HFRC is a small firm with in-depth experience and huge resources. In addition to its full-time staff, HFRC maintains a network of associates from which it provides its clients with the manpower, knowledge and experience they need while keeping costs low.
The senior staff members of Haines Fire & Risk Consulting (HFRC) typically have over 30 years each of experience in fire protection engineering/consulting, water supply planning and analysis, emergency response planning and/or fire & explosion investigation. In addition, most of HFRC’s staff has served in the municipal (volunteer and career) and industrial fire services. HFRC’s current engineering staff shares over 155 years of experience combined, placing customers in good hands.
HFRC’s staff consists primarily of full-time engineers, consultants and technicians backed up by a network of associates. Most of HFRC’s senior staff members and associates worked as subject matter experts for private and municipal entities prior to becoming consultants. They primarily hail from the following industries:
- Oil and gas industry
- Chemical, specialty chemical and petrochemical industries
- Regulatory (Fire Code)
- Machinery design and engineering
- Nuclear power & chemical industry
- Power generation
- Insurance (Highly Protected Risk)
- Healthcare
- Fire Service
As a result of their experience in working for an owner, HFRC’s staff understands the constraints and demands that its clients are faced with and can approach projects, testing, service, and sales from the perspective of the owner. HFRC is a small-sized company that can react to the immediate/emergency needs of its clients and is equally adept at working on small and large projects/sales.
HFRC’s works for several Fortune 500 and larger companies and across a variety of industries including:
- Oil exploration and production
- Refineries
- Petrochemical and chemical plants
- Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) liquefaction, and ship/rail loading facilities
- Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) liquification, vaporization, and ship/rail loading facilities
- Petroleum pipeline stations & terminals and marine terminals (Petroleum & LNG)
- Logistics, warehousing, and packaging
- Distribution terminals (ship, truck & rail transfer)
- Atmospheric and pressurized storage facilities, including those with cavern storage
- Gas plants & compressor stations
- Laboratories
- Power generating plants
- Distilleries and packaging facilities
- Fragrance manufacturing
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing
- Agricultural, food, and wood processing plants and other facilities handling combustible dusts/fibers
- Hazardous waste recovery & disposal facilities
- Foundries and pipe mills
- Liquids/hazmat warehousing
- Waste water treatment plants
- Various manufacturing plants such as transformer manufacturers, truck manufacturers, metal stamping plants, meat processing plants, insulating board manufacturers and printing plants
- Mining facilities (ore treating areas)
- Energy From Waste (EFW) facilities
- Many of the top 3PL companies
Stephen W. Haines, PE, CFEI
President
Mr. Haines graduated from Penn State University in 1989 and started his fire engineering career with Factory Mutual Engineering. He is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states and has accumulated years of experience in the areas of firefighting, fire protection engineering, process safety consulting, emergency response planning and fire and accident investigation. In addition to his time as an engineer and consultant, Mr. Haines served as the Sr. Fire Protection Engineer for Sunoco, Inc. for over seven years and has over thirty-five years of experience in the municipal and industrial fire services, including three and a half years as a career fire chief.
Mr. Haines specializes in the testing, analysis, design, and planning of high volume water supplies including fixed fire water systems and mobile hose and pumping systems. In addition, Mr. Haines is experienced in rural water supply planning and ISO water supply studies.
Mr. Haines has also participated in the codes and standards process of the NFP. This includes time volunteered as:
- NFPA 30, Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code; Principal member and previous Chairman (3 code cycles) of the Technical Committeeon the Tank Storage and Piping Systems.
- NFPA 30, Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code; Alternate Member on the Technical Committee on the Storage & Warehousing of Containers and Portable Tanks and the Technical Committee on Operations
Mr. Haines is a Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator (CFEI) and specializes in the investigation of fires arising from the handling, processing, transfer and storage of flammable/combustible liquids, flammable gases, and hazardous materials.