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My First Year at DFC – Agboola Ogunleye

A year at DFC as a graduate fire engineer has improved my understanding of fire safety within the construction industry and has greatly benefitted my professional development. I am definitely fortunate to be in a position where I can have a positive impact on the built environment through putting what I learnt at university to […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 27th September 2022

Celebrating the Women at DFC on International Women in Engineering Day #INWED22

In celebration of INWED’s 2022; International Women in Engineering Day, we have asked our female colleagues about their career in Fire Engineering and an insight from our Business Support function team: What inspired you to become a Fire Engineer? What’s it like working with Fire Engineers? A day in the life of Fire Engineer Parina […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultant
On 23rd June 2022

Women in Fire Engineering

On International Women’s Day, Parina reflects on her experiences as a woman in fire engineering. Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to present a session at the inaugural Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) Women in Fire Engineering Networking Group. Putting together my slides gave me the opportunity to have a real think about my […]

Posted by Parina Patel
On 8th March 2022

DFC’s Annual Team Conference and Training – After the Event

It was great to see the team together last week to celebrate the festive period and undertake some exciting CPD with Angus Law and Rory Hadden from the University of Edinburgh Fire Research Centre. We couldn’t all get to their fire lab in Edinburgh this year, so they brought the lab to us in Leeds! […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 15th December 2021

2021 Summer Placement Journey

This year DFC were pleased to host three different summer placements. Ella, Andrejs and Ian are full-time students and joined us for six to eight weeks each. Read about Ella’s invaluable feedback and Andrejs and Ian’s post-placement reflections below. Ella’s summer placement experience: At DFC we pride ourselves on helping others learn, providing feedback and […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultant
On 22nd November 2021

My First Year at DFC – Waqas Haider

A year? It has been a year since I joined DFC – Time flies!? Nah, probably not during the lockdown! Trust me, even the first 14 days of quarantine in the UK felt like months!! Well, I must also admit that the last couple of months have gone pretty quick 😉 Tour of my DFC […]

Posted by Design Fire
On 8th October 2021

Nick’s Thoughts on Engagement, Career Development and Feedback

It should have been two years ago, when DFC launched its updated Engagement Strategy guidelines, that I understood how engagement and career development planning could help me. But, unfortunately, those presentations, group discussions and documents, like so many things before it, did not quite make it through. It was only recently, 11 years into having […]

Posted by Nick Swailes
On 16th June 2021

Regulation 7: A never-ending game of whack-a-mole?

We are very proud that our very own Neal Butterworth co-authored an award-winning paper with Angus Law of the University of Edinburgh. The Institution of Civil Engineers awarded the paper the Health and Safety Award. Neal and Angus discuss the ban on combustible cladding that was implemented following the Grenfell Tower fire, aka. “Regulation 7”. […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 15th June 2020

A Graduate’s Perspective – One Year In!

May 2020 will mark my one year as a graduate in DFC. Looking back, I have definitely arrived at a position which suits both my interest and skill set I developed at university. I feel very lucky to be where I am right now. As an international graduate kicking off my engineering career at DFC, […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 20th April 2020

VITA Pebble Mill – Completion and Handover

DFC began our involvement on Vita Pebble Mill in 2016 and provided fire strategy advice from concept design to client handover and occupation. This RIBA Stage 2-7 service is one that we are pleased to offer our clients. Remaining involved through the construction and handover stage of a project allows us as fire engineers to […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 7th January 2020

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