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Have your say and help shape IFE’s strategy

For over a century, the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) has played a pivotal role in enhancing global fire professionals by providing a platform to expand their knowledge, gain recognition and engage in a worldwide discourse, with the overarching goal of promoting and improving the science, practice, and professionalism of fire engineering.

Our next strategy period is 2025 – 2029 and we’re inviting IFE members and external stakeholders to have a say and share experiences to help shape the IFE’s future strategic priorities. This strategy will set out our shared ambition and aims to lead the IFE over the next five years.

In the first instance, we will be holding a series of virtual Strategy Development Sessions across 2 distinct phases. The revised strategy will build upon key evidence, data and the feedback we receive from these Strategy Development Sessions to underpin our intended aims and actions for the next strategy period.

Phase 1

These virtual sessions will be held in March 2024 and will be centred around a strategic analysis of the global fire safety context. These sessions will provide the opportunity to share your thoughts on:

What the strategic issues are
Where opportunities for improvement lay

Phase 1 is open to IFE members and external stakeholders to enable us to identify an array of diverse considerations to further develop the strategy. The closing date for phase 1 registrations is 16th February 2024. The sessions will run for 2 hours with the following dates available to attend:

Wednesday 6th March, 0700 GMT
Thursday 7th March, 1600 GMT
Friday 8th March, 0900 GMT
Friday 8th March, 1400 GMT

Phase 2

These virtual sessions will be held in April 2024 for IFE members only and will focus on consolidating the outputs of Phase 1 into strategic themes. These sessions will provide the opportunity to share your thoughts on:

What you think IFE’s priorities should be
What could help us meet these priorities
How can we measure success

The closing date for phase 2 registrations is 15th March 2024. The sessions will run for 2 hours with the following dates available to attend:

Wednesday 3rd April, 0700 BST
Thursday 4th April, 1600 BST
Friday 5th April, 0900 BST
Friday 5th April, 1400 BST

How to register your interest:

Click here to register your interest and have your say.

In order to keep the sessions as interactive and engaging as possible, places will be limited to around 30 delegates per session. Non-member places for the phase 1 sessions will be restricted.

We are expecting high levels of interest in these Strategy Development Sessions, therefore please be aware that registering your attendance does not guarantee you a place. Attendees will be invited partly based on the answers provided in the registration form whilst ensuring a balanced global representation. This will ensure that a mixture of viewpoints from a variety of stakeholders can be represented. If you are invited, you will receive a separate Zoom link one week before the event.