Fire and Safety

Designed to recruit bright talent into the services, our accredited Fire and Safety courses are a combination of academic study with practical hands-on training.

They demonstrate a strong, well-coordinated research link, which contributes strongly to the relevance and currency of the content. You’ll benefit from significant investment in the latest high-quality equipment and facilities available through our new £35 million Engineering Innovation Centre located within one of the most intense engineering and manufacturing areas in the UK.

Take full advantage of our new, purpose-built fire laboratories, supported by state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics facilities, analytical and material characterisation facilities for fire chemistry and fire safety engineering, as well as small and intermediate-scale experiments and facilities at Washington Hall, the UK’s international fire, training and development centre.

You’ll be taught by staff who are research academics from the fields of fire safety engineering and fire chemistry as well as fire professionals with many years of experience. Staff have experience of both research and international collaboration.

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Awards

We were awarded Athena Swan Bronze status, in recognition of our direct support for women within the School, enabling women who study with us to transition successfully into industry. The Athena Swan project is a charter scheme, aiming to address issues around gender and diversity. Our Women’s Engineering Network - a friendly group of women students and staff - regularly meet to explore all aspects of engineering and to offer each other mutual support at university and beyond.

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Why choose us?

You’ll have access to excellent facilities including new, purpose-built fire laboratories, and get the chance to experience hands-on fire-fighting.
You’ll have international opportunities, including travel and work placement with ‘Operation Florian’ - a charitable organisation working to improve fire service infrastructures.
Benefit from significant investment in the latest high quality equipment and facilities available through our new £35 million Engineering Innovation Centre.

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Careers in fire and safety

After your degree, you work in various areas to determine the causes and effects of a fire and fire damage. You could also find yourself working with architects to ensure fire protection and develop escape routes in buildings. The scope of careers means you'll have opportunities to work in science, technology, law, management or research.

Future careers in fire and safety

Fire Engineer
Fire Investigator
Firefighter
Fire Safety Consultant
Fire Safety Officer
Fire Risk Assessor
Fire Protection Design Engineer
Fire Sprinkler Designer

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IS-Fires
The IS-Fires project aims to enhance prevention and preparedness during informal settlement fires. The project aims to address a very complex, largely neglected problem affecting low/low-middle socio-demographic index countries.
SAFE: Strategies Aiming at Effective Fire Evacuation in Highrise Residential Buildings
The Strategies Aiming at Effective Fire Evacuation in High-Rise Residential Buildings (SAFE) project aims to establish the most effective evacuation methods, interaction and decision-making between residents and firefighters during fire evacuations.
University of Central Lancashire’s Fire Engineering department has scooped a top national award for its work in training students in fire engineering and safety
Wednesday 8 January 2020