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Fire safety engineering · Ireland

Fire safety,
certified properly.

Fire Safety Certificates, assessments and BCAR ancillary certification, prepared and signed by a Chartered Engineer and former Chief Fire Officer. Based in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, working nationwide.

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Plan drawing of a room with a fire exit door opening outward and a flame inside: the DCA Fire Engineering mark 8000 8000 ROOM 01 SD FD30 · ESCAPE PLAN · 1:100
DCA Fire Engineering LtdDwg DCA-001 · Credentials
QualificationChartered Engineer
ServiceFormer Chief Fire Officer
CoverProfessional Indemnity insured
AreaNationwide coverage

01Checker

Do I need a fire safety certificate?

Pick the option closest to your project. Under the Building Control Acts most non-domestic work needs a Fire Safety Certificate granted before work starts. Here is the short answer; we’ll confirm yours for free.

Required

Yes, a certificate is required.

Almost every new non-domestic building needs a Fire Safety Certificate, granted before work starts.

ExamplesCommercial and office buildings, industrial, retail, hotels, hostels and guest accommodation, schools, healthcare, apartment buildings, places of assembly, nursing homes and care facilities.

BASIS · Building Control Acts · Part III Talk it through

General guidance only. Whether a certificate is required is decided project by project; the first step of every enquiry is answering that question, at no charge.

02Services

Fire protection legend.

Six services and one engineer. Every report and application is prepared to the standard a fire authority expects to read.

Lead service BCAR · S.I. 9 of 2014

BCAR ancillary certification

The ancillary certificate that Design Certifiers and Assigned Certifiers rely on for the Certificate of Compliance on Completion. Scope and limitations are agreed at appointment and matched to our Professional Indemnity policy, so everyone knows exactly what the certificate covers before work starts.

  • For Design Certifiers and Assigned Certifiers
  • Supports the Certificate of Compliance on Completion
  • Scope agreed at appointment, matched to PI cover
FSC · Building Control Acts

Fire Safety Certificates

Confirms the design of a building complies with Part B of the Building Regulations. We prepare the full application, from the compliance report to the marked-up drawings, and see it through to grant.

DAC · Part M

Disability Access Certificates

Where Part M applies, a Disability Access Certificate is needed before work starts. Prepared alongside the fire safety certificate so the two applications agree with each other.

FSA · Fire Services Acts

Fire Safety Assessments

An assessment of an existing, occupied building under the Fire Services Acts, measured against the relevant Code of Practice. A clear written report: what is adequate, what is not, and what to fix first.

INSP · Site & audit

Inspections and audits

Inspections during construction and audits of existing premises: compartmentation, fire doors, escape routes, detection and emergency lighting. Findings recorded against the approved drawings.

ADV · Pre-planning & training

Pre-planning advice and training

Advice before planning or the design is fixed, when changing a fire strategy is still cheap. Plus practical fire safety training for your staff, delivered on site.

? · Not sure

Not sure which one you need?

Tell us about the building. The first answer is free, including “you don’t need one.”

Ask the question
REF · B1–B5 · B12 · TGD B · TGD MBuilding Control Acts · Fire Services Acts
  • 30+Years in the fire service
  • CFOFormer Chief Fire Officer
  • CEngChartered Engineer
  • 26Counties covered

03Process

Nine steps, no surprises.

The same sequence for every Fire Safety Certificate application, agreed with you in writing before any fee is paid.

Start with step one
  1. 01
    Scoping

    Qualify the enquiry

    Is a certificate actually required? You get a straight answer, free.

  2. 02

    Meet and inspect

    A site visit to see the building, its use and its constraints first-hand.

  3. 03

    Settle the drawings

    Do adequate drawings exist? If not, we agree who commissions the survey and the draughtsman.

  4. 04

    Fee proposal

    Scope, timeline and payment stages in writing: a deposit at engagement, the balance at lodgement.

  5. 05
    Application

    Prepare the application pack

    The application form; a Fire Safety Compliance Report structured on B1–B5 and B12 with TGD B references; marked-up plans, sections and elevations with the fire protection legend.

  6. 06

    Liaise with the fire officer

    Including a review of any previous applications for the site.

  7. 07

    Submit through BCMS

    Lodged on the Building Control Management System.

  8. 08
    Decision

    Answer technical queries

    Responses to technical queries and requests for further information.

  9. 09

    Grant

    With or without conditions, followed by a briefing for the client and design team.

Appointed within a design team?

Drawings and payment are handled through the team, the way you already work. For BCAR ancillary certification, scope is agreed at appointment, not at completion, so the Design Certifier and Assigned Certifier know exactly what the certificate will cover.

Dave Carroll, Chartered Engineer and former Chief Fire Officer
D. Carroll · CEng · Principal

04About

Thirty years on the other side of the desk.

Dave Carroll spent his career in the fire service, finishing as Chief Fire Officer: the person who signed off whether a building was safe to occupy. He is also a Chartered Engineer.

The proposition is simple. Your certification is prepared by someone who knows exactly how a fire authority reads an application, because he used to read them.

DCA is deliberately small and independent. No panel arrangements, no volume targets, no junior engineer doing the survey.

The person who visits your building is the person who signs.
CEng
Chartered Engineer
CFO
Former Chief Fire Officer
30+ yrs
Fire service career
PI
Professional Indemnity insured
Base
Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
Area
All 26 counties

05Coverage

Nationwide, and honest about travel.

Most of the work, from reports and drawings to fire officer liaison and BCMS submissions, doesn’t depend on where you are.

Site visits are batched by region and quoted at the same rate wherever you are, with travel stated separately on the fee proposal.

  1. Carlow
  2. Cavan
  3. Clare
  4. Cork
  5. Donegal
  6. Dublin
  7. Galway
  8. Kerry
  9. Kildare
  10. Kilkenny
  11. Laois
  12. Leitrim
  13. Limerick
  14. Longford
  15. Louth
  16. Mayo
  17. Meath
  18. Monaghan
  19. Offaly
  20. Roscommon
  21. Sligo
  22. Tipperary
  23. Waterford
  24. Westmeath
  25. Wexford
  26. Wicklow

06Contact

Request a quote.

Enquiries are triaged within one working day. If your project doesn’t need a certificate, you’ll be told so, free.

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OfficeNenagh, Co. Tipperary · working nationwide

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