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May 1, 2025
Raleigh, NC (May 1, 2025) — Performance Based Fire Protection Engineering (PBFPE), a respected provider of unique fire protection solutions, is proud to announce its acquisition by Summit Fire National Consulting, dba Summit Fire Consulting, a national leader in fire protection and life safety code consulting. This strategic partnership brings together two highly complementary organizations, strengthening their shared mission to deliver code-compliant and client-focused fire protection solutions across the United States.
The union of PBFPE and Summit Fire Consulting combines deep engineering expertise with nationwide service capabilities, enabling both teams to better serve their customers with enhanced resources, expanded geographic coverage, and broader technical support. As PBFPE’s team of experienced fire protection engineers joins the Summit Fire Consulting team, they will remain committed to delivering the exceptional service and innovation their clients have come to rely on.
“This is an exciting chapter for our team and clients,” said David Stacy, Principal and Founder of PBFPE. “By joining Summit Fire Consulting, we have gained a powerful partner that shares our commitment to solving fire protection and life safety challenges. Together, we can do more for our clients and expand our reach to ensure that innovative fire protection solutions are accessible to more clients, projects, and communities across the country.”
Founded with a passion for combining technical excellence with creative problem-solving, PBFPE specializes in unique service offerings, including fire and egress modeling, CONTAM modeling, and performance-based design.
With this acquisition, Summit Fire Consulting continues its strategic growth across the fire protection industry, building on its legacy of providing comprehensive fire and life safety services tailored to local and national needs.
“We cannot be happier that David and the PBFPE team are joining forces with Summit Fire Consulting,” stated Jim Bychowski, Senior Vice President at Summit Fire Consulting. “The talent, commitment to serving clients across the entire built environment, collaborative engineering horsepower, and technical creativity of PBFPE are second to none. Summit’s collective service offerings are unmatched.”
About Performance Based Fire Protection Engineering
Performance Based Fire Protection Engineering, PLLC (PBFPE) is a fire protection engineering company that is passionate about delivering flexible, innovative fire protection and life safety solutions for architects, developers, builders, and engineers. Centered on creating safe, useful, and beautiful environments for clients, PBFPE has an expert team of fire protection engineers with decades of experience. PBFPE is headquartered in Raleigh, NC, with offices in Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, Texas, and California.
Learn more at www.pbfpe.com or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn or YouTube.
About Summit Fire Consulting
Summit Fire Consulting is a nationwide leader in fire protection and life safety code consulting. With a deep bench of NICET-certified professionals and fire protection engineers, Summit Fire Consulting delivers comprehensive services including code consulting, design review, AHJ coordination, inspections, risk assessments, and compliance solutions for a wide range of industries. From healthcare and education to commercial, industrial, and government facilities, Summit Fire Consulting helps clients navigate complex regulatory environments and ensure their properties are safe, compliant, and ready for occupancy. As part of the Summit Companies family, Summit Fire Consulting combines national reach with local expertise to deliver trusted solutions across the United States and its territories.
For more information, visit www.summitfireconsulting.com.
