Assistant Manager, Fire Fighting

Company Name: United Healthcare Services Limited

Location: Dhaka

Job Type: Full-Time

Workplace Type: Full-time

Job ID: IJOB202674736

To ensure comprehensive fire safety, fire prevention, emergency preparedness, and firefighting operations throughout the hospital premises. The position is responsible for maintaining fire protection systems, ensuring compliance with applicable fire safety laws and regulations in Bangladesh, conducting regular inspections and drills, and coordinating emergency response activities to protect patients, doctors, employees, visitors, medical equipment, and hospital property.

• Develop, implement, and monitor fire prevention policies, procedures, and safety protocols across all hospital facilities.
• Conduct regular fire risk assessments and identify potential fire hazards in wards, ICUs, operation theatres, laboratories, kitchens, electrical rooms, generator rooms, medical gas storage areas, warehouses, and other critical locations.
• Ensure appropriate placement, accessibility, and readiness of fire extinguishers, fire hose reels, hydrants, fire alarms, smoke detectors, and other firefighting equipment.
• Monitor fire safety arrangements in high-risk areas, including oxygen and medical gas systems, chemical storage areas, and electrical installations, in coordination with the relevant departments.
• Ensure that emergency exits, staircases, escape routes, and fire doors remain accessible and unobstructed.
• Supervise the inspection, testing, maintenance, and servicing of fire pumps, sprinkler systems, hydrants, hose reels, fire alarms, smoke detectors, emergency lighting, and related equipment.
• Maintain an updated inventory of firefighting equipment and monitor expiry dates, service schedules, and equipment replacement requirements.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Maintenance, Electrical, Biomedical, Security, and external service providers to ensure the operational readiness of fire protection systems.
• Maintain preventive maintenance schedules, inspection reports, equipment service records, and corrective action logs.
• Immediately report and coordinate the rectification of any malfunction or deficiency in fire safety systems.
• Develop and periodically update hospital fire emergency response plans, evacuation procedures, and emergency contact lists.
• Lead or coordinate firefighting and emergency response activities within the scope of assigned authority during fire incidents and other relevant emergencies.
• Coordinate safe evacuation procedures for patients, including ICU, CCU, NICU, operation theatre, and other areas where patients may have limited mobility.
• Conduct regular fire drills and evacuation exercises in coordination with Administration, Nursing, Medical Services, Security, Engineering, and other concerned departments.

Requirements

• Experience: 5-10 years
• Education: bachelor in any discipline
• Skills: fire safety training, fire safety inspections, fire safety, fire safety regulations, fire safety knowledge, fire prevention, fire protection, medical staff supervision, fire service, first aid & emergency response

Last Date of Application: 11 November 2026