Exposure to smoke is the primary hazard for occupants exposed to fire. AFEC have the capabilities to model the smoke from a fire and recommend methods for its control and allowing tenable conditions for evacuees. We have developed a comprehensive suite of in- house smoke control software, using recognised models of heat release and entrainment. With these models we can provide information on items such as smoke temperature, visibility, toxicity and volumetric production rate.

In some situations, it may be required to utilise more advanced methods of analysis. AFEC have to ability to apply Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models to the prediction of the fire generated environment. This allows the designer to build up a detailed history of temperatures, heat flux, visibility etc.