Fire-Prevention & Protection Engineers
Also called:
Fire Protection Engineer, Engineer, Loss Control Manager, Design Director
What they do:
Research causes of fires, determine fire protection methods, and design or recommend materials or equipment such as structural components or fire-detection equipment to assist organizations in safeguarding life and property against fire, explosion, and related hazards.
On the job, you would:
- Design fire detection equipment, alarm systems, and fire extinguishing devices and systems.
- Inspect buildings or building designs to determine fire protection system requirements and potential problems in areas such as water supplies, exit locations, and construction materials.
- Advise architects, builders, and other construction personnel on fire prevention equipment and techniques, and on fire code and standard interpretation and compliance.
Engineering and Technology
- product and service development
- design
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- physics
Arts and Humanities
Safety and Government
- public safety and security
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Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
Visual Understanding
- see hidden patterns
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
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People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Achievement/Effort
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You might use software like this on the job:
Analytical or scientific software
- A Large Outdoor Fire plume Trajectory model Flat Terrain ALOFT-FT software
- Berkeley Algorithm for Breaking Window Glass in a Compartment Fire BREAK1 software
Computer aided design CAD software
- Computational Dynamics STAR-CD
Administration software
- Network flow modeling software
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bachelor's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$76,830
per year, on average
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