Fire Protection Engineer - Tasks and specialisations
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Tasks & duties
Fire protection engineers:
- inspect buildings to decide which fire protection systems are required to meet the New Zealand Building Code such as fire alarms, sprinkler systems and fire resistant doors and walls
- inspect and review building designs or plans and architects' drawings
- read relevant documents and discuss issues with local authorities such as city councils and the New Zealand Fire Service
- meet with builders, building owners, project managers and architects
- design fire protection systems to comply with building codes and regulations and meet any special client requirements
- use computer software to observe how a fire will spread and how people will try to exit a building
- prepare and write reports to send to clients
- may attend workshops, seminars or conferences, and give presentations.
Ross Parry going over some building plans with a colleague
James Firestone checking a fire alarm panel at a supermarket
Updated
September 2009
