Fire / Life Safety

Challenges

Fires are one of the more significant threats to people, the built environment, our cultural heritage, and business interruption.

Opportunities

Fires are one of the few hazards that we have control over the probability of it occurring, as well as the extent of damage. Effective fire prevention and fire protection plans can be developed and implemented to significantly limit the chance of fire occurring, and reducing the fire induced damage.

Approach

In approaching these challenges, it is typically most effective to understand one’s fire/life safety objectives and define credible hazards so that a risk assessment can be undertaken. These efforts more appropriately inform stakeholder decisions regarding the mitigation options available to address these risks, so that risk-informed decisions can be made in selecting one. Documentation and implementation then follow to help better protect our built environment.

Fire Safety/Life Safety Mitigation Measures

Fire/life safety mitigation measures involve a combination of fire prevention procedures, active and passive protection features, and building capacity with stakeholders. These mitigation measures address both limiting a fire from occurring, as well as managing the impact should a fire occur. Mitigation measures include ignition control to reduce fires, and fuel load balancing to limit hazards, coupled with the following to manage a fire’s impact should ignition occur:

These facilitate the development and implementation of a comprehensive, integrated, risk-informed, and sustainable fire/life safety strategy meeting the stakeholder’s objectives.

Services and Deliverables
Services, and deliverables resulting from these efforts, are quite varied. However, they all serve important parts of a comprehensive strategy. These include:

Services