BS 9999, BS 5839, BS EN 12845 sprinkler systems, smoke control, evacuation strategy, and post-Grenfell Building Safety Act 2022 compliance — for the engineers who carry the dutyholder responsibility.
10 lessons taking you from fundamentals through to working application — written for engineers and decision-makers, not students.
Why this course exists. Post-Grenfell, fire safety stopped being a check-box. The Building Safety Act 2022 created the Higher-Risk Building regime, dutyholder accountability that follows you for life, and Gateways 1-3 that can stop a project mid-build. This course is the working understanding every M&E engineer now needs.
Who it's for. M&E engineers, fire engineers (pre-IFE registration), project managers on HRB jobs, principal designers under CDM 2015, dutyholders under BSA 2022.
How it's written. Ten lessons covering UK, EU, and UAE frameworks. Anchored to current BS standards and to lived dutyholder reality post-Grenfell. With case studies including the Grenfell Tower Inquiry findings and post-2022 enforcement.
Read in order, or jump to the lesson you need. Each lesson stands alone but the course flows from foundation to application.
The fundamental concepts: fire triangle, compartmentation, escape strategy, life safety hierarchy.
BSA 2022 Higher-Risk Building regime, dutyholder accountability, Gateways 1-3, Building Safety Regulator.
Approved Document Part B (Fire Safety) — design provisions, BS 9999 risk-based approach.
Smoke control systems — pressurisation, mechanical extract, smoke shafts, BS EN 12101.
Fire detection categories L1-L5, M, P1-P2 per BS 5839-1; voice alarm systems.
Sprinkler design (BS EN 12845), water mist (BS 8458), tank sizing, hazard categories.
External wall systems, BS 8414 testing, ACM bans, EWS1 forms, post-Grenfell remediation.
EU Construction Products Regulation, EN 13501 fire classification, member-state codes.
UAE Civil Defence Code of Practice, GCC frameworks, special applications.
Fire strategy documentation, stakeholder coordination, dutyholder accountability for the long term.
Structured to support self-certified CPD logging. Each lesson provides clear learning objectives, technical content, knowledge checks, and downloadable evidence — the four elements UK chartered bodies recognise for self-certified CPD entries.
Eight outcomes. Read the course end-to-end and you’ll be able to act on each one without looking up the standard.
Apply fundamental fire principles compartmentation, escape, life safety hierarchy.
Navigate Building Safety Act 2022 HRB regime, Gateways 1-3, Building Safety Regulator.
Read Approved Document Part B and BS 9999 risk-based approach in parallel.
Spec smoke control systems pressurisation, extract, smoke shafts to BS EN 12101.
Spec fire detection BS 5839 categories L1-L5, M, P1-P2, voice alarm.
Spec sprinklers / water mist BS EN 12845, BS 8458, hazard categories.
Assess facade fire safety BS 8414, ACM bans, EWS1, post-Grenfell remediation.
Write a fire strategy document with dutyholder accountability built in.
First 2 lessons are free, no signup. For the rest, pick what fits.
Team licences from £99/seat (5+ seats). Contact hello@novtriq.tech.
Three companion courses that pair well with Fire Safety Engineering.
No signup, no card. Read the first lessons, take the quizzes — then decide.
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