Brandteknisk

Brandteknisk, or fire safety engineering, refers to the field of ensuring safety from fire through design, analysis, and regulation. The aim is to prevent fires, limit their spread, protect occupants, and minimize property and environmental damage. The discipline combines elements from civil engineering, architecture, physics, chemistry, and safety science to create fire-safe buildings and systems.

Brandteknisk work includes risk assessments, fire protection design, and selection of materials with appropriate fire resistance. It encompasses passive measures such as fire compartments, fire doors, and fire-rated walls, as well as active measures like detection systems, alarms, sprinklers, and suppression. It also includes smoke control, evacuation design, and crowd egress analyses using models or experiments.

Professionals in the field may be called brandtekniker or fire safety engineers. They collaborate with architects, structural engineers, and building authorities. The practice uses codes, standards, and performance-based approaches. Documentation includes fire safety strategies, calculations, fire resistance ratings, and verification of systems through testing and commissioning.

Regulatory context varies by country, but most jurisdictions require fire safety considerations in building permits and operations. European and national standards provide guidance on fire resistance, detection, and evacuation. The term is commonly used in Sweden and other Nordic countries, but the underlying principles are widely applied in construction, industry, and public infrastructure.