The registration of FSE is administered by the SCDF. To be qualified as a FSE, the applicant needs to have a Bachelor or Masters degree in Fire Safety Engineering, have at least five years of practical experience in the field of fire safety design (may be prescriptive or performance-based fire safety engineering designs or both), and also pass an interview conducted by the FSE Selection Panel. The panel is chaired by the Director of Fire Safety & Shelter Department (FSSD), two other SCDF senior officers and an appointed representative from each of the professional institutions (SIA, IES and ACES).

It should be noted that the requirement of five-year practical experience in the field of fire safety
design will only be applicable during the initial registration period. This requirement will be changed to 3-5 years of practical experience in the field of performance-based fire safety engineering once it becomes more established and there is a ready pool of such expertise.

This information is sourced from SCDF