Fire Safety Engineering
Fire safety engineering is multidisciplinary in nature, having substantial relationships with building services, mechanical, electrical, electronics, chemical, structural and civil engineering and embraces an understanding of human behaviour.
A specific area of practice of Fire Safety Engineering has been established to distinguish professional engineers It is the application of engineering principles, rules and expert judgement based on a scientific appreciation of the fire phenomenon, of the effects of fire and of the reaction and behaviour of people in order to:
- save life, protect property and preserve the environment and heritage from destructive fire;
- quantify the hazards and risk of fire and its effects;
- mitigate fire damage by proper design, construction, arrangement and use of buildings, materials, structures, industrial processes and transportation systems;
- evaluate analytically the optimum protective and preventive measures, including design, installation and maintenance of active and passive fire and life safety systems, necessary to limit, within prescribed levels, the consequences of fire.
Management of the specific area of practice of Fire Safety Engineering is the responsibility of a competency panel comprising representatives of the Engineers Australia's Society of Fire Safety (FSE), Society Building Services Engineering (SBSE) and the Colleges of Electrical, Mechanical, Structural and Chemical Engineers.
Assessment of applications is the responsibility of an assessment panel, established by the Institution and comprising experienced practitioners from the Society of Fire Safety.
Download the Guideline Fire Safety Engineering
for more complete information on competencies required for this area of practice and how to apply for registration.
