Rapid growth often puts a strain on fire departments to stay current in code compliance of new construction and development. Although it is most profitable to identify and correct fire code inadequacies and violations during the design stage, tight budgets, limited resources and rapidly evolving technologies make it practically impossible for departments to become involved with plan review at a level that ensures proper fire protection and life-safety code compliance.
A growing consensus among fire service leaders today, is that fire department’s can no longer afford to be everything to everybody. This concept is evident regarding the technologies submitted to the fire prevention division concerning new construction. The cost associated with retaining an in-house expert for every issue brought to the fire department is no longer feasible or reasonable. By utilizing a private fire protection consultant, smaller departments are able to reap the same professional services as larger departments, without the need to fund a high caliber, full-time position.
PEAK Consulting Services, Inc. is a Colorado based company, founded by fire service professionals with fire protection engineering technology degrees from Oklahoma State University. Our experience includes ensuring fire code compliance of thousands of businesses, mercantiles, hospitals, industrial, multi-family residential assembly and a host of other uses and occupancies. Our experience has prepared us to serve as your front line representatives for fire department interests and code compliance in the design and construction phases of your developing community.
PEAK Consulting provides service to Colorado jurisdictions at no cost to the department’s budget. You will discover that our fees are passed through your organization to the developers/builders, often times at a price that allows you to retain a portion of the fees collected to cover administrative involvement.
Choose PEAK Consulting for all of you fire code compliance needs and you will find that out rapid turn-a-round time and quality of work will exceed that of many of the state’s larger metropolitan fire departments. In addition to fire code plan review, services such as preconstruction consultations, compliance inspections, code adoption with local code amendments and special hazard ordinances to include wildland-urban interface and residential fire sprinklers can also be provided by PEAK Consulting Services, Inc.
“The foreseeable increase in performance-based designs, complex hydraulic sprinkler calculations, and computerized fire alarm systems are just some of the issues facing the person responsible for construction document reviews. This can become overwhelming for an ill-prepared review and inspection staff.”
Fire Prevention Applications, April 2005
Fire Protection Publications