Our History
Kingfell was formed in 1995 by its current CEO, Paul Bryant, whose fire safety career had embraced the Loss Prevention Council and London Underground.
Early successes included the rewriting of the London Underground Fire Safety Standards, undertaking fire system design reviews for the British Museum, and carrying out fire safety risk assessments for Eton College. So much so that the company soon established a reputation for meeting the fire safety needs of special premises, such as underground stations and heritage sites.
In 1998, Kingfell purchased CD Fire Engineering Ltd, a fire systems contracting company, and renamed it Kingfell Fire Engineering. At the same time, the consultancy division of the company was renamed to KFP Consulting and, most recently, Kingfell Consulting. Just prior to the new millennium, Kingfell Fire Engineering won an ongoing maintenance contract with Network Rail - which was then called Railtrack - for the fire systems at Waterloo Station.
This established Kingfell's professional and proactive reputation and, over the following years, Kingfell was awarded contracts for all of the major London stations. There followed a number of major station projects, which included the replacement of the fire detection system at Liverpool Street Station, and modeling and enhancing the voice alarm and public address systems at Waterloo Station.
Today, Kingfell's client list has grown to also include London Underground, the Houses of Parliament, Edinburgh Castle, Tubelines, the National Gallery, the American Embassy, the Coutauld Institute, and Somerset House.
