Fire Protection

Engineering Services

Full Range of Fire Protection
Services
• Sprinkler System Design
• Code Consulting
• Fire Alarm Design
• Life Safety Reviews
• Hazards Analysis
• Special Hazards System Design
• Water Supply Testing and Evaluation
• Fire Modeling
• Project Specifications
• Construction Observation
• Fire Safety Plans/ Evacuation Procedures
• Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Scope of Services
Engineering Planning and Management, Inc. (EPM) is a full service fire protec-
tion engineering firm offering a range of services to assist our clients in meeting
their fire protection and life safety needs.
Fire Protection Design Building and Fire Code
Consulting
Prepare conceptual design, determine
performance requirements, perform Identify and apply applicable codes
design calculations, and select equip- and standards to verify conformance
ment to develop a detailed design using and negotiate with authorities when
facility drawings, documentation and required.
field evaluations.
• Local & State Building and Fire Codes
• Fire Sprinkler Systems
• NFPA Codes and Standards
• Special Hazard Suppression Systems
• Model Building Codes
- CO2
• Life Safety Code Analysis
- Foam
- Dry Chemical Pre-Fire Plans
- Halon Alternative Gaseous Systems
Develop plans which include both
- Water Mist
graphics and text to depict the neces-
• Fire Alarm and Detection Systems sary information for fire attack, hazard
identification, and egress routes. Inte-
• Smoke Management Systems
grate pre-fire plans with municipal GIS
systems for use by emergency response
Performance-Based Analysis
teams.
Utilize fire protection engineering
knowledge and state-of-the-art tools to Inspections and Surveys
develop technically credible alterna- Evaluate buildings and facilities to
tives to support fire code equivalency identify deficiencies in fire protection
issues/variances and to ensure maxi- and life safety.
mum flexibility for building owner and
designer while maintaining sufficient
levels of fire and life safety.
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3-D CAD drawing of designed sprinkler system
 Commercial, Industrial &
Residential Experience:
• High Rise Complexes
• Libraries
• Healthcare Facilities
• Educational Facilities
• Warehouse/High Rack Protection
• High Hazard Facilities
• Computer Rooms
• Business/Office Complexes
• Manufacturing/Process Facilities
Fire Modeling
EPM has expertise in the use of state-of-the-art fire modeling software including • Mercantile Establishments
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) and CFAST. These tools can be used to support • Power Generating Plants
performance-based fire protection analysis to justify alternatives to prescriptive code
• Places of Assembly
requirements or to assist in failure analysis and fire reconstruction projects.
EPM has utilized fire modeling extensively in support of performance-based analy- • Residential Occupancies
sis. For nuclear power plants in the US and Canada, fire modeling tools were used to
evaluate the plant hazards and their impact on plant safe shutdown. Fire modeling
was used to calculate damage threshold distances for plume impingement, thermal
radiant exposure, ceiling jet, and hot gas layer conditions and determine which com-
ponents reach damage threshold conditions.
Our Approach
EPM uses innovative and practical methods to solve problems, while maintaining an understanding of the inter-
action between fire protection and life safety requirements and those of operating a commercial, industrial or
residential facility. We focus on compliance with the applicable local, state and national fire codes and standards,
while solving critical issues under real-world schedule constraints.
Whether your requirements are the design of fire detection and suppression systems, code compliance review,
development of pre-fire plans, or other fire protection and life safety issues, EPM can support you.

Personnel Profiles
The following is a list of key personnel in the Fire Protection Engineering Group at EPM.

Mr. Thomas Jutras, P.E. Mr. Mark Schairer, P.E.

Mr. Jutras holds a Master of Science Degree in Fire
Protection Engineering and has over twelve years of
experience in this field. His strong base of knowledge
encompasses commercial, industrial and utility fire
safety. Mr. Jutras has had extensive exposure to fire
protection system design, building and fire code con-
sulting, fire risk analyses and evaluations, fire model-
ing and the development of fire protection programs.
Mr. Jutras is Manager of EPM’s Commercial Fire
Protection Engineering Group.
Mr. James Blum, P.E.
Mr. Blum holds a Master of Science Degree in Fire
Protection Engineering and has had responsibilities
including review of active and passive fire protection
systems, code conformance evaluations, as well as
preparation of fire hazards assessments and support-
ing calculations.
Mr. Schairer holds a Master of Science Degree in
Fire Protection Engineering and has had responsibili-
ties in both commercial and utility fire protection
projects. Mr. Schairer’s responsibilities have included
performance-based analysis, fire modeling, the design
of water-based fire suppression systems, code con-
formance evaluations, and preparation of fire hazards
assessments.
Mr. Mark Crompton
Mr. Crompton, who holds a Master of Science
Degree in Fire Protection Engineering, has provided
his expertise to EPM’s clients for more than a de-
cade. He has had major responsibilities in both
nuclear and commercial fire protection projects and
in all aspects of fire protection program develop-
ment and implementation. Mr. Crompton’s experi-
ence includes fire safety assessments, fire hazards
analysis, preparation of engineering evaluations,
performance-based analyses, NFPA code conform-
ance evaluations, and fire modeling.

EPM
Engineering Planning and Management, Inc.

959 Concord Street, Framingham, MA 01701 tel 508-875-2121 fax 508-879-3291

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