BakerRisk Acquires Haines Fire and Risk Consulting

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants (BakerRisk^®), an employee-owned risk management consulting firm that specializes in process safety, structural and blast effects engineering, and research and development, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Haines Fire and Risk Consulting (Haines). Haines specializes in fire protection engineering, water supply analysis, emergency response planning, and fire/explosion investigations.

“This acquisition underscores BakerRisk’s commitment to ensuring everyone goes home safely,” said Chris Heaton, Chief Executive Officer of BakerRisk. “This acquisition is a step forward in bolstering our extensive range of capabilities, including our already impressive Fire Protection and Insurance Risk Engineering service lines. Haines’ expertise in engineering, consulting, and testing will be integrated seamlessly.”

The integration will include Haines engineers and consultants reporting to the current Fire Protection division of BakerRisk. The equipment sales, testing and service side of Haines will be part of a new wholly owned subsidiary of BakerRisk named HFRC. Based outside of Philadelphia, HFRC will be led by Stephen Haines, who will be President of the newly formed subsidiary.

“HFRC sees this acquisition as an exciting opportunity that will grow the fire protection engineering and equipment sales, testing, & service sides of the business,” stated Stephen Haines, President of HFRC. “We know BakerRisk’s reputation and 40-year history, and believe our visions are in perfect alignment.”

The acquisition of Haines and its staff of highly qualified engineers with over 155 years of combined experience supports BakerRisk’s commitment to provide highly- knowledgeable and experienced fire protection experts. The Haines acquisition – which is effective as of January 1, 2025 – is part of BakerRisk’s larger vision to be the global engineering leader in the identification, analysis, and mitigation of risk.

About BakerRisk

Since 1984, Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc. (BakerRisk^®) has taken a comprehensive approach to helping clients identify hazards, manage risk, and keep people safe. Today, we earn our customers’ respect by providing full-spectrum risk management solutions alongside transparent, data-driven advice. Our team of dedicated engineers and scientists have successfully provided risk management solutions in over 75 countries to industries ranging from oil and gas to manufacturing to agriculture.

BakerRisk is 100% employee owned. With over 200 experts/owners across nine offices globally in the United States, Canada, Egypt, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates, BakerRisk offers internationally renowned risk management services that prioritize hazard mitigation, personnel and property protection, and regulatory compliance.

About Haines Fire and Risk Consulting

Haines Fire and Risk Consulting provides fire protection engineering and consulting services for commercial and industrial concerns that manufacture, process, handle, and store hazardous materials in large or bulk quantities.  HFRC specializes in the protection of oil and gas industry facilities (upstream, midstream, and downstream), petrochemical and chemical plants, terminals, tank farms (including marine facilities), warehouses and distribution centers, packaging facilities, pharmaceutical facilities, and distilleries.