A Fire Safety Engineer Explains the Environmental Impact of Fire

A Fire Safety Engineer is a skilled professional with a specialised qualification in fire safety. Their knowledge of fire, human behaviour, fire mitigation systems and the structural nature of large-scale buildings allows them to provide an essential service to the construction sector. Their role is to support architects, engineers in other fields, and project managers in achieving key project milestones and outcomes. While they will be able to report and assess the structure for its faults, and where the design has fallen short in its safety components, their position is to guide, advise and provide remedial support for any designs or existing buildings that do not meet the relevant safety code.

A Fire Safety Engineering firm will be brought in to consult on a project in its infancy. This is where they can work together with the key design personnel, which will likely include Architects and fellow Engineers. This collaboration of expertise is generally required for large operations in the commercial and industrial sector. This may include hotels, hospitals, schools, and high-rise residential apartments. While their skillsets vary across many aspects of accessibility, material selection and fire mitigation technologies, it’s important to understand how severe the impact of a fire can be in a large multi-level structure.

Impact on the Environment 

We know the obvious impacts on fire such as the destruction of homes, belongings and of course the danger that fire poses to human life. This is the core reason that Fire Safety Engineers are so important. Their skills and expertise protect human life. Aside from this, fire threatens the surrounding environment with potentially drastic, long-term consequences. 

When it comes to large buildings, the threat is much greater. The omissions, the hazardous smoke, residue and debris is multiplied, and its impact is felt for longer as opposed to a house fire. The reason for this, is fire releases carbon monoxide into the air. Carbon monoxide is a greenhouse gas which drastically impacts the air quality surrounding and beyond the fire. When the air quality is affected, this directly impacts wildlife, humans and the environment. The waterways and soil will be impacted and their quality reduced. 

Fire threats to surrounding infrastructure must be evaluated and identified. In order to evaluate how a fire will affect the community, it is imperative to consult a Fire Safety Engineer.

A qualified Fire Safety Engineer should be consulted early in the project if you are seeking assistance in this field. To achieve those key milestones with minimal setbacks, a Fire Safety Engineer will provide project planning, reporting, advisory services, and application processes.

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