Fire Hazards Analysis
Evaluation of fire hazards, consequences, protection features, credited controls, and programmatic measures.
- Fire areas and barriers
- Detection and suppression
- Hazardous materials
- Emergency response
FIRE PROTECTION & LIFE SAFETY
Engineering fire risk out of the mission.
Fire protection engineering, hazard analysis, system review, modeling, program support, and high-hazard technical expertise for nuclear, federal, industrial, energy, and critical-infrastructure environments.
Nearly 20 YearsFire protection, safety engineering, and high-hazard technical leadership
115+ ProjectsInternational fire protection engineering projects
Professional EngineerLicensed Fire Protection Engineer
Nuclear & High-HazardDOE/NNSA, national laboratories, critical infrastructure, and complex mission facilities
INTEGRATED FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING
From hazard identification through implementation.
ETS approaches fire protection as an integrated engineering discipline. We evaluate the hazard, understand the facility and mission, identify the governing requirements, assess protection features and credited controls, and develop practical solutions that can be implemented and sustained.
Our experience spans nuclear and high-hazard facilities, laboratories, oil and gas, gas plants, refineries, pipelines, storage tanks, utilities, hydropower, data centers, battery energy storage, federal and military facilities, and other critical infrastructure.
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
Fire protection services.
Select a capability to understand the scope. Each can stand alone or be integrated into a broader technical review or project.
Code Compliance Evaluations
Review of applicable fire protection codes, standards, directives, and project criteria.
- NFPA / ICC
- DOE / UFC
- Saudi / international criteria
- Equivalencies
Fire Protection Systems
Design support, technical review, analysis, verification, and certification support.
- Sprinkler / firewater
- Alarm / detection
- Special hazards
- Passive protection
Fire Risk Assessments
Risk-informed evaluation of likelihood, consequences, vulnerabilities, and protection strategies.
- Qualitative / quantitative risk
- Alternative strategies
- Mission tradeoffs
Fire Protection Assessments
Formal evaluation of systems, programs, compliance, and implementation through review and field verification.
- Program assessments
- Readiness support
- Findings / improvements
Fire & Smoke Modeling
Engineering analysis of fire growth, smoke movement, tenability, response, and performance-based scenarios.
- CFAST / zone models
- FDS-informed evaluation
- Egress / tenability
Fire Protection Program Development
Development and improvement of facility fire protection programs aligned to hazards and mission needs.
- Hot work / ignition control
- Combustible control
- Impairments
- Training
Inspection, Testing & Maintenance
Technical support for system reliability, acceptance, impairment, testing, and maintenance.
- NFPA criteria
- Reliability reviews
- Commissioning support
Combustible Loading
Evaluation of combustible loading and fire severity to support limits, controls, and protection strategies.
- Solid / liquid combustibles
- Fire severity
- Administrative controls
Ignitable Liquids & Process Hazards
Fire and process-hazard support for fuels, gases, liquids, tanks, and industrial operations.
- PHA / HAZOP
- Explosion prevention
- Storage / dispensing
Life Safety & Egress
Evaluation of occupant protection, egress, emergency lighting, signage, and evacuation strategies.
- Means of egress
- Travel distance
- Tenability
D&D Fire Safety
Fire protection support as facility hazards, configurations, systems, and controls evolve through decommissioning.
- Temporary protection
- Changing hazards
- Transition planning
Design & Drawing Support
Design, review, calculations, layouts, markups, and design-document support.
- Alarm / suppression layouts
- Risers / calculations
- Cause & effect
Dust Hazard Analyses
Evaluation of combustible dust hazards, ignition sources, explosion potential, and facility controls.
- Hazard identification
- Explosion protection
- Housekeeping / process controls
Pyrophorics & Combustible Metals
Specialized support for reactive materials, combustible metals, and powders in high-hazard environments.
- Material behavior
- Storage / handling
- Extinguishing-agent compatibility
3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing
Fire and process-hazard support for additive manufacturing equipment, powders, ventilation, and facility protection.
- Metal / polymer printing
- Powder hazards
- Operational safeguards
Safety Basis Integration
Integration of fire scenarios, assumptions, credited controls, and safety-management programs into nuclear safety documentation.
- DSA / PDSA
- TSR interfaces
- SER / SBRT
Technical Training
Customized technical training in fire protection, high-hazard systems, emergency response, and engineering topics.
- Facility-specific training
- Qualification content
- Technical presentations
SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE
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Nuclear & High-Hazard Fire Protection
Integrated fire protection for facilities where fire scenarios, credited controls, containment, authorization basis, and mission consequences must be considered together.
PlutoniumGloveboxesPyrophoricsSafety BasisHigh-Hazard LabsCredited Controls
Industrial & Energy
Fire protection support for process facilities, fuel hazards, utilities, critical infrastructure, and large energy projects.
Oil & GasRefineriesPipelinesHydropowerFirewaterExplosion Prevention
Emerging & Special Hazards
Technical support for hazards where conventional prescriptive approaches may not fully address the material behavior, process, or failure modes.
BESSData CentersCombustible Dust3D PrintingCombustible MetalsSpecial Suppression
Modeling & Technical Analysis
Engineering analysis used to understand fire growth, system response, smoke movement, tenability, risk, and performance-based alternatives.
CFASTFDS-Informed AnalysisTenabilityFire RiskHydraulicsPerformance-Based Design
TYPICAL DELIVERABLES
What clients receive.
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Fire Hazards Analyses
Facility or system-level FHAs addressing hazards, fire areas, protection features, scenarios, controls, consequences, fire department response, and programmatic elements.
Independent Design Review & Comment Resolution
Structured review of drawings, calculations, specifications, design bases, system interfaces, code compliance, and technical responses, with clear comments and closure support.
PE Review & Certification Support
Professional engineering review and certification support for applicable fire protection design packages, calculations, and technical deliverables.
Calculations & Engineering Analyses
Hydraulic calculations, fire alarm battery and voltage-drop review, fire modeling, detector / sprinkler response, combustible loading, special-hazard calculations, and related analyses.
Safety Basis Inputs & Technical Positions
Fire protection inputs to DSA/PDSA documentation, safety evaluation reports, safety basis review activities, credited controls, TSR interfaces, and design-basis assumptions.
Assessments, Corrective Actions & Technical Memoranda
Formal assessments, findings, extent-of-condition evaluations, corrective-action support, technical memoranda, equivalencies, and decision-ready technical positions.
Training & Qualification Content
Fire protection training, qualification content, technical presentations, facility-specific instruction, and workforce-development materials.
CODES & STANDARDS
Experienced across multiple frameworks.
NFPA 13NFPA 20NFPA 25NFPA 30
NFPA 68NFPA 69NFPA 70 / 70ENFPA 72
NFPA 101NFPA 770IFC / IBCDOE O 420.1
DOE-STD-1189DOE-STD-3009UFC InterfacesSaudi Aramco / HCIS
WHERE WE WORK
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DOE / NNSA & National Laboratories
Enterprise safety engineering, fire protection, nuclear safety interfaces, design reviews, readiness, program assessments, and high-hazard mission support.
TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP
Standards, guidance, and professional leadership.
NFPA 770Technical Committee Chair; contributor to first edition
ICC Performance CodeVoting committee member; chapter chair / co-chair
Plutonium HandbookAuthor, Fire Protection in Plutonium Facilities
DOE-HDBK-1081Writing-team contributor on spontaneous heating and pyrophoricity
SFPE / AGSFire risk assessment and glovebox fire-protection guidance contributions
FIRE PROTECTION SUPPORT
Need an independent fire protection review?
ETS can support design review and certification, Fire Hazards Analyses, safety-basis integration, technical comment resolution, modeling, assessments, and specialized high-hazard fire protection.