Independent and confidential fire research for commercial, government, professional organisations and the Fire Service.
To practically demonstrate fire solutions, identify fire risk, refine procedures/processes, etc.
Chiltern Fire’s flexible approach, skills and facilities can be utilised to supply in-depth analysis, quantify risks and provide efficient, cost effective, proven solutions for special projects.
Clients repeatedly return for ad-hoc, one off and full-scale testing as well as major research which we can undertake solely or as a lead partner.
The following table lists recent projects undertaken by Chiltern Fire. For further information on any of these projects, please contact Phil Howard on +44 (0) 1494 569839 or email
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Chiltern Fire led this Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) research project. The conclusions and recommendations identified the need for a quantified approach to conducting fire risk assessments in Indoor Play Areas. Chiltern Fire has produced a Fire Risk Assessment Model. This considers all aspects of an Indoor Play Area including the building and associated facilities, the play equipment and structure, human behaviour and Fire Service Issues.
Chiltern International Fire has recently developed a test facility for fire suppression and detection system applications in sub-surface mass transit system escalators.
Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV)
The effect of using Positive Pressure Ventilation on occupants in a fire affected building, Tyne & Wear Fire Brigade commissioned Chiltern Fire to quantify the effect that using PPV fans would have on occupants caught between the fan and outlet vent in a fire. The results along with other work, has been used to formalise the UK fire brigade's policy on the use of PPV as a fire-fighting tool.
TF2000
Fire performance in timber frame
The actual fire resistance performance of compartmentation within a timber framed multi-storey building (TF2000). This project was conducted in conjunction with BRE and involved a fire test on a 6-storey apartment building to investigate if the fire resistance performance achieved using standard laboratory tests is realised in practice at full scale.
As part of the Timber Frame 2000 (TF2000) project a large-scale compartment fire test has been carried out in the full scale six storey timber frame building at BRE Cardington. With new methods of construction and new demands on the industry there is a need to demonstrate the performance of medium-rise timber frame buildings subject to real fires
Following a full-scale test on the 6 storey Timber Frame 2000 building at Cardington, Chiltern Fire and BRE identified an opportunity to investigate the methods for re-instating fire damaged timber frame construction. Chiltern Fire developed a DTI-sponsored research project.
Chiltern Fire and BRE, overseen by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), researched the issues raised by fire events in combustible cavities.
The TF2000 building is fitted with a single stair of timber construction. A fire test conducted in the TF2000 building demonstrated suitably treated timber stairs can meet the functional fire safety objectives for a stair in the Building Regulations.
Independent and confidential fire research for commercial, government, professional organisations and the Fire Service.