E.P.FIRE – Fire protection engineering
E.P.FIRE is an engineering consulting office for fire protection and extinguishing system planning. Our focus is on advising on the transition from AFFF to fluorine-free foams.
We are consulting engineers according to the Chamber of Civil Engineers in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. That’s why we are legally obliged to be independent of all manufacturers and installers and are only responsible to our customers.
Team
Friedrich Buschmann
Consulting Engineer, Operational Manager
Friedrich Buschmann
Consulting Engineer, Operational Manager
Friedrich Buschmann has been working at E.P.FIRE since 2023. Here he advises fire departments and operators of extinguishing systems on the transition from AFFF to fluorine-free foam agents. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree fire protection engineering from TH Cologne and already studied the performance of fluorine-free foam agents during his studies and in his theses.
Friedrich has several years of professional experience at a company fire department and as a risk engineer at a technical insurance broker.
Norman Renner
Technical Manager
Norman Renner has been working at E.P.FIRE since 2023. He was previously the technical manager for water extinguishing systems at Rosenbauer and before that worked as a project manager at Minimax. His activities include the design and engineering of new systems in accordance with relevant codes and standards. As a technical manager, he leads the project managers and ensures compliance .
Norman Renner holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and already worked on sprinklers during his thesis. He has also completed the development program for project managers at Minimax and is a Professional Engineer for sprinkler systems by VdS Schadenverhütung GmbH.
Ameer Hafez
Project Manager
Ameer Hafez joined E.P.FIRE as a project manager in April 2025. He previously worked as a project manager for water extinguishing systems at Systeex and Rosenbauer.
Ameer Hafez studied civil engineering at the Technischen Hochschule Mittelhessen and was already involved in the design of sprinkler systems during his studies. His activities include the design and engineering of extinguishing systems, including drawing and calculation in accordance with the relevant standards.
Dr. Bastian Hennen
Project Manager IBC.FIRE
Dr.-Ing. Bastian Hennen has been project manager for the IBC.FIRE project since 2026 and is responsible for research and development at E.P.FIRE. Previously, he headed the engineering department of a company specializing in ion exchange and water treatment systems.
Bastian has many years of experience in process engineering and process control engineering for industrial plants and worked for several years in research and teaching at RWTH Aachen University. He holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Technical Thermodynamics.
Jan Erdwiens
Project Manager
Jan Erdwiens is a project manager at E.P.FIRE and is responsible for the design, engineering and implementation of challenging projects. Previously, he worked for more than four years as a project manager at the sprinkler company Calanbau, where he gained in-depth experience in the planning and construction of fire extinguishing systems. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Kiel University of Applied Sciences and completed training as an aircraft mechanic with the German Armed Forces.
Simon Bernard
Project Manager
Simon Bernard is a project manager at E.P.FIRE. He has many years of experience in technical project management as well as in the operation and maintenance of complex industrial and fire protection systems. At international industrial companies, his responsibilities included the planning and implementation of infrastructure and fire protection projects as well as the coordination of external service providers. His qualifications are based on his training as a mechatronics technician and further training as a state-certified mechanical engineering technician.
Joachim Ligocki
Project Engineer
Joachim Ligocki is a qualified electrical engineer and trained electrician. He completed training for the professional fire service and was fire chief of the industrial fire department at the Shell Rheinland refinery in Köln-Godorf for many years. In this role, he planned numerous extinguishing systems and accompanied their construction.
Joachim Ligocki is a recognized expert in tank fire fighting and was a long-time member of the standards committee for DIN 14493 “Stationary foam extinguishing systems”. Joachim Ligocki has been working for E.P.FIRE since 2023 and primarily supports the planning of foam extinguishing systems, operational planning and carrying out fire tests.
Claudia Bücheler
Team Assistance
Claudia Bücheler has a degree in business administration and has been supporting E.P.FIRE with project management, administration, accounting and general business processes since 2023.
She previously worked in project management for several international corporations.
Managing Director
Eike Peltzer
Consulting Engineer, Managing Director
Eike Peltzer is a consulting engineer, founder and managing director of E.P.FIRE. Since 2021, he has been advising fire departments and operators of extinguishing systems full-time on the transition from AFFF to fluorine-free foam concentrates. Previously, he worked as a manager of an industrial fire department in the chemical industry for over 13 years. He has organized, carried out and accompanied numerous tests on the performance of fluorine-free foam concentrates.
Since 2016, Eike has chaired working group on firefighting foam of the German Industrial Firefighters Association. He is a member of the DFV Technical Committee for Operations, Extinguishing Agents and Environmental Protection, the Fire Extinguishing Agents Standards Committee, and advises the European Chemicals Agency and the committees of the Stockholm Convention on the effects of PFAS regulation on foam agents and their users.
Eike has a Bachelor (B.Eng.) in Rescue Engineering from TH Cologne and a Master (M.Sc.) in Disaster Management from Coventry University (UK). He has also completed the national training program for the fire service (senior management level).
