The inspection of the condition of existing fire compartments, assessing he effectiveness of the wall/soffit interfaces.
Understanding compartmentation and fire-stopping is vital for ensuring the safety of building occupants, the importance of the passive fire protection increases with the occupancy dependency and is fundamental to the safe evacuation of the building occupants and prevention of smoke and fire spread throughout buildings.
Passive fire protection measures provide protection by their very existence and are largely unseen, however they are vital to the stability and integrity of a building or structure when involved in a fire. Compartmentation subdivides the building into areas of manageable fire risk, to ensure adequate means of escape are provided and also to provide fire separation for adjoining buildings.
The fire resistance of a fire compartment wall or floor is defined in minutes and requires both fire integrity and fire insulation.
FSP can provide building owners and landlords with an inspection of the condition of existing fire compartments, assessing the effectiveness of the wall/soffit interfaces. During the surveys we check for presence of damage to existing fire compartment lines which may cause reduced effectiveness in the prevention of spread of smoke and fire throughout a building.
We use a digital recording system that pinpoints the location and defect identified (which is also photographed) for ease of reference for the end user. This information can then be used by Quantity Surveyors to provide a cost of repair.
https://www.gov.uk/workplace-fire-safety-your-responsibilities/fire-risk-assessments
