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Fire Safety
Engineering
Our clients expect the very best fire
safety advice. They look to KFS to
ensure their buildings comply with
recognised standards and guidance
and that they are professionally
designed to match the ever-greater
expectations for fire safety.
Our aim is to incorporate tailored
fire safety engineering solutions so
that an acceptable level of safety is
provided.
Fire safety engineering can
incorporate the most appropriate
methods of fire protection (from a
host of engineering techniques) which
will help to minimise the impact of
fire on the building, take advantage of
real cost efficiencies and ultimately
improve overall resilience and safety.
Fire Safety Strategies
Bespoke fire safety strategies, produced by
our fire safety engineers are developed to
address the specific fire risks that may exist
within a building.
Projects gain the greatest value when we
are able to work with designers to develop
the strategies in alignment with early
building plans. However, we regularly provide
innovative solutions in order to revise existing
plans and gain approval for a design that
do not yet comply with standard fire safety
codes; or when renovation work is being
conducted, meaning pre-existing strategies
need to be reviewed and updated.
The fire strategy will refer to any fire
engineering solutions and analysis used
to formulate the report’s conclusions,
such as CFD, structural fire engineering
or radiation analysis and will detail
various elements as required, including:
• Evacuation Routes
• Firefighting Provisions
• Passive & Active Systems
• Material Classifications &
Recommendations
• Occupant Risk Profiles
• Fire Spread Issues
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