DBI supports clients across construction, maritime and energy — from buildings and bio-based materials to ships, e-fuels and batteries. We enable the safe adoption of new technologies in a changing world through research, services and decades of fire safety expertise.
We help you protect lives and safeguard assets by working closely with your business to deliver safe, compliant, and future-ready solutions.
We help you protect lives and safeguard assets by working closely with your business to deliver safe, compliant, and future-ready solutions throughout the entire fire safety value chain across our key sectors.
Choosing DBI is more than buying a service — it’s entering a partnership with a fire safety community of specialists withing fire testing, fire safety consulting and engineering, and research, working side by side.
Accredited fire testing, consulting and research on materials, systems and buildings. We help you document fire performance, meet new regulations and bring materials and systems faster to market. From ventilation ducts and insulation to bio-based facades and circular solutions — we support safe design, compliance and documentation across the entire building lifecycle.
A trusted partner for ships, offshore units, naval vessels, and port infrastructure. DBI combines accredited fire testing with specialised maritime consulting and research, supporting clients from concept development to operational decision-making.
We help you address IMO and class requirements, assess new vessel designs, evaluate the fire implications of alternative fuels, and strengthen safety-critical port operations.
From batteries and BESS to hydrogen, e-fuels, solar and wind — the energy sector is evolving fast, and so are its fire risks. DBI supports developers, operators and regulators with testing, risk analysis and applied research across the full energy value chain, helping new technologies move safely from concept to commercial reality.
Accredited fire testing for rolling stock and components — helping you meet EN 45545 requirements faster and with reliable documentation.
DBI’s Fire Detection Test Lab is ISO 17025 accredited and provides accredited testing of fire detection systems in accordance with selected EN 54 standards.
Organisational preparedness, continuity planning, risk mitigation and frameworks that help businesses operate safely and remain resilient under pressure.
DBI advances fire safety through applied research focused on emerging energy technologies, bio-based and circular construction, and resilient infrastructure. We combine full-scale fire testing, advanced modelling and material science to understand how new systems behave — and how they can be integrated safely into real buildings, vessels and energy installations. Our research helps industry navigate new risks and prepare for future requirements.
Whatever enquiry you may have, we will be happy to assist you.
