Fire Strategy

DS Fire provides comprehensive fire strategy services to support the safe, compliant, and efficient design and operation of buildings across a wide range of sectors. Our fire strategies are developed using a risk-informed, fire engineering approach aligned with UK legislation, relevant British Standards, and recognised guidance, including Approved Documents and industry best practice.

We deliver both new build and retrospective fire strategies, supporting existing buildings where full compliance with current prescriptive guidance may not be practicable. In such cases, DS Fire develops performance-based fire engineering solutions that demonstrate an equivalent or improved level of safety, supported by engineering judgement, quantitative analysis, and clear justification.

Working collaboratively with clients, architects, designers, and enforcing authorities, we integrate fire safety into the wider building design and operational context from concept through to occupation. Our fire strategies typically address means of escape, fire compartmentation, structural fire resistance, active fire protection systems, smoke control, fire service access, and fire safety management arrangements.

Each strategy is tailored to the building’s use, risk profile, and constraints, providing pragmatic, proportionate solutions that facilitate approvals while ensuring life safety, property protection, and long-term operational resilience