What Fire & Risk Alliance does

Fire & Risk Alliance (FRA) is a U.S. fire protection engineering and risk management consulting firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, with 11–50 employees. The firm serves enterprise and government clients across ten regulated verticals — aerospace & defense, battery energy storage systems (BESS), government, industrial & manufacturing, petrochemical/oil/gas, data center, power & utility, semiconductor, transportation, and warehouse & storage — providing specialized engineering services where standard prescriptive fire codes are inadequate or where hazardous-material processes require quantitative risk assessment.

FRA's service portfolio is organized around five core consulting lines — Fire Protection Engineering & Design, Code Consulting, Hazard & Risk Assessments, Fire/Smoke Control & Explosion Modeling, and Combustible Dust Safety Solutions — plus an additional specialized BESS practice covering Hazard Mitigation Analysis, UL 9540A testing coordination, and NFPA 68/69 deflagration analysis. The firm applies industry-standard computational modeling tools including NIST's Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) and CONTAM, Gexcon's FLACS and FLACS-DustEx, ANSYS Fluent, DNV's PHAST, and custom hydraulic analysis using HydraCalc and Pipenet, supporting performance-based design, smoke control rational analysis, tunnel and people-movement modeling, and dust explosion consequence assessment. Its engineers are licensed in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, and FRA employees hold principal-member roles on the NFPA 855 standards committee.

The business model is project-based professional services sold through direct engagement, with quote-based pricing (not publicly disclosed) and 24/7 availability supported by a dedicated emergency contact line. Marketing and distribution run through the company website, direct phone, and email channels, with downloadable technical brochures covering each service line. The firm is privately held with no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, or funding rounds, consistent with a founder-owned or partner-owned specialty consultancy.

Name

Fire & Risk Alliance

Legal name

Fire & Risk Alliance

Website

https://fireriskalliance.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fire & Risk Alliance is a U.S. fire protection engineering and risk management consultancy serving aerospace, defense, BESS, data center, petrochemical, semiconductor, and industrial clients with engineering design, code consulting, hazard assessment, and computational modeling services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fire Protection Engineering and Risk Management Consulting

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Fire & Life Safety Code Compliance Inspections & Consulting (AHJ Support) (BPABAHAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fire & Life Safety Services (Inspection/Testing/Sprinklers/Alarms) (IMAIAAAI), Smoke Control & Fire/Smoke Damper Inspection & Testing (IMAIAJAI), Fire Protection Systems Contracting (Sprinklers, Alarms, Suppression) (IMAFALAD), Fire Protection & Life Safety Systems (Firewater, Suppression, Detection, Alarm) (EUAEAFAG)

Keywords

• Fire protection engineering
• Risk management consulting
• Combustible dust safety
• Explosion modeling services
• Process safety management

Headquarters

HQ city

Rockville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Fire Protection Engineering Consulting: Professional engineering consulting services including fire protection design, code consulting, hazard and risk assessments, and fire/explosion modeling. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements with clients across various industries requiring specialized fire protection expertise.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fire & Risk Alliance provides specialized fire protection engineering, code consulting, hazard and risk assessments, fire/smoke/explosion computational modeling, and combustible dust safety solutions. The firm also offers dedicated services for battery energy storage system fire and life safety, serving industrial, government, and infrastructure clients across multiple sectors.

Product overview

Fire & Risk Alliance (FRA) is a fire protection and risk management consulting firm operating as a single unified service practice rather than a modular software platform. The company's portfolio is organized into five core consulting service lines: Fire Protection Engineering & Design, Code Consulting, Hazard & Risk Assessments, Fire/Smoke Control & Explosion Modeling, and Combustible Dust Safety Solutions. These core services are delivered as integrated consulting engagements, often combined and customized per project. An additional specialized offering targets Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), bundling hazard analysis, testing support, deflagration analysis, and emergency response planning as a distinct practice area. Supporting sub-services such as sprinkler design, firewater system design, fire alarm design, special hazard systems, and performance-based design are embedded within the Fire Protection Engineering & Design service line.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fire Protection Engineering & Design

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature11 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Jensen Hughes: Jensen Hughes is the largest pure-play fire protection engineering, code consulting, and risk analytics firm globally. It is the most direct comparable to FRA, offering fire protection design, hazard/risk assessment, code consulting, and security consulting across virtually identical verticals including data centers, healthcare, and industrial.
• Exponent: Exponent is a scientific and engineering consulting firm with a strong fire and explosion practice (thermal sciences, failure analysis, hazard modeling). Comparable to FRA's quantitative risk and explosion modeling work, particularly for industrial, petrochemical, and litigation clients.
• Telgian Engineering & Consulting: Telgian is a fire protection engineering, code consulting, and life safety firm offering fire protection design, code compliance, and risk management across similar verticals to FRA. Directly comparable in service mix and customer profile.
• Coffman Engineers: Coffman Engineers is a multi-discipline engineering firm with a fire protection practice covering code consulting, fire alarm/detection design, and life safety. Comparable to FRA for MEP-integrated fire protection engagements on commercial and industrial projects.
• S.S. Dannaway & Associates: S.S. Dannaway is a specialty fire protection engineering consultancy offering fire alarm design, code consulting, and life safety services. A close comparable to FRA in service scope and size, though with a Pacific-region focus.
• AKF Group: AKF Group is an MEP and fire protection engineering firm offering code consulting, fire alarm design, smoke control, and life safety for complex buildings including healthcare, labs, and data centers. Comparable to FRA's design and code consulting practice on commercial and institutional projects.
• Code Red Consultants: Code Red Consultants is a fire protection and life safety code consulting firm focused on healthcare, higher education, and commercial real estate. Comparable to FRA on the code consulting and AHJ support side of the practice.

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Arup is a global multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with a substantial fire safety and risk consulting practice covering buildings, tunnels, and infrastructure. Comparable to FRA for performance-based fire design, CFD modeling, and masterplanning work on complex built-environment projects.
• WSP: WSP is a global engineering professional services firm with a large fire and life safety practice offering code consulting, fire protection engineering, and risk assessments across transportation, property, and industrial sectors. Competes with FRA for large multi-disciplinary programs.
• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with a fire engineering and life safety practice that delivers code consulting, fire protection design, and risk analysis as part of broader engineering programs. Comparable in industry coverage but not a pure-play specialist.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fireriskallianc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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