The International Fire Engineering Guidelines have been developed from the original Fire Engineering Guidelines developed by the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) and published in 2001.

The International Fire Engineering Guidelines (IFEG) were developed with consultation from the Inter-jurisdictional Regulatory Collaboration Council (IRCC), the International Code Council (ICC), United States of America and the Department of Building and Housing, New Zealand (DBH). After a collaborative approach was taken, the International version was developed for use in Canada, Australia, USA and New Zealand.[1]

This section considers relevant parts of the IFEG:

• Definition of Fire Safety Engineering
• The Use of the International Fire Engineering Guidelines
• Benefits of Fire Safety Engineering
• Uniqueness of Fire Engineered Solutions
• Fire Engineering Brief Considerations
• Fire Engineering Occupant Evacuations

[1] International Fire Engineering Guidelines, Foreword