (b) or (c) below:
- (a)
- Hold the Membership examination or have
successfully complete a course( or courses) which has/have been
accredited and continuously validated by the Institution as having
equivalency with the Membership examination, and
- Have four years of acceptable training and
responsible experience in fire engineering and are able to demonstrate
two years of continuing professional development, and
- The application has the support of three
corporate members of the Institution.
- (b)
- Hold a degree, or equivalent in relevant
subjects, from a recognized university or other equivalent academic
institution or have qualified by examination for membership at an
appropriate level, or a professional body approved for this purpose by
the International Council
- Have four years of acceptable training and
responsible experience in fire engineering and are able to demonstrate
two years of continuing professional development
- The application is supported by three
corporate members of the Institution
- (c)
- Fire engineers without the formal academic
qualifications necessary for the grade of Graduate may submit an
application via the Mature Candidate Route. Such applications will
be required to demonstrate 15 years of increasing responsibility in fire
engineering and, by submitting a technical paper, that they have
achieved a standard of competence comparable to contemporaries who have
achieved the Graduate grade by academic achievement.
- The application is supported by three
corporate members of the Institution
Fellow
Every person for election or transfer into the grade of Fellow shall be a Member
of at least three years standing who has established, to the satisfaction of the
International Council, they meet the requirements (a), (b) or (c) below:
- (a)
- Hold a recognized honors degree in fire
engineering
- Have four years of acceptable training and
responsible experience in fire engineering and are able to demonstrate
three years of continuing professional development
- (b)
- Hold an honors degree, or equivalent in
relevant subjects, from a recognized university or other equivalent
academic institution or have qualified by examination for membership at
an appropriate level, of a professional body approved for this purpose
by the International Council
- Have four years of acceptable training and
responsible experience in fire engineering and are able to demonstrate
three years of continuing professional development
- (c)
- Members of three years standing without
the formal academic qualifications necessary for the grade of Graduate
may submit an application via the Mature Candidate Route. Such
applications will be required to demonstrate 15 years of increasing
responsibility in fire engineering and, by submitting a technical paper,
that they have achieved a standard of competence comparable to
contemporaries who have achieved the Graduate grade by academic
achievement.
Life Fellow
Life Fellow is the premier membership grade of the Institution. Access to this
grade is by invitation of the Institution's International Council, who may
elect, as a Life Fellow, a Fellow who has given outstanding service to the
Institution for many years. Life Fellows shall not normally be under the
age of 60 years and at any one time the number of Life Fellows shall not exceed
6. The class of Life Fellow carries the same rights and privileges that of the
class of Fellow.
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Subscription
(Dues)
The annual dues are less than $90.00
per year. For additional dues information, contact our Membership Committee
chairman, Mr William W. Kehoe, MIFireE.
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Application
Applications for membership of the Institution of
Fire Engineers may be obtained by writing to the Branch Secretary or Chairman,
Membership Committee. Membership applications will be considered by the branch
membership committee, endorsed if necessary, and then forwarded to the
Membership and Branches Committee of the Institution for final consideration.
Candidates meeting the qualifications outlined above will be notified of their
election by the Branch Membership Chairman and will then receive an invoice for
annual subscription.
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Diploma
Candidates elected to membership of the
Institution in the grades of Graduate, Associate, Fellow, and Affiliate
(Organization) receive diplomas recognizing their professional accomplishment.
These diplomas are typically presented by the Branch president in a ceremony at
the Annual General Meeting of the Branch.
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Additional
Information
For a membership application and more information
about the Institution of Fire Engineers, contact our Membership Committee
chairman, Mr William W. Kehoe, MIFireE.
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