Fire protection engineering
APPLICATION OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES TO PROTECT PEOPLE, PROPERTY, AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS FROM THE HARMFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF FIRE AND SMOKE
Fire Protection Engineering; Fire engineering; Fire safety engineering; Fire protection engineer; Fire Engineering
Fire protection engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to protect people, property, and their environments from the harmful and destructive effects of fire and smoke. It encompasses engineering which focuses on fire detection, suppression and mitigation and fire safety engineering which focuses on human behavior and maintaining a tenable environment for evacuation from a fire.