Fire Stopping and Passive Fire Protection

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How Does Passive Fire Protection Work?

We have found there is a troubling lack of knowledge about Fire Stopping and Passive Fire Protection. So what actually is fire stopping and how does passive fire protection actually work?

It’s important to understand just how crucial your passive fire protection strategy is. It can mean the difference between life and death. You need to ensure your building has adequate and compliant passive fire protection.

Passive Fire Protection works by creating something called fire compartmentation within a building.

Fire compartmentation is a clever way to restrict the spread of smoke and fire. By doing this, building occupants will have more time to escape a burning building, as the fire won’t spread as quickly.

What is Fire Compartmentation?

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Fire compartmentation is incorporated into a building by using appropriate materials and methods during the construction of walls, floors and ceilings. The structures are able to contain fire within each individual ‘compartment’ for longer than a regular room would be able to.

By slowing the fire down, it gives you – or any other people unfortunate enough to be inside a burning building – extra time to escape.

If any element of the passive fire protection strategy fails, then the entire fire safety strategy will be compromised.

As well as giving occupants time to flee, fire fighters will also have more time to tackle the blaze.

Fire compartmentation saves many buildings from total destruction.

What is Fire Stopping?

Fire stopping is another important aspect of a buildings passive fire protection strategy.

Fire stopping is the process of sealing any weak points in a walls or doors.

Points can be weaker than other just due to the way the structure is built or due to things like pipes or cables.

Occasionally when a building undergoes maintenance, these seals can be compromised. In this instance, it’s very important to correct these faults. If you don’t, your entire fire stopping strategy could fail.

Worksmart Fire Door Inspection’s certified fire door specialists provide essential fire stopping inspection and installation services for EVERY building.

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