The fire engineering laboratory is located in the basement of the J core. There are three fire chambers (two of size 4m by 3m by 3m and one of size 6 m by 3 m by 3 m) for full-scale burning tests.

The chambers are well-equipped with fire instruments such as thermocouples, velocity sensors, oxygen analyzers and gas analyzers for measuring the heat release rate and fire environment.

Fire protection systems including sprinkler system, water mist system, fire detection systems and smoke extraction systems are installed for studying the system performance.

Apparatus are provided for students to perform standard fire tests on materials on the ease of ignitability, fire propagation index and critical oxygen index.

A wind tunnel was developed for evaluating the thermal sensitivities of sprinkler heads and fire detectors

Besides the facilities for fire experiments, the fire engineering laboratory also provides experimental rigs for plumbing and drainage experiments.

Pump sets and water piping networks are setup for students to study pipe flow properties, water balancing and pump operation characteristics.

Drainage experiments are also provided for students to study self-siphonage effects in drainage systems.