Fire
Safety
Engineering

We develop fire safety strategies for buildings and industrial facilities, we analyze the impact of fire on the load-bearing capacity of building structures

We carry out concepts of smoke removal systems, analysis of time and evacuation conditions, simulations of fires by CFD method and acceptance tests using warm smoke

INBEPO Sp. z o. o.
is a specialist fire safety engineering consultancy.

We devise fire safety strategies for buildings at concept design stage, prepare Fire Safety Certificate applications and also offer a range of specialist engineering services such as fire risk assessments, CFD fire modelling, structural fire resistance analysis, smoke control design, hot smoke tests in buildings etc.

Our experience, gathered in Ireland and Poland, covers residential schemes, shopping centres, mixed developments, healthcare facilities, historic buildings, high-rise buildings, distribution centres, industrial buildings and other.

We use state-of-the-art engineering tools to arrive at cost-effective design solutions meeting the statutory requirements with respect to fire safety and also ensure the level of property protection which is required by our clients.

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Wide range of services

Hot smoke tests

Commissioning tests using theatrical hot smoke. The tests are carried out in accordance with the methodology set out in AS 4391 Smoke management systems – Hot smoke tests
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Smoke control design

We prepare natural and mechanical smoke control concepts based on established international codes and standards (BS 7346 /NFPA 204)
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Design of fire protection systems

We prepare design documentation (both at concept stage and at the execution design stage) for fire safety systems and installations such as SHEVS, sprinklers, fire detection and alarm systems
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Operaty przeciwpożarowe

Operaty przeciwpożarowe dla obiektów i miejsc magazynowania i przetwarzania odpadów (zgodnie z wymogami znowelizowanej Ustawy o odpadach)
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Fire safety advice

We prepare fire safety strategies for unusual buildigns and facilities
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Fire Safety Manuals

We prepare „Fire Safety manual” documentation as required under the Polish fire safety regulations
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CFD simulations

Computer simulations using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) allow predictions of heat and smoke movement in complex geometries affected by fire
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Evacuation

We carry out Required Safe Egress Time (RSET) analysis using both simplified methodologies (PD 7974-6) and detailed computer simulations
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Structural fire engineering analysis

Thermal loading and heat transfer analysis for building structures
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Fire safety audits and due-dilligence reports

We carry out fire safety inspections and provide third-party reviews of design documentation relating to fire safety design
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Fire scenarios

We prepare „Fire scenario” documentation as required under the Polish fire safety regulations
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Formal approval of building permit designs in relation to fire protection

Zapewniamy uzgodnienia dokumentacji projektowej przez rzeczoznawcę ds. zabezpieczeń przeciwpożarowych
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Practical problems of applying performance-based structural fire engineering in building design

The Eurocodes are a comprehensive set of standards for structural design. They provide a far more detailed guidance as regards the behaviour of structures under fire conditions, than was previously provided in the National Standards of the individual member states, except maybe those with long tradition in applying performance-based fire safety solutions such as the UK. However - as was discussed in the paper - a designer undertaking fire engineering analysis with the scope of establishing thermal actions on structural elements may find that the Eurocodes do not yet provide a complete guidance on the various aspects of analysis which needs to be carried out (.)

11th SFPE Conference on Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, Warszawa, 2016

Autorzy: Piotr Smardz

Fire and collapse modelling of a precast concrete hall

A large fire occurred in a factory manufacturing personal care products. The facility was extensively damaged. The response of the structure and fire results in the building are discussed. The presented analysis includes numerical modelling of the thermal environment within the compartment of the fire origin and subsequently a finite element analysis of heat transfer into the structural elements as well as the analysis of the mechanical response of the whole building structure. The aim of the study was to understand the principal aspects of the response of the main load bearing structure (including post-tensioned girder elements) in a real fire.

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 2015 E - PRINT
Autorzy: Roman Wróblewski, Jan Gierczaka, Piotr Smardz, Andrzej Kmita

Review of available engineering methodologies for prediction of temperature development in unprotected structural steel elements exposed to fire

The recent introduction of structural Eurocodes in the member states of CEN provides engineers with a consistent framework for design verification of the fire resistance periods for loadbearing structural elements. One of the key steps in the verification procedure of the fire resistance achieved by a loadbearing element is the determination of the internal temperature for the structural element being considered. The paper compares results of simplified temperature calculations for steel and composite elements carried out in accordance with EN 1993-1-2 and EN 1994-1-2 as well as predictions of the element's temperature made using a CFD model called Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) with publicly available results of recent fire tests carried out in Europe. The main factors influencing the uncertainty of heat transfer calculations are discussed.

VII Międzynarodowa Konferencja "Bezpieczeństwo Pożarowe Obiektów Budowlanych", Warszawa, 2012
Autor: Piotr Smardz

Good practice in CFD fire modelling

The presentation focuses on the issues relevant to the proper use of CFD models in fire safety related simulations. It is primarily aimed at fire prevention officers and other professionals who assess fire safety designs based on CFD modeling.


Autorzy: Piotr Smardz

Validation of Fire Dynamics Simulator for forced and natural convection flows

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model developed specifically for fire safety applications. FDS is widely used by fire researchers, investigators and engineers.
The study was carried out to assess the accuracy of FDS predictions for a scenario in which smoke spreads from a small compartment into an adjacent larger space, from which it is then extracted using powered ventilation system. Such a fire scenario can be encountered, for example, in a hotel building where bedrooms face onto a feature atrium or in a shopping centre with small retail units opening onto a mall.
In the study, the results of small-scale physical experiments were compared with the FDS predictions. The main parameters for which assessment was made included temperature in the fire compartment and in the smoke reservoir and the height of the smoke layer in the reservoir. The influence of different mesh types was investigated. A review of the existing and ongoing validation work for FDS is also included in the paper, based on the information obtained from published papers and other sources.

MSc dissertation prepared under the supervision of Prof. Vasily Novozhilov (University of Ulster)

Autorzy: Piotr Smardz

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