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Passive Fire Protection SEMINAR
INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW
“Checkmate contains fire!”
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
Free One Day Seminars
The main issues
Ensuring:
• PUBLIC BUILDINGS ARE FIRE SAFE
• BUILDINGS CAN PROVIDE A SAFE ‘MEANS OF ESCAPE’
• PHASED HORIZONTAL EVACUATION CAN TAKE PLACE
• MINIMUM RISK TO FIRE & RESCUE SERVICES
Protection to:
• VALUABLE & VITAL EQUIPMENT
• VITAL ACTIVITIES
• AN ORGANISATION’S VIABILITY
• AN ORGANISATION’S STANDING & REPUTATION
• AN INDIVIDUAL’S STANDING, REPUTATION & LIVELIHOOD
Progressive Horizontal Evacuation
Why it is essential
Hospital Fire
Blaze closes Chesterfield
Royal Hospital A&E
ward ‘for foreseeable
future’
Derbyshire Fire and Rescue
Service battled for three hours to
contain the blaze which spread
to the first floor and broke
through the roof.
June 2011
Expensive but Useless!
Better Late Than Never?
What is The True Cost?
Fires in Universities
Oxford University fire could have been started by a
student making breakfast
A fire which has devastated six flats at Oxford University is believed to have
been started by a student as he attempted to make breakfast.
June 2008
Animal rights fanatic 'planted
home-made petrol bombs at
Oxford university', court hears
University fire bomber convicted
Mel Broughton, who has been convicted of
conspiracy to commit arson and two associated
offences, was not a peaceful protestor as he
claimed but someone who took an active part in
a fire bombing campaign at Oxford University,
Said Crown Prosecution Service lawyer Paul Harrison.
13/02/2009
York University Fire
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
Typical Process
A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT
CLIENT
FIRE ENGINEER – FIRE STRATEGY
PLANNING / BUILDING CONTROL (FIRE & RESCUE?)
PROJECT CONSULTANT (PROJECT TEAM?)
MAIN CONTRACTOR
ARCHITECT
VARIOUS SUB-CONTRACTORS
PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS?
CLERK OF WORKS?
BUILDING CONTROL
CLIENTS FIRE SAFETY ADVISOR?
CLIENTS RISK ASSESSOR
ESTATES / FACILITIES MANAGER / FM COMPANY
WHO HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
BUILDING’S STRUCTURAL FIRE COMPLIANCE?
cost
compliance
Not Nearly Adequate!
Lack of Monitoring
A ‘competitive tender’ issue?
Grudge Purchase?
Qualified . . . but not in fire stopping
Interface Details
Fire Tested Integrity
Poor Co-ordination
Irresponsibility
An Alternative Process
cost
Client
Fire Engineer / Strategy
Planning
3rd party installer with
LPCB Certification
compliance
Fully Compliant
Passive Fire Protection . . .
designed & specified requires:
•
Correct products
•
Correct installation
•
3rd Party accreditation
•
Compartmentation management
To last the lifetime of a building
3rd Party Accreditation
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.
Quality Assured
A complete paper trail
Fire Walls
Do all Fire Risk Assessments . . .
Newspaper had been
used to fill the gaps
around the pipework.
investigate Ceiling Voids . . .
Roof Voids . . .
and Areas of Strategic Importance?
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 Door Inspection & Remediation
BEFORE
Fire Door Inspection & Remediation
AFTER
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.”
On-going Inspection & Re-Certification
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”
POOR MANAGEMENT the consequences can be tragic
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
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
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
Fires destroy people’s lives
Arrests over Warwickshire
warehouse fire which killed
four firefighters.
Feb 2011
Charges over Warwickshire
firefighters' deaths
Three Warwickshire fire service managers
are to face charges of manslaughter by
gross negligence over the deaths of four
firefighters.
Feb 2011
Efficiency savings in Universities
“we need to deliver efficiencies and
reduce waste in public spending,
delivering an additional £ 5 billion of
efficiency savings in 2010-11”
John Denham, Secretary of State
“Universities must reduce the
administrative burden whilst
maintaining proper accountability
for the use of public funds, ensuring
they make efficiency gains where
possible”
John Selby, Higher Education Funding Council