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Passive Fire Protection- Areas And How To Maintain It

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Passive Fire Protection- Areas And How To Maintain It

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  1. PASSIVE FIRE PROTECTION- AREAS AND HOW TO MAINTAIN IT

  2. Structural Fire protection Structural passive fire protection guards essential structural components (such as structural steel and joint systems) from the effects of fire. This is accomplished with a fireproofing material (spray-on thin-film intumescent, endothermic materials like gypsum-based plasters and cementitious products, mineral wool wraps and insulation, and fireproofing cladding) or building the structure out of concrete products.

  3. Compartmentation Fire barriers, firewalls, fire partitions, and smoke barriers are all included in compartmentation. Fire barriers include fire-rated walls, floors, and ceilings (often made of concrete, combination wood, gypsum, or masonry). These barriers are used to limit the spread of fire in a building.

  4. Opening protection Fire doors and windows are installed in an opening of a fire barrier to maintain its fire resistance. Doors, builders’ hardware, and frames work together to form an effective smoke and fire barrier. Fire-rated glazing/glass and framing are tested as a complete assembly that maintains the protection of the fire barrier.

  5. Firestopping materials These materials are used to limit fire spread through penetrations in a fire barrier. It’s not uncommon to see a fire barrier penetrated during a minor building alteration, and then the penetrating item isn't protected by firestopping.

  6. Cable Coating Other areas include cable coating (the application of fire retardants to wire and cable), joint systems (which include changes in direction between fire-separating elements and the spaces surrounded by those elements), and perimeter fire barriers (which deal with the perimeter of the floor and the exterior curtainwall).

  7. Maintaining Passive Fire Protection With knowing the codes and ratings associated with each passive fire protection system in your building, constant and thorough maintenance is also important. “Building owners and facility managers are important stakeholders in a building’s fire-protection program

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