1. MEMBERSHIP

Membership of the IFE provides you with a variety of benefits* as well as the following:

• Improved career prospects and employability.
• Higher earning potential.
• Demonstration of a professional attitude valued by employers and customers.
• Enhanced status leading to higher self-esteem.
• International recognition of competence and commitment.
• Evidence of expertise.
• Greater influence within your own organisation and industry *(depending upon your membership grade).

The IFE offers 5 grades of membership with letters after your name (post nominals) that are recognised and valued by employers worldwide.

 

How do I join?

There are just three steps to join the IFE :

1. Complete the membership application forms (See membership explanation for details):
   – Affiliate Individual
   – Affiliate Organization
   – Student
   – Technician
   – Graduate
   – Associate
   – Member
   – Fellow
2. Select the type of membership most appropriate to you.
3. Send the form to Branch secretariat with relevant supporting documents.

 

What you can expect to happen next:

• You will receive an acknowledgment of your application from the Branch.
• Your application will be sent to IFE Home Office.
• Your application will be reviewed by the Applications Panel.
• The Branch will write to you advising you of the outcome of your application and of any subscriptions due.

 

Annual Subscriptions

A. Initial Application Fees and Annual Subscriptions

Membership	Subscription (HK$) (1.1.24-31.12.24)
Fellow	2,200
Member	1,490
Associate	1,150
Graduate	1,060
Technician	890
Student	0
Affiliate Organization	5,970
Affiliate Individual	1,140

B. Membership Application Forms

Click here for download Affiliate (Individual) Membership Application form.

Click here for download Affiliate (Organisation) Membership Application form.

Click here for download Student Membership Application form.

Click here for download Technician Membership Application form.

Click here for download Graduate Membership Application form.

Click here for download Member Membership Application form.

Click here for download Fellow Membership Application form.

Click here for download Associate Membership Application form.

Click here for download Membership Rules.

C. Application and Enquiry

All fees should be paid by a cheque made payable to “The Institution of Fire Engineers (Hong Kong Branch)“. Application and payment shall be sent to the following address:

The Institution of Fire Engineers (HK Branch)
P.O. Box No.98649,
Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office,
Kowloon, Hong Kong.

For further enquiry on the application of membership, please contact the following person or browse the following IFE website:

Mr. LO Shui-sang, gerrylo@hkife.org

Mr. MAN Ka-ping, ifemkp@gmail.com

IFE Website : http://www.ife.org.uk/membership

For renewal of membership, please contact the Hon. Treasurer, Ir YUE Tze-kit, treasurer@hkife.org.

 

2. ENGINEERING COUNCIL REGISTRATIONS

The Engineering Council or EngC has implemented the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence or UK-SPEC since 1 March 2004. Further to the EngC granting the Institution Nominated Body Status, applicants satisfying the competence standards set by EngC and laid down in UK-SPEC now have the option to apply for registration to EngC and to join the IFE Registrants Group or IFERG to become registered Chartered Engineers, Incorporated Engineers or Engineering Technicians. Interim registration is also possible for applicants who have met the educational standards for registration but have not yet gained the experience to satisfy the professional competences for full registration. For more details, please click here. In September 2013, Reciprocal Recognition Agreement or RRA which has been signed between the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers or HKIE and the Institution of Fire Engineers or IFE allows Members of Fire Discipline in the HKIE and Chartered Engineers of IFERG in the IFE to apply for each other’s membership through RRA route.

For Chartered Engineer application via IFE Hong Kong Branch, please refer to the link here.

 

A. Application Fees

An applicant shall pay an initial application and local administration fees plus postage charge(s) upon submission of his / her application. An applicant has also to pay the interview fee when IFERG allows an applicant to go forward to have an interview. All fees are not refundable and will be subject to change by UK IFE / IFE(Hong Kong Branch).

The Schedule of Application Fees is listed below:

Initial Application & Interview Fees for IFERG Membership in 2024 according to Grades of Membership

Title	HK$
	Initial Fee	Interview Fee	Technical Report Assessment
Chartered	2,550	2,550	N/A
Incorporated	2,550	2,550	N/A
Interim	1,830	N/A	N/A
Engineering Technician	870	1,460	N/A

 

Remarks: Applicant is required to pay local administration fee HK$200 plus postage charge(s) to the branch upon submission of his/her application.

B. Initial Registration Fees and Annual Subscriptions

When an application has been approved by the IFERG to become a member, the applicant will be required to pay the IFERG annual membership subscription, EngC initial registration fee and the membership subscription as appropriate to his / her grade. If a successful applicant is a registered engineer through another Nominated Body beforehand, he / she would not need to pay the EngC initial registration fee. In addition, membership subscription shall not be paid by a successful applicant who is already a member of the Institution.

Tables showing annual subscriptions and initial registration fee are as follows:

Annual Membership Subscriptions payable to IFERG and IFE for 2024 according to Grades of Membership

IFERG	HK$
Chartered	2,360
Incorporated	920
Interim	740
Engineering Technician	630
IFE	HK$
IFE Annual Membership	As per Section 1

 

Remarks: Applicants who are approved by IFERG for registration will be awarded the following IFE grades:

 

C. Annual Renewal of IFERG Membership

Members of IFERG are required to pay annual membership subscriptions in addition to those payable for their respective membership grades in the IFE. Those members with their EngC registration through the IFE, they are required to pay annual subscriptions to EngC through the IFE.

Tables showing annual subscriptions are as follows:

Annual Membership Subscriptions payable to IFERG & Annual Registration Fees to Engineering Council UK for 2024 according to Grades of Membership

IFERG	HK$	Engineering Council	HK$
Chartered	2,360	Chartered	440
Incorporated	920	Incorporated	380
Interim	740	Interim	160
Engineering Technician	630	Engineering Technician	220

Annual Membership Subscriptions payable to IFE for 2024 according to Grades of Membership

IFE	HK$
IFE Annual Membership Subscriptions	As per Section 1

 

Remarks: Applicants who are approved by IFERG for registration will be awarded the following IFE grades:

 

D. Application and Enquiry

All fees shall be paid by a cheque and made payable to “The Institution of Fire Engineers (Hong Kong Branch)”. For further enquiry on application for IFERG membership, please browse IFE website: http://www.ife.org.uk/engineeringcouncil/ or contact:

Ir PANG Ching Man, Tracy at Email : tracy.pang@hkife.org

 

3. Tax Relief – Annual Subscriptions and Registration Fees

Annual membership subscriptions payable to the IFE, including those in respect to the IFERG, may be deducted from the emoluments of any office or employment to be assessed for tax, if defrayed out of those emoluments.

Applicants to the IFERG, on registration with the Engineering Council or EngC, will be entitled to tax relief on the annual registration fee only. In making a claim for tax relief in respect of the annual Engineering Council registration fees, please indicate clearly that the payment has been made in respect of annual registration fees to the Engineering Council or EngC and not to the IFE.

 

4. Reciprocal Recognition Arrangement WITH HKIE (New RRA with HKIE)

Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) and the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) have reached an agreement on reciprocal recognition of requirements for Members of the HKIE (Fire Discipline) and Chartered Members of the IFE. With immediate effect, Chartered Members of IFE may be admitted to the HKIE (Fire Discipline) without a Professional Assessment. Two Corporate Member supporters in the Fire Discipline of HKIE are required when completing the Corporate Membership application form (Form 1/M). The application Form (Form 1/M) should be submitted to the HKIE for application. The Form 1/M may be downloaded at here . Please refer to Note ‘W’ of Form 1/M for details. For enquiry, please send email to Ir PANG Ching Man, Tracy at Email : tracy.pang@hkife.org