INWED 2026 – Shaping the Cities: A Snapshot Across the UK from the Women in Fire Engineering

To mark International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) 2026, we’re building on our Shaping the City theme by taking a wider look at the projects our fire engineers are helping to shape across the UK. With contributions from our teams in Birmingham, Leeds, London, Manchester, and Sheffield, this blog brings together a series of short […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultants
On 22nd June 2026

Welcoming Our New Starters to the Team

We’re delighted to welcome five new colleagues to the team. Each brings a unique mix of experience and enthusiasm – from a former firefighter to a graduate engineer who first joined us as a summer intern. At DFC, we believe that diverse skills and perspectives help us delivery better solutions for our clients and build […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultants
On 6th October 2025

DFC’s 2024 CPD at the University of Edinburgh’s Fire Research Centre

By: Waqas Heider, Parina Patel and Nick Swailes Background DFC has been coming to Edinburgh, en masse, for annual CPD, since 2018. In our first year, we had space to spread out in a small classroom. Since then, we’ve covered flame spread, timber, heat transfer, and structural fire engineering before this year’s deep dive to […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultants
On 4th October 2024

DFC Sponsors Sandal RUFC’s Minis and Juniors Section 2024/2025

By: Iain Macfarlane, Director It’s not all about projects and clients. Sometimes we can post some great news stories about our community outreach. We’re incredibly proud to be one of the 2024/2025 season sponsors for Sandal Rugby Union Football Club’s (RUFC) Mini and Junior (M&J) section. Sandal RUFC is a long-established rugby club based in […]

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On 10th September 2024

DFC’S Inaugural New Starters Event

It’s been quite a whirlwind at DFC lately for our recruitment team and all of the staff involved in the preparations leading up to the inaugural DFC New Starters event. The event was held in Manchester for 14 of our newest team members: Apprentice, Trainee Engineer, Graduate Engineers, Associate, Senior Engineer, Engineer and Business Support. […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultants
On 25th October 2023

Ekaterina, Nandakishore, Malachi and Max Join DFC’s Manchester Team

We’re delighted to welcome four brilliant new starters to our Manchester office. The four new team members are: Graduate Engineers; Ekaterina and Nandakishore, as well as a Trainee Engineer; Max, and a Fire Engineer Apprentice; Malachi. Ekaterina Krasnova, Graduate Engineer Ekaterina holds a joint MSc in Fire Safety Engineering from Ghent University, Lund University, and […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultants
On 19th October 2023

Graduate Applicants 2026: We Want You to Succeed

Are you thinking of applying for a graduate position at DFC? Have you ever wondered what happens after you click send on that email? Great news! We are offering you an inside look and some tips. Enabling others to succeed is at the heart of what we do. This not only applies to projects and […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultants
On 4th October 2023

DFC Welcomes Rachel Ho and Muneeb Kazmi to Sheffield

We’re delighted to welcome Rachel Ho and Muneeb Kazmi to our team in Sheffield. Rachel Ho, Graduate Engineer Rachel has recently graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering. Throughout the course of her studies, she has been exposed to various fire engineering topics where she had the chance to […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultants
On 29th September 2023

DFC’s CPD Event at the University of Edinburgh

By: Parina Patel, Associate The DFC team has recently returned from our annual CPD event at the University of Edinburgh. Run in conjunction with the University’s Fire Research Centre, this, our fifth event, was the sunniest one yet! The topic for this year’s sessions was Structural Fire Engineering and focussed on the following learning objectives: […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultants
On 19th September 2023

Is External Fire Spread a B3 or B4 Issue?

By: Roy Little, Senior Associate and Francesca Ravenhill, Senior Engineer and Analyst. Is fire spread, via the external wall, a B3 or B4 issue, and can the two even be considered separately? Maybe the answer to these questions comes down to the method of fire spread, and where it spreads to? For reference requirements B3(3) and B4(1) from […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultants
On 16th August 2023

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