Design, specification, installation and maintenance of Passive Fire Protection to “stop” fires from spreading using tailor-made physical solutions

Passive fire protection is a central element of any fire safety strategy. It is built into the structure of a building, building extension or CAT-A Fit-Out to safeguard human life and reduce the financial and physical effects of fire.

Passive fire principles

Protecting escape routes by keeping safe waypoints
Protecting building integrity
Resisting heat conduction (insulation)
Limiting the spread of fire, hot gases and smoke by containing it within a single zone or compartment

Load-bearing beams, walls and floors have to be able to support their load under fire conditions. Doors, walls, glazed screens and suspended ceilings have to stop fire ingress (flames and heat). Building services ducts need to be fire-stopped to ensure the ducting does not provide an easy route for fire. It is vital that all fire resistance measures are correctly designed, specified, installed and maintained.

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Passive fire protection and resistance to fire

Measures include the specification of fire resistant materials as well as;
  • Fire doors and hardware
  • Fire shutters and curtains
  • Compartment walls / floors
  • Fire-resistant glazing
  • Fire-resistant dampers (mechanical or intumescent) in air distribution ducts
  • Linear gap seals
  • Penetration seals for pipes, cables and other building services
  • Fire-resistant air transfer grills
  • Reaction to fire coatings

Passive Fire Protection Plan: 4 elements

  1. Established fire escape plan (time to react and evacuate)

  2. Compartmentation and fire stopping measures (prevent fire spread)

  3. Smoke extraction ducting system (remove smoke, improve visibility and breathing)

  4. Structural building integrity and protection

 

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Maintenance & support

Ace operate to BAFE SP203, BAFE SP1010 and are NSI Fire Systems Gold Accredited. Get a review of active and passive fire protection measures:

Site inspection
Fire door solution (install, repair, inspection)
Mandatory compliance with BS 8629:2019 (Fire Evacuation Standard)
Demonstrable compliance with The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and the obligations of your building insurance policy

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