Fire Officer job description

 
• The post holder will ensurethe the company is aware of legislated and associated fire safety requirements
• Advise the Head of Operational Health, Safety and Fire of all serious fire issues.
• Directly advise management and department managers on all aspects of fire safety and their responsibilities.
• Have professional responsibility to provide a full service in relation to fire safety matters, including the responsibility for assisting the Senior Fire Officer in the management, co-ordination and development of the company training requirements for fire safety.
• The post holder must have specialist knowledge in fire safety and associated subjects, and be experienced in training and development, and management.
• The post holder will provide statutory and mandatory guidance and advise the company in matters relating to fire safety to ensure compliance with statutory legislated acts relating to fire and associated with fire, ensuring the safety of patients, visitors and staff.

 Responsible for providing statutory and mandatory guidance to the company on fire safety and associated subjects with fire to ensure compliance with statutory legislation, ORGANISATION Firecode, British and European Standards.
 Responsible for carrying out in-depth fire safety inspections of all company properties i.e. buldings, engineering service areas including ducts and plant rooms and areas of special risk. Compile reports from the inspections identifying any deficiencies that need to be addressed in accordance with The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, health and safety requirements and Health Technical Memoranda. Requiring knowledge additional to specialised field.
 Undertake annual fire safety compliance audits and compile reports and action plans
 Analyse complex plans of proposed projects in relation to alterations to existing and new builds. Analyse the alarm, detection and fire protection systems for existing and proposed projects. Provide guidance on recommendations and findings in relation to fire safety legislation, building regulations and Heath Technical Memoranda compliance referring to the Senior Fire Officer where necessary. This work is on-going and will require substantial periods of concentration and interpretation of conflicting information and making judgements that does not compromise the company interests or legislation.
 Assist in the development and delivery of statutory and mandatory fire training programs. This will include the co-ordination of specific departmental high risk areas, and specialist equipment requiring knowledge above/beyond core skills and knowledge.
 Provide Estates Officers and Departmental Managers with advice and guidance on technical, complex fire engineering issues to maintain fire safe environments and systems. Ensure that maintenance work meets the correct standards and that safety is not compromised in the workplace (including contractors working within company areas). This will require an understanding of available, and varied complex and diverse systems and have the ability to interrogate analyse and understand them to ensure the company safety is not compromised.
• Monitor building projects to ensure compliance with safety standards, statutory and mandatory regulations and keep abreast of changes to legislation relating to fire and associated subjects to fire. Assist in the prioritisation of the risks for funding for existing buildings. Investigate and manage fires and false alarm calls and providing recommendations to reduce the risks of fire and incidents of false alarms to ensure the company meets the Government’s strategy to reduce unwanted fire signals in accordance with legislated requirements and HTMs.

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