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and the social phenomenon throws up similar complexities for fire engineers. Increasingly buildings will need to facilitate the escape of these people during a fire scenario, and at the moment, codes and standards do not address this eventuality in the level of detail needed. We’re on the right track for innovation within the fire safety engineering profession, and this 40 year reflection triggered by the event at Edinburgh University, brings into sharp focus just how significant these changes and
enhancements have been. But we need to keep up this momentum because, as the last four decades show, reliance on the application of simple fire safety standards, in the absence of competent engineering and science, just isn’t good enough.
HOW TO FIND A QUALIFIED FIRE ENGINEER The Institution of Fire Engineers through its Engineering Council licence as a Professional Engineering Institution, registers suitably
qualified IFE members as Chartered Engineers (CEng), Incorporated Engineers (IEng) and Engineering Technicians (Eng Tech). Membership is inclusive of those working in emergency response, fire safety, active and passive fire protection, fire engineering consultancy and fire risk assessment and enforcement. All fire safety work at Arup is certified by a Chartered Fire Engineer.
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