Fire Code Consulting
Fire code consulting is necessary on large and small projects to ensure that life safety is preserved and liability limited by examining code requirements.

Water Flow Testing
Our staff can perform fire hydrant flow tests. This is a very critical item in analyzing the available water supply for fire sprinkler systems.

Fire Alarm Design
Desgn of addressable and conventional fire alarm systems.

Hydraulic Analysis of Fire Sprinklers
The value of this service is apparent when an existing building with a fire sprinkler system undergoes an occupancy change and the local fire authority is ready to issue fines. We can perform a hydraulic analysis of a new or existing fire sprinkler system.

Water Storage Tank Design
Some projects require more water for the fire systems than the existing City water supply. One possible solution is a water storage tank for the fire systems. Vulcan Fire Consulting can design above ground and underground tank applications.

Fire Protection Reports
Typically a fire protection report is generated on large complex jobs to document the life safety of the building.

Construction Administration
Ensuring that fire systems are installed in accordance with contract documents and code regulations is as important as the design itself.

High Pile Storage Reports
Often fire departments, building departments, and insurance authorities will want an analysis of a Client’s storage methods, including commodity classification, a code analysis, and storage plans.

Fire Sprinkler Design
Fire sprinkler design is the core element at Vulcan Fire Consulting. We can provide concept designs early in building planning stages, or we can provide solutions at the end of a project when major problems have occurred. Shop drawings can be economically developed including cutting and listing of piping and materials.

Due Diligence Surveys
A survey of an existing building can be done to reveal major, obvious problems in fire sprinkler, fire alarm, or other fire life safety systems. This service can benefit anyone prior to purchasing an existing commercial building by finding problems that are costly to repair.

Standpipe and Fire Pump Design
Another core component of our services is the design of a building’s fire pump or standpipe systems.

Fire Protection Engineering
Fire protection engineering utilizes science and engineering principles for the prevention of fires. Fire engineering involves some of the latest technologies to analyze fire and its destructive effects on property and life.

3D CAD Design/Coordination
Using some of the latest 3D collaborative software and BIM drawing packages, fire protection systems can be modeled and coordinated with other building disciplines to facilitate installation.

Fire Modeling
Sometimes a building just does not work with a prescriptive code design and a tool is needed for a performance based approach to design. Computer Fire Modeling provides a valuable tool to understanding fire and smoke behavior needed in the more complex buildings.

Fire Code Alternate Means & Methods
Many fire authorities will allow a performance equivalency to a specific code requirement if documentation and analysis proves the equivalency. Often this equivalency method is called an Alternate Means and Methods.

Bid Support Services
Part of our service includes support services needed whenever a project is bid to contractors and a careful comparison and analysis is needed to get the best value for the project.