Address: 5/F, South Wing, Fire Services Headquarters Building, 1 Hong Chong Road, Kowloon.
- overall management of Licensing and Certification Command
- formulating and certifying the fire safety standards of new buildings, alterations to buildings, food premises, public entertainment premises, karaoke establishment, child care centres, non-designed school premises etc
- monitoring the licensing control on the use, storage, manufacture and conveyance of dangerous goods as well as timber stores
- administering the acceptance testing of fire service installations and the registration of fire service installation contractors
- administering the legislation in relation to the abatement of fire hazards.
- monitoring the fire service installations in existing buildings and their annual maintenance
- certifying Fire Service Installations (FSI) for new buildings.
The Licensing and Certification Command enforces fire safety regulations and policies, as well as assists and advises the public on fire protection measures and the abatement of fire hazard.
The Policy Division mainly deals with the formulation of guidelines on fire protection matters and handles legal & prosecution matters.
The Dangerous Goods Legislation Division is responsible for coordinating the legislative amendment exercise of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, Cap. 295 and its subsidiary legislation, formulating and implementing dangerous goods control policies and measures, as well as promoting the planning and development of dangerous goods stores to keep up with the development of safety control of dangerous goods in Hong Kong.
The Dangerous Goods Division is responsible for controlling the use, store, manufacture and conveyance of dangerous goods. It handles the licensing of dangerous goods manufacturing, dangerous goods stores and dangerous goods vehicles. It also handles the licensing of timber stores.
The Licensing Division i.e. Hong Kong and Kowloon West Licensing Office, and New Territories and Kowloon East Licensing Office is responsible for formulating and certifying the fire safety provisions of licensed / registered premises and carrying out complaint inspections for fire hazard abatement and prosecution action.
The Fire Service Installations Task Force is responsible for inspecting fire service installations in existing buildings, handling complaints regarding building fire service installations, monitoring the professional standards of registered fire service installation contractors and taking law enforcement action where necessary. The Task Force also answers enquiries from the public, Authorized Persons, E&M consultants, Fire Service Installation contractors and other government departments with respect to the technical aspects of fire service installations.
The Fire Service Installations Division is responsible for inspecting and approving fire service installations in buildings and monitoring the professional standards of registered fire service installation contractors.
The Ventilation Division plays an important role in monitoring ventilating system of new buildings and licensed premises, carrying out acceptance inspection and test to such systems to ensure the integrity of fire compartmentation is being properly maintained.
The Administration Group of this Command handles administrative matters, provides clerical and secretarial support and deals with the registration of fire service installation contractors.
Fire Officers of Licensing and Certification Command are also seconded to Home Affairs Department form “The Licensing Authority Division” to inspect and formulate Fire Services requirements for hotels, guesthouses, private clubs and bedspace apartments; and to take enforcement action on those hotels, guesthouses, club-houses, bedspace apartments and karaoke establishments which have not obtained a license, permit or certificate of compliance. Fire Officers of Licensing and Certification Command are also seconded to Social Welfare Department to advise on fire protection measures in residential care homes for the elderly.
