Passive Fire Protection Presentation
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Passive Fire Protection Presentation
INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW
“ C h e c k m a t e c o n t a i n s f i r e ! ”
The Company
• Formed: 1990
• Offices: Yorkshire, London, Hampshire
& agencies in Dubai & Bahrain
• Core Services Include:
• Intumescent Paint Spraying
• Firestopping
• Installation of Fire Barriers
• Drylining
• Air Sealing & Integrity Testing
• Fire Doors
• Fire Compliance Surveys
Passive fire protection is the primary measure integrated within the constructional fabric of a building to provide inherent fire safety and protection by responding against flame, heat and smoke to maintain the fundamental requirements of building compartmentation, structural stability, fire separation and safe means of escape.
Passive fire protection measures achieve their intended purpose by raising the fire resistance of the structure, protecting the structure against the effects of fire, reducing fire spread through secondary ignition, limiting the movement of flame and smoke, and minimising the danger of fire-induced collapse or structural distortion.
Passive fire protection design, incorporating passive fire protection materials, systems and assemblies, serves by fire containment to protect life, safeguard the building structure, protect assets, maintain building serviceability after fire, minimise rebuild costs, and facilitate quick business recovery and continuity
So what is Passive Fire Protection?
In simple terms…..?
The ‘fabric’ of the building should be designed, constructed and maintained to reduce or eliminate the spread of fire products around the building.
To contain the fire to the area of origin.
Protect lives and the structure of the building.
Why Passive Fire Protection
is important
Two Important Questions
Why are new buildings not always fire compliant?
Why are fire compartments not always adequately maintained?
Less Resilience To Fire
“It would not be unreasonable to assume that during the
past decade, our commercial building stock has
become less resilient to fire – and this goes some way
to explaining the steep increase in fire losses”.
Roy Watkinson
Technical & Commercial Insurance Director, AXA Insurance
Source: FRM Journal, March 2011
Building Regulations Requirements
“If a fire separating element is to be effective, every joint and
imperfection of fit, or opening to allow services to pass through
the element, should be adequately protected by sealing or
firestopping so that the fire resistance of the element is not
impaired”
“Every compartment wall and compartment floor should form a
complete barrier to fire between the compartments they
separate and have the appropriate fire resistance” ..... there
should be continuity at the junctions of the fire-resisting
elements enclosing a compartment and any openings from one
compartment to another should not present a weakness”
Building Regulations Approved Document B; B3 section 10
Traditional Build
“Approved Document B was developed for
easy and forgiving masonry construction . .
Modern Build
. . with modern methods of
construction the room for error is
small if not microscopic”.
Dr Jim Glockling,
Technical Director,
Fire Protection Association
Structural movement in a fire
Structural movement in a fire
A ‘competitive tender’ issue?
Qualified . . . but not in fire stopping
Irresponsibility
Passive Fire Protection . . .
designed & specified requires:
•Correct products
•Correct installation
•3rd
Party accreditation
•Compartmentation management
To last the lifetime of a building
Fully Compliant
The BRE Approval process involves a whole series of
rigorous checks which are on-going & it is because of this
assessment process that the LPCB Approval Mark is
recognised worldwide as a badge of quality for Passive Fire
Protection Installation.
3rd
Party Accreditation
Quality Assured
A complete paper trail
Investigate Ceiling Voids . . .
Roof Voids . . .
and Areas of Strategic Importance
“The installation of a fire door is a complex
procedure requiring a detailed understanding of
the important role played by each component &
therefore needs to be undertaken by someone
with the correct training”.
(BWF-CERTIFIRE)
Fire Doors
Norman Macdonald, BRE Principal Consultant, checking
upgraded fire doors at Ormskirk Hospital
It is estimated by BWF Certifire that more than 80% of installed one
hour fire doors will in reality not provide one hour fire rating
Fire Doors
“Even the simplest design of fire door can
rarely tolerate error in installation and one
hours fire resistance can easily be reduced to
less than ten minutes, but you won’t
necessarily be able to see the problem unless
there is a fire.”
Peter Barker, Chiltern International Fire
Fire Doors
Fire Door Inspection Scheme
Achievement of First FDIS
Diploma Improves Service to
Clients
Checkmate Fire Solutions Ltd Compliance
Manager Clive Reilly, seen being presented
with his diploma by Gary Amer, Chief
Executive of the Guild of Architectural
Ironmongers, is the first industry
professional to have successfully passed
the FDIS Diploma in Fire Doors.
The Diploma is a key part of the recently
launched scheme that aims to transform
knowledge and understanding about the
critical role of fire doors and is believed to
be the first of its kind in Europe.
Says Clive:
“Since Checkmate introduced a service for the maintenance and
management of fire doors we have been keen to have a qualification
that proved our competence in this area. Taking the FDIS Diploma
confirmed we knew a lot and also enabled us to rectify gaps in our
knowledge, broadening our expertise, which will benefit our clients.”
Fire Door Inspection & Remediation
BEFORE
Fire Door Inspection & Remediation
AFTER
Fire Doors
Three ways to keep fire doors open
Above the door?
The LPCB Certificate states that it only remains valid “providing that
the passive fire protection is checked
on an annual basis & any
damage or defects
rectified by a competent
person in line with the
Regulatory Reform
Order 2005”
On-going Inspection & Re-Certification
POOR MANAGEMENT -
the consequences can be tragic
Six killed in tower block blaze
Three children and three adults have died after a fire swept through a tower block in south-east
London.
July 2009
Owners of fire death Penhallow Hotel to be prosecuted
The owners of a Newquay hotel which caught fire, resulting in three deaths, are to be
prosecuted for fire safety breaches, Cornwall Council says.
Sep 2010
Staying Within The Law
“Where necessary in order to safeguard the safety of relevant
persons the responsible person must ensure that the premises
and any facilities, equipment and devices provided in respect of
the premises under this Order….. are subject to a suitable
system of maintenance and are maintained in an efficient state,
in efficient working order and in good repair.”
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
“doing it the right way, first time around, will always be the most cost-effective course of
action”.
(ASFP Red Book)
Checkmate -
providing practical
fire & smoke
containment solutions
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