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KCI’s dedicated team of licensed fire protection engineers is experienced with providing a variety of design and consulting services for new or existing facilities across a wide range of occupancy types and hazard classifications.
We deliver cutting edge solutions and innovative approaches to the protection of life, property and continuity in business operations resulting from hazards associated with fire. Our comprehensive suite of fire protection engineering services includes code-and performance-based design, and we help our clients establish fire-safety goals that can be used to demonstrate regulatory compliance.
Services Offered
Fire suppression system design, testing and commissioning
Fire and building code compliance and gap analysis
Fire alarm, detection, one- and two-way emergency communication, and mass notification system design, testing and commissioning
Smoke management design, testing and commissioning
Code consulting
Facility assessments, surveys and analyses
Water supply analysis
KCI’s team of fire protection engineers has successfully designed fire alarm systems meeting IBC, NFPA 72, and NFPA 101 requirements. These designs have utilized all fire alarm system types, including hard wired, addressable, and PC-based, multi-plexed systems, as well as multiple notification (e.g., horns, speakers, strobes, LED signs, etc.) and detection (e.g., spot-type detection, air-sampling smoke detection, beam smoke detection, linear heat detection, etc.) technologies. KCI’s experience also encompasses the design of wet- and dry-pipe sprinklers systems, fire pumps, modifications to existing sprinkler systems, and non-water-based fire suppression systems.
Our team’s extensive knowledge of the building and fire codes allows us to consult on passive and active design requirements, integrate fire alarm and suppression systems, coordinate fire protection systems with building features, develop cost effective alternatives during the design development process, identify the need for additional systems and features that codes may not adequately address, and coordinate construction period services and final surveys.
Engineering and land surveying services provided in North Carolina are performed by our associated entity, KCI Associates of North Carolina, P.A.
Our team has a wealth of experience in the design and upgrade of fire protection and other life safety systems meeting all current building codes, insurance, fire marshal and other standards.
