Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers

Key skills

A typical day

• •Advise architects, builders, and other construction personnel on fire prevention equipment and techniques and on fire code and standard interpretation and compliance.
• •Design fire detection equipment, alarm systems, and fire extinguishing devices and systems.
• •Inspect buildings or building designs to determine fire protection system requirements and potential problems in areas such as water supplies, exit locations, and construction materials.
• •Review building plans to verify compliance with fire code.
• •Prepare and write reports detailing specific fire prevention and protection issues, such as work performed, revised codes or standards, and proposed review schedules.

Fields of study

Any field