Part of: Passive Fire Services
Fire compartmentation inhibits the spread of fire and smoke in a building.
Fire-resistant compartments are part of a building’s life safety structural design. Their critical function is to slow the spread of fire and smoke and assist occupants’ safe egress should a fire break out. Compartmentation also assists property preservation, as fire is more effectively contained supporting the efforts of emergency services.
Inadequate or incorrectly installed passive fire protection systems have potential to cause premature loss of building structure or worse still, life. Our specialist survey teams are on hand to perform fire compartmentation surveys as part of one-off condition assessments, following any alteration work or, as part of an annual inspection programme required to high-risk buildings.
