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Things that raise your pay

• The fire protection engineering license

  The single biggest step. It changes what you are allowed to sign your name to.

• Fire modeling software

  Computer models of heat and smoke let you defend a design the plain code text would not allow. A rare skill and well paid.

• Performance-based design

  Instead of following the code recipe, you prove a building is safe with calculations. Used on stadiums, atriums and airports.

• Special hazards

  Data centers, chemical plants and high-rack warehouses all carry risks that need a specialist.