The General Command of Civil Defence in the UAE has taken steps to enhance passive firestopping requirements and practices by issuing a Circular Memo titled "Enhancement of Passive Fire Stopping" on 8 June 2023. This circular refers to the "Federal Industry Workshop...
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Vortex Fire Renews Dubai Civil Defence House of Expertise License For 2023-2024
We are delighted to share the news that we have successfully renewed our House of Expertise license with Dubai Civil Defense for the period of 2023-2024. This recognition from Dubai Civil Defense enables us to provide a comprehensive range of fire safety engineering...
Vortex Fire Abu Dhabi : Relocation to New Office
We are excited to announce that our Abu Dhabi office has relocated to a new office in Yas Mall on Yas Island. The new location within Cloud Spaces provides our Abu Dhabi operations with modern space and flexibility to better accommodate our growing team. The move is...
Vortex Fire renews Dubai Civil Defence House of Expertise License for 2022-2023
It brings us great pleasure to announce that we have successfully renewed our House of Expertise license with Dubai Civil Defence for 2022-2023. Dubai Civil Defence continues to recognise and license us to carry out full scope of services in fire safety engineering...
Vortex renews IAS AC291 & ISO 17020 accreditation till 2023
We have successfully renewed our International Accreditation Service IAS AC291 & ISO 17020 accreditation for another year for both our Dubai and Abu Dhabi offices. The scope of accreditation includes as per UAE Fire & Life Safety Code of Practice,...
Vortex Fire renews ISO QMS 9001: 2015 accreditation!
We are proud to announce that we have received our ISO QMS 9001:2015 certification from TÜV Rheinland! TÜV Rheinland is one of the leading international providers of technical services for quality and safety.
SFPE Live Premium Webinar Series: Facades
SFPE Live Premium Webinar Series: Facades Part 2: Façade Fire Safety – Comparison between Prescriptive and Performance based approaches in the UAE and Australia Date: 2 June 2021 – 5:00 PM – 6:30PM UAE Time (9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ET) Register: SFPE Live Premium Webinar...
Key changes to NFPA 101 “Life Safety Code” (2021 Edition)
NFPA has recently released the 2021 Edition of the NFPA 101 “Life Safety Code”. There are several modifications to the code to improve life safety based on new research and lessons learnt from recent fire incidents. Some of the key changes are highlighted below: Means...
Benefits of digital fire inspections
Local fire consultancy services in Saudi Arabia
Local fire consultancy services in Saudi Arabia Vortex Fire have recently signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with AMConsult in Saudi Arabia. This allows us to bring our extensive international experience in code consultancy and fire safety engineering...