Fire Safety

To set fire safety policies and ensure their implementation in accordance with relevant laws through:
 

• Enforce the Fire Services Act 1988 under the provisions of fire certification and fire hazard elimination.
• Updating the Fire Safety Division's regulations and instructions regarding fire certificates, fire hazard elimination, building certificates and licensing certificates to be more relevant to current needs.
• Ensure that passive and active system protection requirements in all premises meet the requirements in current legal provisions and codes of practice.
• Formulate regulatory requirements and standards in collaboration with domestic research agencies regarding the use of fire safety materials and installation systems.
• Assess and ensure fire safety installations comply with current regulations and standards.
• Cultivate fire safety awareness among all levels of society through relevant campaigns according to target groups.

• Provide policies, instructions and implementation guidelines for the issuance of licensing certificates.
• Monitor the implementation of the issuance of building licensing certificates in accordance with the guidelines and Standing Orders of the Director General that have been prepared.

• Provide policies and instructions related to the implementation of fire hazard elimination.
• Prepare annual and 5-year fire hazard elimination strategic plans.
• Reviewing legal requirements in implementing fire hazard elimination.
• Provide inspection guidelines for premises or buildings.
• Study the effectiveness of fire hazard elimination in reducing the number of fires.
• Monitor the implementation of fire hazard elimination in accordance with the guidelines and Standing Orders of the Director General that have been prepared.
• Manage and coordinate public complaints regarding fire hazards.

• Provide policies and instructions related to the implementation of fire certification.
• Review legal requirements in implementing fire certification.
• Provide inspection guidelines for designated premises or buildings.
• Monitor the effectiveness of fire certification in reducing the number of fires.
• Monitor the implementation of fire certification according to the guidelines and Standing Orders of the Director General that have been prepared.

• Establish rules and guidelines for registration applications. 
  • Principal Submitting Person/Submitting Person (PSP/SP)
  • Competent Person
  • Fire Safety Contractors
  • Fire Safety Engineer
  • Fire Safety Engineering Firm
  • Fire Safety Inspector (FiSI)
• Carry out registration based on the established rules and guidelines.
• Collect and analyze registration statistical data for the purpose of preparing the annual Fire Safety Registration strategic plan.
• Monitor the implementation of the e-FEIS System.

• Provide annual and 5-year national fire safety and water safety program policies and strategic plans.
• Collect and analyze training needs information.
• Determine department training needs for Community Firefighters, 3K Clubs, Fire Squads, SURI, 1RAPI, Emergency Response Team (ERT) and the public.
• Design and implement fire safety and water safety awareness programs.
• Monitor the implementation of fire safety and water safety awareness programs.

• Submitting proposals to the Malaysian Standards Department regarding the need to draft a standard.
• Manage the formulation and use of standards related to fire safety in Malaysia.
• Monitor the use and compliance with standards related to fire safety in buildings.