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Company Emergency
Response Team
CPT Chu Yiu Tak
Audit Team Leader
Central Enforcement Department
Singapore Civil Defence Force
Email: [email protected]
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CERT
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Introduction to CERT
Audit Requirement
Legislative Requirement
Roles and Responsibilities of SMC/SIC/ERT
Useful Resources
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Introduction to CERT
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Introduction to CERT
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Company Emergency Response Team
Team Structure
CERT Standby Hours
Responsibilities
Training Requirement
Medical Screening Requirement
Equipping Requirement
Tier Classification
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Company Emergency Response Team
• Public and Industrial premises that meet any
of the following criteria are required to have a
FSM and a CERT
• A premise may still be required to have a Fire
Certificate, maintain an Emergency Response
Plan and to form a Fire Safety Committee even
if the premise does not need a FSM or a CERT
• Residential, religious and educational
premises are not considered public premises
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Company Emergency Response Team
(a) 9 storeys or more
(d) Occupant Load ≥ 1000
(b) GFA 5000m2
(e) P&FM ≥ 5 metric tons
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(c) Site area 5000m2
(f) Hospital
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Company Emergency Response Team
• Public Premise
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9 storeys or more (including basement), or;
Gross floor area 5000 square metres or more, or;
Designed occupancy load 1000 persons or more, or;
Licensed by MOH as a hospital
• Industrial Premise
– Site area or GFA 5000 square metres or more, or;
– Designed occupancy load 1000 persons or more
• Petroleum & Flammable Material Premises
– Stores 5 metric tons or more of P&FM
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Team Structure
Site Main
Controller
Site Incident
Controller
Emergency Response
Team Members
Anybody can be a CERT member,
regardless of age or gender.
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Team Structure
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1 x Site Main Controller (SMC)
1 x Site Incident Controller (SIC)
4 x Response Team Members (ERT Members)
These are minimum requirement, larger or
riskier premises should consider having a
larger CERT if possible.
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Team Structure
(during emergencies)
Site Main
Controller
Site Incident
Controller
ERT
Member
ERT
Member
ERT
Member
Fire Safety
Manager
ERT
Member
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Responsibilities
• SMC
– Key decision maker
– Point of contact with government agencies
– Authorise operation shutdown & evacuation
• SIC
– Response Team leader
– Link between SMC & RT (and FSM)
• ERT Members
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Provide emergency response
Conduct evacuation
Implement In-Place Protection
Provide first aid
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Responsibilities
Room filled with smoke
Intense fire
These are not incipient stages of an incident.
CERT is not expected to handle incidents at this level.
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Responsibilities
Not responding to incipient incidents
causes unnecessary threats to lives
and results in property damage
and business disruption.
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Responsibilities
Is this considered an incipient fire?
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Responsibilities
Open air environment with enough safety
distance for CERT mitigation actions
Responding to incipient incidents
reduces property damage and
minimises business disruption
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Responsibilities
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Responsibilities
Fire from a small object can cause a lot of damage.
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CERT Standby Hours
• When is CERT required at the premise?
– During operating hours
• SMC
– Usual working hours of the individual (e.g. office hours)
– Recalled and to arrive at premise within 1 hour of incident
• SIC & ERT Members
– Must be available during all operating hours of premise
– E.g. office hours for office buildings, 9am-11pm for
shopping malls, 24 hours for 24 hours production plants
– Can be rotated if on shift work as long as response team
manpower requirement is met
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Training Requirement
• SMC
– WSQ Implement Incident Management Processes
• SIC
– WSQ Implement Incident Management Processes
– WSQ Respond to Fire (Same as ERT members)
• ERT Members
– WSQ Respond to Fire & HazMat Emergency (3 days)
– WSQ Respond to Fire Emergency in Buildings (2 days)
– WSQ Respond to Fire Incident in Workplaces (1 day)
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Medical screening
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Medical Screening Requirement
• Anyone can sign up for the courses as long as the
person is generally fit for light physical activities
• Fitness checklist based on Sports Council PAR-Q
• No medical screening required for
– WSQ Implement Incident Management Processes
– WSQ Respond to Fire Incident in Workplaces (1 day)
• If individual clears self assessment fitness checklist, no
medical screening required for
– WSQ Respond to Fire Emergency in Buildings (2 days)
– WSQ Respond to Fire & HazMat Emergency (3 days)
• Doctor certificate of fitness based on revised guidelines
• Download checklist and guidelines from SCDF website
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Medical Screening
• Instructions available at www.scdf.gov.sg
• New 2 step process
Step 1:
Fitness Checklist &
Self Declaration Form
Not all OK
OK
Step 2:
Medical screening
Not certified fit
Cannot sign up for
CERT course with ATOs
Sign up for CERT
course with ATOs
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Equipping Requirement
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Equipping Requirement
• Personal Protective Equipment
– Fire retardant gloves, safety boots, helmets
– Refer to CERT table for details
• Mitigation
– Relevant mitigation equipment (refer to table)
• First Aid
– First aid kit, stretcher, blanket & AED
• Communication
– Loud hailer & Walkie-talkie
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Tier Classification
• Tier 1
– P&FM Premises
– High Risk Installations classified by SCDF
• Tier 2
– Premises storing less than 5 metric tons of P&FM
– Premises storing petrol in underground tanks
– Premises storing only diesel in aboveground tanks
• Tier 3
– Premises storing only diesel in underground tanks
– All other FSM premises
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Audit Requirement
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Audit Requirement
• Help premises improve their CERT
• Checks both documentation and practical
components
• Premises audited at most once a year
• Audit for Public & Industrial Premises starts
WY15/16
• Transparent assessment
– Audit Checklist available on SCDF website
– Assessment criteria will be based on checklist
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Audit Requirement
• Penalties for failure
– Re-audit
– Notice for Fire Safety Offences (NFSO)
– Revoke of P&FM storage license
– Offence liable for fine and/or imprisonment if
CERT is not formed
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Documentation
(30%)
Practical Skills
(70%)
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Grading Table
Score
(%)
Documentation
Practical Skills
Total
30
70
100
Category Assessed
Category
Score (%)
Emergency Response Plan
10.5
Emergency Staff Aids
1.5
Training Records & Certification
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Equipment Readiness & Maintenance Records
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Activation & Response
9.1
Incident Size Up
4.2
Mitigation Ops
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Linking up with SCDF
4.9
Evacuation
14.7
Support Activates
2.1
Must pass practical assessment to pass audit
100
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Documentation
• Be conscientious
• Get documents ready before 1st meeting
• Documentation audit can be conducted
before practical skills audit
MAY 2015
3Audit4 Discussion
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& Drill Planning
10 11 + 12 13 14 15 16
17Documentation
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Audit
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Documentation
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IN CASE OF FIRE
CALL 995 &
WAIT FOR HELP
Floor plan: Accurate
Concept of operations: Make sense
Key personnel contact number: Updated
Table top exercise, emergency & evacuation
drill records: Reports attached as annexes
• Emergency staff aids: Available
• Emergency Response Plan: FEP, IPP, APP
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Documentation
• Training records: Photocopy of all certificates
• Refresher training records: Trainer, topic,
venue, date, time, attendance
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Documentation
• Equipment: Appropriate, sufficient & working
– PPE, Mitigation, First aid, Communication
• Maintenance records: Available
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Practical Skills
• Assess individual competency & incident
management as a team
• Regular refresher training
• Make use of TTX
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21 Top
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24 25 26 27Exercise
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Practical Skills
• Desired Outcomes for CERT
– Quick dispatch and arrival
– Initiation of emergency response system, assessment
of incident scene, update of situation and request for
appropriate resources
– Notify relevant government authorities and
neighbouring premises
– Containment and management of threats in
accordance with emergency response plans and safety
procedures
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Audit Timeline
MAY 2015
APRIL 2015
Notification
Letter
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Audit Discussion
3 & Drill
4 Planning
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+ Documentation
10 11Audit
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JUNE 2015
1 CERT
2 Audit
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Evacuation Drill
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Audit Report
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20 Table
21 Top22
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27Exercise
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Briefing
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1 June 2015
8.30am – Drill set up
9.30am – CERT audit + evacuation drill
+ joint exercise with SCDF
11am – End of drill
11.15am – Debrief
11.30am – Pack up & end of audit
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Legislative Requirement
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Legislative Requirement
• Fire Safety Act
– Section 22 (Fire safety managers and Company
Emergency Response Teams)
• Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable
Materials) Regulations
• Fire Safety (Company Emergency Response
Team) Regulations 2013
• Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Fire Safety
Manager and Company Emergency Response
Team) Notification 2013
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Fire Safety Act
• Section 22 (Fire safety managers and Company
Emergency Response Teams)
1) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette,
specify any premises or class of premises in which
the owner or occupier of the premises is required to
appoint fire safety managers and Company
Emergency Response Teams in respect of such
premises or class of premises.
2) The owner or occupier of the premises shall ensure
that the fire safety measures and fire safety practices
of such premises comply with the requirements of
this Act.
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Fire Safety Act
• Section 22 (Fire safety managers and Company
Emergency Response Teams)
3) The fire safety manager and Company Emergency
Response Team of the premises shall assist the
owner or occupier of the premises in the
performance of his duties under this Act.
3A) The owner or occupier of the premises shall
establish and maintain a Company Emergency
Response Team comprising such number of
members as the Commissioner may, by notice in
writing to the owner or occupier of the premises,
specify.
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Fire Safety Act
• Section 22 (Fire safety managers and Company
Emergency Response Teams)
4) Any person who contravenes this section shall be
guilty of an offence.
• Section 22AA (Meaning of owner or occupier in
this Part)
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In this Part, where a building or premises is a
building erected on land comprised in a strata
subdivision plan approved by the competent
authority, references to the owner or occupier of the
building or premises shall not include references to
the subsidiary proprietors or tenants of any part of
the building or premises.
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Fire Safety (P&FM) Regulations
• Regulation 25 (Provision of Company Emergency
Response Teams)
1)
Where any licensed premises are used to store or keep
• (a) more than 5,000 litres of petroleum;
• (b) more than 5,000 litres of liquid flammable material;
• (c) more than 5,000 kg of solid flammable material;
• (d) more than 5,000 kg of gaseous flammable material; or
• (e) substances which are in mixed states, the aggregate
weight of which is more than 5,000 kg,
the storage licensee for the licensed premises shall establish and
maintain an in-house, on-site Company Emergency Response
Team (referred to in this regulation as the Team) comprising
such number of persons as the Commissioner may direct.
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Fire Safety (P&FM) Regulations
• Regulation 25 (Provision of Company Emergency
Response Teams)
2) Such storage licensee shall ensure that the Team is
competent in handling incidents involving any
petroleum or flammable material in the event of any
fire, explosion, leakage or other similar emergency.
3) The Commissioner may at any time require the
storage licensee to send any member of the Team
for its licensed premises to take and pass, at such
frequency as the Commissioner may determine, such
competency tests as the Commissioner may specify.
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Fire Safety (P&FM) Regulations
• Regulation 25 (Provision of Company Emergency
Response Teams)
4) If any of the member of the Team fails to pass any
competency test referred to in paragraph (3), the
storage licensee shall not deploy or shall cease to
deploy the person as a member of the Team until
such time the person has successfully passed the
competency test.
5) The Commissioner may subject the Team to periodic
assessment of the emergency preparedness of the
Team at such frequency as may be determined by
the Commissioner.
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Fire Safety (CERT) Regulations 2013
• Regulation 4 (Functions and duties of CERT)
4) The functions and duties of a CERT for specified premises
shall be to —
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assist the owner or occupier of the premises to carry out their duties in
relation to the Emergency Response Plan under section 21 of the Act;
undergo such training and pass such training or periodic assessments as the
Commissioner may specify;
train the occupants of the premises for emergency preparedness;
conduct initial fire-fighting and rescue operations in the event of fire or
other related emergencies at the premises until the arrival of the SCDF firefighting crew;
hand over the fire-fighting operations to the SCDF fire-fighting crew upon
their arrival at the premises;
assist the SCDF fire-fighting crew in the conduct of fire-fighting and rescue
operations, if required;
provide any other assistance as may be required by the SCDF to mitigate the
fire or other related emergency; and
carry out such duties and provide such information relating to emergency
planning for the premises as the Commissioner may require.
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Roles and Responsibilities of a
Site Main Controller /
Site Incident Controller /
Response Team Member
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Team Structure
(during emergencies)
Site Main
Controller
Site Incident
Controller
ERT
Member
ERT
Member
ERT
Member
Fire Safety
Manager
ERT
Member
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Responsibilities
• SMC
– Key decision maker
– Point of contact with government agencies
– Authorise operation shutdown & evacuation
• SIC
– Response Team leader
– Link between SMC & RT (and FSM)
• ERT Members
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Provide emergency response
Conduct evacuation
Implement In-Place Protection
Provide first aid
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Responsibilities of the SMC
• SMC is the senior member of the installation /
premises management.
• In charge of the overall emergency response
operations in the premise.
• Liaises with senior officials of government
agencies such as SCDF, SPF, NEA, MOM.
• Trained in incident management.
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Responsibilities of the SMC
1. Coordinate the activities of external emergency organizations
and work closely with the Incident Manager at during
consequence management.
2. Provide Incident Manager with the following information:
a. Site Layout Map
b. Building plan
c. Building Fire Protection System
d. Company / Premises Emergency Response Plan
e. HazMat inventory and location of HazMat inventory
f. Overall workers population
g. Incident resources available at site
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Responsibilities of the SMC
3. Provide the Incident Manager with the necessary
information on company / premises SOPs and policies.
4. Authorize the shutdown of operations in the installation /
premises (if requested by Incident Manager).
5. Authorize the release of information to the media and
government agencies.
6. Assist the Incident Manager in determining the termination
of the emergency and authorizing re-entry upon complete
recovery.
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Responsibilities of the SIC
• SIC is the Emergency Response Team leader.
• In charge of ground response operations at
incident site.
• Assist SCDF ground commander during
operations.
• Trained in both incident management as well
as incident mitigation.
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Responsibilities of the SIC
1. Size up situation and recommend response strategy.
2. Determine incident control zones.
3. Lead and establish tasks for Emergency Response Team.
4. Ensure safety of ERT members.
5. Maintain constant communication with SMC and ERT
members.
6. Work with SCDF ground officer.
7. Coordinate recovery activities.
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Responsibilities of ERT members
• ERT consists of personnel trained in basic
emergency response such as evacuation, fire
fighting and implementing in place protection.
• Made up of minimum 1 SIC + 4 ERT members.
• Always work in a section of at least 2 persons.
• Trained in incident mitigation.
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Responsibilities of ERT members
1. Investigate fire alarms and locate incident site.
2. Conduct basic emergency response actions such as
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Evacuation
Fire fighting
Basic First Aid
Contain HazMat leaks
Implement in place protection
1. Isolate incident if unable to mitigate.
2. Direct SCDF officers to incident site.
3. Account for personnel in premise.
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Useful Resources
• http://www.scdf.gov.sg
– Regulations
– List of licensed P&FM
– List of Accredited Training Organisations
– Training and equipping requirement
– CERT audit checklist
– Briefing slides
– Frequently Asked Questions (and answers)
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For more information
www.scdf.gov.sg
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Available on
SCDF website
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Commonly asked questions
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What are PIBs?
Training validity
Refresher training
FSM & CERT
CERT Hours
Can we share CERT?
Who can be part of CERT?
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1. What are PIBs with FSMs?
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1. What are PIBs with FSMs?
• Public & Industrial Buildings with FSMs
– Public buildings
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9 storeys or more (including any basement);
used, constructed or adapted to be used as a hospital;
has a floor area of 5,000 square metres or more; or
has an occupant load of 1,000 persons or more
– Premises used for industrial purposes
• has a floor or site area of 5,000 square metres or more; or
• has an occupant load of 1,000 persons or more
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1. What are PIBs?
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1a. What are Public Buildings?
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1b. What is Industrial purposes?
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2. Will my certification expire?
• Is there a validity duration for the training
certification?
– Certification is valid as long as refresher trainings
are conducted regularly for the CERT members.
– No retraining required as long as there is regular
refresher training.
– Initial training must be from recognised sources,
e.g. Accredited Training Organisations
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3a. Refresher training
• How often do I need to attend refresher
training?
– Refresher training must be conducted annually.
– SCDF recommends one refresher training every
quarter. Components of refresher training can be
conducted in phases.
– E.g. evacuation procedure in March, first aid in
June, use of extinguishers and hosereels in
September, in-place protection in December.
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3b. Refresher training
• Who conducts the refresher training?
– Internally by FSM, senior CERT members
– Externally by training organisations
– Recertification not compulsory as long as
refresher trainings are conducted regularly
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4. FSM & CERT
• Can my FSM be the SMC/SIC/ERT member?
– The FSM may double up as the SMC, but SCDF
strongly discourages this arrangement.
– The FSM may not be the SIC or an ERT member.
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5. CERT hours
• CERT is required throughout the operational
hours of the premises.
• For premises with extended operating hours,
e.g. hotels and investment firms, SMC may
follow the usual working hours and be recalled
to site within one hour if there are incidents
after office hours.
• SIC and ERT members must be available
throughout the operating hours.
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6. Can we share CERT?
• In general, no.
• Exception:
One FSM and CERT is allowed for buildings
that have one Fire Certificate and have the
same postal code. The FSM and the CERT must
still be able to meet the CERT performance
requirement stated in the audit checklist.
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7. Who can be part of CERT?
• Anyone, as long as they are trained and
briefed on their roles in CERT.
• Employees of the building owner, managing
agent, tenants.
• Security guards, maintenance contractors,
cleaners, dedicated CERT members.
• Offsite members are acceptable as long as
performance requirement can be met, i.e.
1 minute activation and 5 minute response.
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