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RED has established one of the most experienced teams of fire engineers in the world. We are continuing to improve our structures so that you will always get the best service.
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Tobias Salomonsson
Managing Director
Tobias has more than 25 years of experience in the fire engineering and fire brigade operations field. With two university degrees and a background as a fire fighter, RED’s Managing Director brings a wealth of experience to the table. Tobias Salomonsson MSc (Risk) BSc (Fire), MIEAust, CPEng, NER (Fire Safety) 3496582, RPEQ (Fire Safety) 18676, PE0001458 (Fire Safety), Certifier - Fire Safety BDC 1790, FRM-113 (Fire Safety Engineer), ACT ADR 00612141 (Fire Safety), MSFPE Language: English and Swedish Mobile: +61 402 029 600 |
Blair Stratton
DIRECTOR
Blair specialises in performance based fire safety engineering design. His consulting career in the fire and risk engineering field has spanned more than 20 years. He is known in the business for his extreme professionalism, meticulous nature, and his outstanding customer satisfaction record. Blair Stratton MEFE, BE (Hons), MIEAust, CPEng, CPEng (NZ), NER (Building Services and Fire Safety) 3164810, RPEQ (Building Services and Fire Safety) 9742, PE0003369 (Fire Safety) Certifier-Fire Safety BDC 1877, FRM-075 (Fire Safety Engineer and Auditor), MSFS Language: English |
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Magdalena Angerd
Technical Director
Magdalena has been practising as a fire safety engineer in Sydney since 2000. She specialises in performance- based fire safety engineering for buildings and infrastructure. She has extensive experience of the building design process and stakeholder interaction with the design team and approval authorities. Her technical expertise includes fire dynamics, human behaviour in fire, evacuation and smoke spread modelling and risk assessment. Magdalena Angerd BSc (Fire), MIEAust, CPEng, NER (Building Services and Fire Safety) 2395456, RPEQ (Building Services and Fire Safety) 11790, Certifier - Fire Safety BDC 0521, DEP0000166 (Fire Safety Engineer), PRE0000157 (Fire Safety), PE0001282 (Fire Safety), PE 00300001426 (Fire Safety) Language: English and Swedish |
Micael Lundqvist
Technical Director
Micael Lundqvist is a Technical Director – fire safety engineer with RED Fire Engineers in Sydney, specialising in performance-based fire safety with over 25 years of experience developing fire engineered solutions for a broad range of projects, including commercial offices, retail, healthcare and underground road and rail infrastructure. Micael's experience include the timely and efficient management of the fire safety design and stakeholder consultation with architects, other consultants, and authorities. Key responsibilities will include management of fire safety teams on projects, undertaking design reviews and providing technical support and advice for fire safety design. Technical capabilities include fire dynamics, smoke spread modelling, human behaviour in fire, evacuation modelling and risk analysis. Micael Lundqvist BSc (Fire), MIEAust, CPEng, NER (Fire Safety) 2335242, Certifier ‑ Fire Safety BDC0237, PRE0002562 (Fire Safety), PE0003196 (Fire Safety), RPEQ (Fire Safety) 10091 Language: English and Swedish |
Nate Lobel
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Nate is a Technical Director with over a decade of experience across the fire safety and risk disciplines. He is known for his ability to understand complex hazards and developing first of their kind practical solutions to new challenges. In addition to his role at RED, he is an Industry Fellow at The University of Queensland to support their fire safety engineering program and sits of the National Board for the Society of Fire Safety. |
Anna Önnebo
MARKETING & OPERATIONAL MANAGER
Anna has a Masters Degree in Law and several years of experience in Business Development and Management. Her strengths are her organisational skills and her experience in HR matters as well as financial controlling. Anna Önnebo Language: English and Swedish Mobile: +61 413 779 535 |
Eleonore Snell
commercial operations manager
Elle has broad experience in many commercial business functions having led operations across sales administration, logistics, finance and marketing in a variety of sectors including interior design, engineering and automotive; both locally and internationally. With her strategic business mind, organisational skills and positive spirit she suits our team very well. Eleonore Snell Language: English, Swedish and German |
Jess Walles
senior Executive Assistant
Jess’ background is in office administration and finance, her key strengths are in organisation and communication. Jess has over 15 years’ experience in customer service roles. Jess brings a range of skills to the administration team. Jess Walles Language: English |
Mo Moradi
Regional Manager (NSW) & Associate Director
Mo is a Charted Professional Engineer in our Sydney office and has over 14 years of experience as a Fire Engineer from both Australia and UK. Mo has experience in a broad range of projects with various sizes and complexities such as shopping centres, residential real estate, commercial buildings, hospitals and industrial projects. Mo Moradi MSc, BEng (Hons), MIEAust, CPEng, Certifier - Fire Safety BDC 3187, NER (Fire Safety & Mechanical) 4412838, PE0001924 (Fire Safety), RPEQ (Fire Safety & Mechanical) 17743, MSFS, DEP0000363 (Fire Safety Engineer), PRE0000350 (Fire Safety) Language: English |
Rohan Defries
associate Director
Rohan has been practicing as a fire safety consultant in Sydney since 2005. Rohan’s fire safety engineering experience over the last 18 years includes numerous hospitals, aged care facilities, office towers, schools and colleges, major retail centres, as well as large residential complexes, industrial warehousing and buildings of a public nature. He has also been involved in fire safety upgrades of existing buildings – with a particular interest in heritage – negotiating outcomes with various authorities including Fire and Rescue NSW. Rohan Defries Grad Dip. BSA (Fire), Grad Dip Fire Safety Eng. Language English |
Andrew Tsui
Regional Manager (QLD) &
Associate FIRE ENGINEER A senior Fire Safety Engineer with more than 20 years of experience in performance based and prescriptive fire engineering design in Australia and New Zealand. Andrew is experienced in buildings with high occupant number and complex evacuation strategies. Andrew endeavours to incorporate his construction monitoring experience to his design. Andrew Tsui MEFE, BE(Hons), BSc, MIEAust, CPEng, NER (Fire Safety) 3405724, RPEQ (Fire Safety) 28287, PE0008005 (Fire Safety), MSFS Language: English and Cantonese |
Chris Mauch
Associate Director
Chris has been practicing as a Fire Safety Engineer since 2011 working in the United States, New Zealand and within Australia since 2015. He has gained a reputation as being a pragmatic and ethical engineer who provides a high level of service to his clients. His portfolio includes work within many building classifications such as high-rise and super high-rise buildings, mixed-use buildings, shopping centres, and transportation complexes. Chris also has extensive experience assessing buildings with combustible cladding and bringing these buildings into compliance. Chris Mauch MSc (Fire), BSc (Fire), CPEng, MIEAust, CPEng, NER (Fire Safety), PE Language: English |
Clive Dayao
Associate Fire Engineer
Clive has over 10 years of experience as a Fire Safety Engineer and building code official in Australia and the Middle East. As a building plan and design evaluator in Qatar Civil Defence Clive was involved in drafting their fire safety guidelines. In Australia his experience includes the design of complex rail and building projects and writing performance specifications for rail infrastructure systems. Clive Dayao BSc (Mech), MIEAust, MSFS, CPEng, NER (Fire Safety) 5163984, PE0000403 (Fire Safety), RPEQ 28048 Language: English and Filipino |
Craig Mills
SENIOR FIRE ENGINEER & Technical specialist
Craig has been developing performance-based fire engineered solutions for over 20 years. During this time he has developed strong relationships with authorities and building designers alike. Craig is known for his ethical approach and his ability to develop pragmatic solutions to complex problems. Craig Mills MEFE, BE(Hons), PE0003120 (Fire Safety), MIEAust, FRM-135 (Fire Safety Engineer and Auditor) Language: English, Afrikaans and Dutch |
Dr Ian Raymond
Manager of Environmental and Industrial Risk & Associate
Ian come to RED in 2021 with a depth of experience working on Defence projects, primarily in the naval/shipbuilding space. Over his 14 years in defence, he developed various standards / system requirement sets for various naval fire safety systems. Additionally, he conducted several fire investigations into naval fire incidences. He developed and conducted cold and live fire tests of various fixed and manual firefighting systems. Also, he regularly commissioned and evaluate fire safety systems on naval platforms. These outputs at times were used to develop fire safety studies / cases. At RED, Ian has focussed on Dangerous Goods sites and Industrial facilities, including recycling sites and solar power plants. Dr Ian Raymond BSc (Hons), ME (Res), PhD, IEng (IFE), MIEAust, CPEng, NER (Fire Safety), PE0017251 (Fire Safety), RPEQ (Fire Safety) 35145, BEP90 (Fire Safety), PE00300004991 (Fire Safety), RBP (Tas) 855415261 (Fire Safety) Language: English |
Angela Fearnley
Business Development Lead QLD & SENIOR FIRE Engineer
Angela is a highly skilled and seasoned fire engineer with a strong commitment to promoting community safety. Her holistic approach engrained from her New Zealand background involves ongoing collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure that her fire engineering solutions align with broader project goals. As the Vice President of the Institution of Fire Engineers Australia, her fire safety network is vast with a good relationship with fire brigades across multiple countries. Angela Fearnley MEngSt (Fire Engineering), BE(Hons) Mech, MIEAust, CPEng, NER (Fire Safety) 8925518, RPEQ (Fire Safety) 34542, PE0016646 (Fire Safety) AIFireE (IFE), MSFS Language: English |
Paul Laughlin-Hyde
SENIOR FIRE ENGINEER
Paul is a Chartered Fire Engineer (Chartered IChemE & CPEng with Engineers Australia) with 20 years’ experience. At RED, Paul specialises within Dangerous Goods sites and Industrial facilities, including waste facilities and solar / BESS power plants. He is skilled in Fire Engineering across a number of industries including Dangerous goods, risk engineering, transportation, building services, & the Oil & Gas industry Paul Laughlin-Hyde MIEAust, CPEng, NER, PRE0002463 (Fire Safety), PE0015683 (Fire Safety), APEC Engineer, CEng (IChemE) Language: English, Irish |
Jarrod Burton
SENIOR FIRE ENGINEER
Jarrod has almost 20 years experience in the building engineering and construction space, working within the electrical and fire safety engineering disciplines across a wide range of industry sectors. With over a decade as an operational firefighter, he combines his practical and technical experience to develop strong performance-based approaches to each building. One of Jarrod's passions is bushfire protection, where his strong understanding of bushfire dynamics and firefighting principals are used to identify risky approach vectors and determine the best mitigation methods for complex and vulnerable developments. Jarrod Burton GradDip Building Fire Safety, BE, MIEAust, CPEng, NER (Fire Safety, Building Services & Electrical) 2629283, RBP (Tas) CC6357 (Fire Safety & Building Services), PE0001576 (Fire Safety & Electrical) Language: English |
Barney Stranger
SEnior fire engineer
Barney's fire safety engineering experience over the last 17 years includes health care projects, residential buildings, aged care facilities, office buildings, schools, correctional centres, secure facilities, sports facilities, education and retail shopping centres. Barney helps his clients to meet prescriptive provisions, as well as developing innovative and workable solutions to compliance related design issues. He provides expert advice by combining his knowledge of regulatory matters with his experience in fire safety engineering. Barney Stranger BE (Mechanical), Dip (Engprac), MFSE, MIE Aust, SFS (ACT committee member), CP Eng, NER Language: English |
Tony Schnaedelbach
Senior Inspector|FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
Tony has more than 20 years of experience in the Victorian building design, construction & compliance industry. He has specialist knowledge in fire safety measure maintenance & compliance. Tony has worked in a wide variety of sectors including public, office, retail, healthcare, industrial, correctional and residential buildings. His extensive range of industry knowledge will greatly benefit to the RED team. Tony Schnaedelbach AssocDip (Archi. Drafting), BTech (Building Surveying), BASc (Const. Mgmt.) Language: English |
Charles Kim
Senior Code COnsultant| Inspector
Charles has been involved in the Building Surveying industry since 2007 and is continuing to develop a broad range of project experience. With a dedicated work ethic in developing his skills and exposure within the industry he has the confident ability to constructively negotiate with authorities and liaise with architects, consultants and builders / developers in an accurate, timely and professional manner. Charles is a registered practitioner in Victoria. He has operated in the capacity of a building surveyor mainly in the private sector and has extensive experience in all classifications of buildings ranging from residential houses to high-rise buildings. Charles’ expertise includes providing advice on a wide range of building regulatory matters, building legislation and policy formulation, performance-based building code development in Australia as well as a wealth of experience within the Building Surveying profession specializing in large industrial, multi storey commercial and residential, aged care and health-care buildings. Charles Kim BBldTech (Building Surveying), GradCert (Performance-Based Building and Fire Codes), AdvDip (Building Surveying), Dip (Building Surveying) Language: English |
Daniel Ah Cann
Senior fire safety consultant
Daniel is a senior fire safety consultant with a strong background in building services design. His experience includes a variety of high-profile projects within NSW spanning transport infrastructure, education, healthcare and public arts. In this time, Daniel has specialised in the development of pragmatic and effective fire engineered solutions tailored to the specific needs of the project. Daniel has a wealth of experience in design development, coordination, and stakeholder management having been involved in projects throughout all stages of the construction lifecycle.. BEng (Mechanical), MEng (Biomedical), MIEAust Language: English |
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Joey Ostrom
Intermediate fire safety consultant
Involved in projects with combustible facades. Joey has carried out cladding audits and cladding fire risk assessments for various types of building throughout Victoria. He has provided consultation and recommendation to the best interest of the building owners and assisted them with resolving the Building Notice/Orders issued by local councils.. Joey Ostrom MSc (Risk), BSc (Fire) Language: English and Swedish |
Riya Rose Simon
Intermediate FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
Riya is a Civil Engineer with a Diploma in fire safety engineering and in project management. She has been part a range of various projects educational, commercial and residential at RED. Riya Rose Simon BTech (Civil), GradDip (Building Fire Safety), GradIEAust Language: English and Hindi |
Zuhair Nadee
intermediate FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
Zuhair is an experienced fire safety engineer with a track record of contributing to projects across Victoria, ACT, and New South Wales. He brings valuable insight to a range of new construction and refurbishment projects. He has a solid understanding of fire-related aspects of the Building Code of Australia and works on delivering practical, efficient, and cost-effective fire engineering solutions. His role includes supporting fire strategy development, undertaking fire related performance solutions and contributing to project coordination and delivery. Zuhair’s experience spans diverse sectors, including hospitals, schools, offices, and complex upgrades of existing buildings. Zuhair Nadeem MSc (Structural), BEng (Civil) Language: Urdu, Arabic, Turkish |
Dr Maryam Amiraftbi
FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
Maryam is a dedicated Fire Safety Consultant with a background in Chemical Engineering and a strong focus on fire safety in both the building and industrial sectors. Since relocating to Australia, she has gained valuable experience in the fire safety field, initially working in the fire services industry in NSW back to October 2021. In September 2022, she transitioned to fire safety engineering in the building sector, contributing to a wide range of projects, including residential, commercial, and education developments. Prior to her time in Australia, she spent over five years overseas in the oil and gas industry, where she specialised in tank farm quantitative risk assessments and the design of fire protection systems for oil terminals. Recently, she completed a Master of Fire Safety Engineering at Western Sydney University, with a thesis on developing an FDS model to understand the fire behaviour in large-scale timber compartments. Passionate about advancing fire safety engineering and risk management, She is eager to continue making meaningful contributions to community safety, applying her expertise and innovative approach to every project she undertakes. Maryam Amiraftabi MSc (Fire) Language: English. Persian |
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Samuel Zhu
FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
Samuel is a Fire Safety Consultant at Red Fire Engineers' Sydney office, combines expertise in fire engineering with a background in construction management and structural engineering. He is in constant pursuit for functional simplicity and productive collaboration. Samuel Zhu MEngSt (Fire), BE (Civil/Structural, 1st Hons), PG Dip (Biz) Language: English, Mandarin and Cantonese |
Shimon
FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
Shimon has experience in a variety of large scale projects around Australia, with a focus on design development and fire engineered solutions for transport infrastructure. Also, he has used CFD modelling quite extensively during the course of his work and seeks to further develop his skills in the use of fire modelling and evacuation software. Prior to moving to Australia, Shimon spent several years in the Housing & Development Board of Singapore and the Singapore Civil Defence Force, with a focus on fire safety engineering. |
Mia Josefsson
Financial officer
With a Bachelor in Business and 20 years experience of customer service Mia is a valuable addition to our RED team. Mia Josefsson Language: English and Swedish |
Sally Askew
Project Coordinator
Sally has a a Diploma of Business in International Trade and over 20 years working in the transport, telecommunications and international trade industries. With this varied background, Sally is a valuable addition to the RED team. Sally Askew Language: English |
Craig Midford
marketing & Bid coordinator
Craig has more than 7 years experience in construction across Architecture and Engineering, with roles including office management, design and bid coordination. He has a Grad. Diploma in Design and demonstrates good creative and organisational skills with roles including office management, design and bid coordination. Craig Midford Language: English |
Elisabeth Hodges
ADMIN ASSISTANT
Elisabeth's background is in design and she is a professional knitwear designer. She has an eye for detail and over 17 years of customer service which has a great impact on the functioning of our office. Elisabeth Hodges Language: English, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish |
Caroline Orfanos
ADMIN ASSISTANT/accounts
Caroline has several years of experience of working in the building industry. In addition to her job at RED she also works as a counselor which adds great value to the RED team. Caroline Orfanos Language: English, French, Italian and Greek |
Rebecca Berar
Executive & accounts assistant
Rebecca brings over 25 years of expertise in retail and management. Rebecca's experience also includes working within IT and flooring industry. Known for her positive energy and people-focused approach, Rebecca excels in building strong relationships. Rebecca Berar Language: English and Swedish |
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Mimi Chinaccounts assistant
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Mhy Dayaoaccounts assistant
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