Ran Fire Protection Engineering

What Ran Fire Protection Engineering does

Ran Fire Protection Engineering, P.C. is a privately held, specialty fire protection engineering consulting firm founded in 2010 by Douglas Nadeau, PE in Albany, New York. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of professional engineering services across the full project lifecycle, including code consulting, performance-based design, fire modeling (using PyroSim, FDS, and CFAST), automatic sprinkler and fire alarm system design, special hazard system design, commissioning, construction administration, design-build delivery, forensic consulting, and master planning. The firm has completed more than 1,500 projects across 49 U.S. states and 15 countries since inception, operating from seven office locations in Albany, Rochester, Fort Worth, Middlebury, Port Saint Lucie, St. Augustine, Chicago, and Olympia.

The firm serves a diversified vertical mix that is its central differentiator: federal government (military academies, federal office buildings, defense facilities under UFC 3-600 standards), state and local government (NY State Capitol, Vermont State House, Corning Tower), higher education (Cornell, SUNY system schools, Clarkson), correctional facilities (projects for 93% of currently open U.S. correctional facilities), cultural heritage and historical buildings, high-rise commercial, healthcare, industrial/energy (Siemens Energy, SABIC, Momentive Performance Materials), hospitality, and assembly venues (Legoland, performing arts centers). The principal team of seven licensed fire protection engineers includes SFPE Fellows, Salamander Honorary Society members, and engineers with 30-40+ years of individual experience, supported by SFPE chapter leadership positions and a gubernatorial appointment to the NY State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council.

The firm operates as a project-based professional services business, earning revenue through engineering consulting fees determined per engagement based on scope and complexity. Typical project construction values range from approximately $105K for small higher education and system upgrade work to $6M for major resort campuses. The April 2025 merger with The Fire Protection Consortium Inc added warehouse/storage specialty capability and a new principal; the March 2025 hire of Nick Artim from Heritage Protection Group substantially expanded the heritage building practice. Ran's go-to-market emphasizes direct enterprise and government engagement, cultivated referral relationships with architects and contractors, professional society leadership, and selective thought leadership content.

Name

Ran Fire Protection Engineering

Legal name

RAN Fire Protection Engineering, P.C.

Website

https://ranfpe.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ran Fire Protection Engineering is a private specialty fire protection engineering consulting firm founded in 2010 and headquartered in Albany, NY. The firm delivers code consulting, system design, fire modeling, commissioning, and construction administration services to federal, state, higher education, correctional, heritage, industrial, and commercial clients across the U.S.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fire Protection Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Engineering Services (541330), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Process Safety & Major Hazard Risk Management (PSM) (BPAHAJAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fire & Smoke Dampers / Firestopping / Passive Fire Protection Services (BPABAHAE), Fire & Life Safety Systems (Alarms, Sprinklers, Extinguishers, Inspections) (EDAEACAF)

Keywords

• Fire protection engineering
• Life safety consulting
• Sprinkler system design
• Fire alarm design
• Code consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Albany

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Fire Protection Engineering Services: Full-service fire protection engineering billed on a project-by-project basis. Services include code consulting, commissioning, construction administration, design-build, engineering, fire modeling, system design, and other specialized services. Revenue is earned through engineering consulting fees for design, analysis, and project oversight across government, federal, and private sector clients.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

RAN Fire Protection Engineering is a professional consulting and engineering firm that delivers fire protection engineering services across the full project lifecycle, including code consulting, system design (sprinkler, fire alarm, standpipe, special hazard, egress), fire modeling, commissioning, construction administration, and design-build delivery. The firm serves government, federal, and private-sector clients with specialized expertise in correctional facilities, heritage/historical buildings, high-rise, healthcare, higher education, and industrial facilities. Revenue is earned through project-based professional engineering consulting fees.

Product overview

Ran Fire Protection Engineering is a specialized fire protection engineering and consulting firm that offers a comprehensive portfolio of services organized around fire and life safety. The core offerings include fire alarm system design, automatic sprinkler system design, special hazard fire protection, standpipe systems, egress design, and LEED-compliant green building design. Supporting services include fire modeling (using PyroSim, FDS, and CFAST), code consulting, commissioning, construction administration, and design-build delivery. Additional specialized services encompass forensic consulting (expert witness and failure analysis), master planning, life cycle analysis, and due diligence. The company serves diverse markets including correctional facilities, healthcare, higher education, high-rise buildings, hospitality, industrial, federal, and historical buildings. The overall portfolio functions as an integrated service offering rather than a software product, with individual engineering disciplines combining to deliver complete fire protection solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Code Consulting Expert fire and life safety code consulting including performance-based design, planning structure review, evaluations, and variance applications for projects with constructability issues. Targeted at building owners, developers, architects, and government clients needing code compliance guidance.
• Commissioning Services Commissioning of fire protection and life safety systems including detailed testing protocols, shop drawing review, and coordination with the Authority Having Jurisdiction. Designed for project teams seeking third-party system verification.
• Construction Administration Full-service construction administration including bid phase support, RFI responses, submittal reviews, and site observations to verify conformance with design specifications. Targeted at owners and general contractors on active construction projects.
• Design-Build Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 1500+ projects completed across 49 U.S. states and 15 countries since founding in 2010
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Fire Protection Consortium Inc (FPI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2025In April 2025, RAN merged with The Fire Protection Consortium Inc (FPI), a full-service professional fire protection consulting and engineering firm founded in 2001 by Jerry Schultz, PE. Jerry Schultz joined RAN as a Principal following the merger, bringing over 40 years of fire protection engineering consultation services including fire alarm system design, automatic sprinkler system design, and warehouse design expertise. The merger expanded RAN's capabilities in storage industry fire protection.
• Heritage Protection GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025In March 2025, Nick Artim joined RAN from the Heritage Protection Group, where he served as Managing Principal. Nick Artim brings over 35 years of experience specializing in the protection of historically significant buildings, cultural assets, and complex facilities spanning the US, Canada, and Europe. His addition expanded RAN's capabilities in cultural heritage protection, including expertise in fire and life safety strategy, risk and hazard analysis, and advanced detection systems for heritage sites.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• TERPconsulting: Fire protection and life safety consulting firm delivering code consulting, system design, and commissioning across government, healthcare, education, and high-rise markets — overlapping strongly with RAN's mid-Atlantic / national footprint.
• Jensen Hughes: Largest pure-play fire protection engineering, code consulting, and security design firm globally. Directly comparable to RAN in service offering (code consulting, fire modeling, system design) across virtually all of RAN's vertical markets including correctional, heritage, healthcare, and industrial.
• Senez Consulting Engineers: Specialty fire protection engineering consulting firm offering code consulting, performance-based design, fire modeling, and system design — comparable in service mix and target verticals (industrial, healthcare, institutional) to RAN.
• Code Consultants, Inc. (CCI): Specialized fire protection and life safety code consulting firm offering code analysis, performance-based design, and commissioning — directly comparable in service scope and project types to RAN, including heritage and complex assembly venues.

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Global multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with a sizable fire engineering practice providing code consulting, performance-based design, and fire modeling — directly overlapping RAN's services but as part of a much broader structural/MEP portfolio.
• SmithGroup: Integrated design firm with an in-house fire protection engineering team serving higher education, healthcare, and government clients — competing with RAN on institutional and government fire protection mandates within a broader architectural/engineering portfolio.
• Coffman Engineers: Multi-disciplinary engineering firm with a dedicated fire protection engineering group providing code consulting, sprinkler/alarm design, and performance-based design — competing with RAN on commercial, healthcare, and government projects as part of broader building engineering mandates.
• Aon Fire Protection Engineering (formerly Schirmer): Global risk and engineering consultancy with a fire protection engineering practice delivering code consulting and risk-based design — overlapping with RAN's code consulting and forensic/litigation support offerings within a much larger parent.

Others

• Fire Protection Research Foundation (research arm of NFPA): Research arm of the National Fire Protection Association advancing codes and standards that shape RAN's practice; not a competitor but a key ecosystem partner and code-authoring body that influences demand for specialty fire engineering consulting.
• Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE): International professional society for fire protection engineers of which RAN's principals hold senior leadership positions; not a competitor but a critical industry association that governs credentialing and visibility in RAN's labor market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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