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OpenFire blog
Plain-English guides to fire-engineering concepts, the standards behind them, and the calculations they rely on, organised around three questions.
Why · Perspectives on AI in fire engineering
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AI and Leadership in Fire Engineering: Deliver the Work, Grow the People, Build Safe Buildings
AI is a leadership question as much as a technical one. How technical directors can use it to create capacity, build capability, and develop their people.
Fire engineering Artificial intelligence Leadership Professional practice -
· 7 min read
Artificial Intelligence and Fire Engineering Regulation: Are We Asking the Wrong Question?
Should regulators ask whether AI was used in a fire engineering design? The better question is whether the engineer can explain and defend the result.
Fire engineering Artificial intelligence Regulation Professional practice -
· 9 min read
Artificial Intelligence, Junior Engineers, and the Future of Professional Development
If AI does the tasks junior engineers once learned from, where does learning happen? Introducing AI into professional development without losing judgement.
Fire engineering Artificial intelligence Professional development Careers
What · How OpenFire works and what's inside
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· 3 min read
What Is Open in OpenFire?
What “Open” means in OpenFire: an inspectable open-source method library in Rust, a Python API on PyPI, and openly available documentation.
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· 3 min read
What is OpenFire?
OpenFire is an AI-enabled fire engineering environment that unifies methods, guidance, research and calculations — built around transparency and judgement.
Fire engineering Artificial intelligence OpenFire Product