The Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has collaborated with a coalition of
over 70 international organisations to develop a new fire safety global
standard.
The project will
bring reassurance to people across the world that the buildings and
infrastructure they use follows the best worldwide expertise on fire safety.
RICS is inviting
experts to help shape the standard through a global consultation and the effort
is being supported by the United Nations and World Bank.
RICS is chairing the
development of the International FireSafety Standard and it follows previous RICS work to bring consistency to
the standards people can expect globally across property, construction and
valuation. Through the consultation launched today, it is hoped a uniform set
of principles can be created for countries to adopt and RICS leadership in this
initiative underlines the profession’s commitment to creating safer built
environments for people around the world.
Gary Strong, Chair
of the International Fire Safety Standards Coalition and Global Building
Standards Director at RICS, said: “Fire knows no geographical or political
boundaries, but the differing approaches to buildings fire safety across the
globe can be inconsistent, ineffective and in some cases, non-existent. There
is an urgent need to deliver better safety for people’s homes, communities and
workplaces and the RICS is committed to being at the heart of this.
“This project has
brought together wide-ranging global expertise and attracted the support of the
United Nations and World Bank. I now encourage experts to engage with this
consultation to help us deliver the best possible fire safety standard for the
environments we all inhabit.”
The International
Fire Safety Standards will be openfor global consultation until 23 March with the final international
standard to be published later in 2020.
