SME UK Enterprise Awards 2024/ 158 Best Fire Investigations & Risk Management Company 2024 Fire Investigation Risk Evaluation (F.I.R.E.) Consultancy Ltd is a specialist in providing bespoke, highquality fire investigation and risk evaluation services to its worldwide client base. Since being established almost a decade ago in late 2014, the company has grown exponentially, today holding offices in Swansea, London, and Milan. Founded by engineer Jason Hill, whose experience in this field spans more than 25 years working across the globe, what this business lacks in size it more than makes up for in skill and value, delivering large-scale projects complete with a personal touch. F.I.R.E. Consultancy Ltd is driven by an exceptional team of engineers, with this highly educated workforce wholly encouraged to continue to learn through the company’s remarkable education programme, which gives staff approximately 45 days of paid leave per year to undertake courses funded by the business itself. On the back of this initiative, many of these engineers today hold such accreditations and qualifications as Charter Engineer registration, PhDs, and MScs such as fire safety engineering and fire investigation. Even junior staff possess the likes of a BSc (Hons) in fire safety engineering. This commitment to continuous learning does not simply start and end with the classroom, as the company’s mentorship programme sees staff supported through on-site engineering and maths lessons that are delivered weekly, with these nurturing personal and professional growth and encouraging staff to challenge understanding and further their knowledge. All of this exists as a result of the very foundation that Jason built this company on, with cornerstones such as taking care over work, building trust with customers, and the principal aim to leave the world a better place remaining integral to this operation. As a result of such dedication, F.I.R.E. Consultancy Ltd has continued to experience organic growth and today works primarily with clients whose business is centred around large gatherings and public spaces, such as exhibition centres, stadiums, and shopping centres. Beyond this, the team operate in several environments deemed to be high risk, such as the commercial and industrial sectors, and with nuclear power. Expert witnessing is another area where the business shines, with its team of experts often called upon in legal settings to offer their unique insight and expertise. When they are not busy operating across these sectors, this team are developing a number of industry-leading products, with many of their previous creations continuing to grow and develop to this day. One such offering is FRED (Fire Related Educational Development) Talk Live, which sees the company’s experts deliver talks from the base of their own on-site film studio. The success of this venture has resulted in these talks moving to a new platform so that they may be presented in a livestream format, allowing for two-way interaction and even the opportunity for a CPD-recognised accreditation at the end. In fact, such changes are happening across the business, spurred on by F.I.R.E. Consultancy Ltd moving to become an educational awarding body. This decision has been made for two reasons, the first being its intending to offer a degree course in fire engineering, providing budding professionals with a path to employment outside that of the mainstream education system. The second reason is centred around the Fire Door Furniture Company, a charitable initiative spearheaded by Jason and co. that gives society’s disadvantaged a chance to develop their skills and receive widely recognised qualifications. The aim of the charity is simple. Having purchased an industrial unit and hired all of the tools, machinery, and craftsmen necessary, it collects old fire doors that would otherwise end up in landfill and crafts high-quality furniture from them, from clocks and tables to bookcases, benches, and even wine racks. Through this, the FDFC is doing its bit towards supporting the environment, as well as giving back to the community by training those in need. One of the teachers on this course has even worked in the film industry building sets, highlighting the level of expertise afforded, at a 2:1 teacher-to-student ratio no less. Finally, when it comes to developing F.I.R.E. Consultancy Ltd further, the team here prize solving problems in new and creative ways, something that highlights the company’s vow to serve as a disruptive business that is offering new paths and tools across this sphere. This can already be seen through FRED, the FDFC, and its commitment to providing its team with ongoing education opportunities. With all of this in mind, we recognise F.I.R.E. Consultancy Ltd as the Best Fire Investigations & Risk Management Company 2024. Contact: Jason Hill Company: F.I.R.E. Consultancy Ltd Web Address: https://www.fireconsultancy.co.uk/
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