Membership benefits

We provide all members with the access to education, resources, and qualifications that they need to continuously develop and raise standards. By becoming a member, you will receive IFE letters after your name to demonstrate your professional status and other benefits including access to a global community of fire professionals and learning resources.  See below to discover the benefits of IFE membership and how we help to lead the global industry in delivering excellence and professionalism:

• Membership of one of the largest and most international fire engineering associations in the world.
• Quarterly International Fire Professional journal published in the UK.
• International membership card.
• Branch Facebook page with over 1300 members.
• Discount on examination study material, conferences, seminars, and workshops.
• Access to 11,000 + members in 41 Branches for publication and communication of information on the latest developments in fire engineering technology.
• Development of many products and services for your continuous development as a member of the Fire Industry.
• Opportunities to meet other members through branch and international meetings /conferences from all levels and activities within the Fire Industry.
• Opportunities to meet other members within the examination programme, form study groups and obtain academic assistance from fellow students.
• Opportunity to follow a programme of ‘Continuing Professional Development’.
• National and international recognition of membership to the Institution can assist in career progression. It also represents a recognised level of achievement.
• Benefits of advanced knowledge of products and services.
• Designator initials after your name depending on the grade you apply for.
• Opportunities for promotion/contacts within one’s own chosen industry.
• Interface with other Professional Institutes.

Above all, the Institution of Fire Engineers is an independent organisation for those in the Fire Industry to communicate with each other through a central professional body and learned society to the benefit of its members.

All paid-up members are given access to the My IFE Portal to access benefits and manage their membership.  The portal includes free online CPD. It is available for all IFE members and registrants of any level and there is certainly something for everyone. Alongside reissuing CPD content from past conferences, we have been developing our own CPD over the last few weeks, collaborating with industry professionals to create a series of sessions suitable for all grades of membership.

We also have links to a collection of FRED podcasts that are available to stream, along with recorded CPD sessions from past IFE International Conferences. These include Passive Fire Protection workshops, ‘Competency and Ethics in the Fire Service’ and ‘Women in Engineering, How Does the Fire Sector Compare?’

If all of this wasn’t enough, there is also a hub of external online CPD opportunities that provide even more information, opportunities and guidance for learning. These include international CPD sessions from UL, webinars and sessions from the FIA website and a whole host of other learning platforms.

Once you have completed a CPD session, you can easily head over to your MyIFE Portal and update your log and record those all-important CPD hours!

We are developing more free sessions which will be uploaded to the portal. Keep an eye on the MyIFE Portal and our social media accounts for further updates. If you have not yet activated your MyIFE Portal account, contact membership@ife.org.uk to receive your unique URL.