Passive Fire Protection

Fire Compartmentation or ‘Fire Stopping’

All buildings at design stage, have clear governance which must be adhered in relation to minimising the risk of fire & smoke.

Tennals Fire and Security specialise in Inspections, Maintenance and Installation of fire stopping in both New Builds and Existing buildings that are covered under the Fire Safety Order RRO:2005

We therefore carry out visual inspections of all fire resisting elements of construction in all compartments within the building to determine their ability to contain fire within the compartment origin and the condition & effectiveness of fire stopping to service penetrations in walls, ceilings and floors.

 

Fire Compartmentation - Inspections

Our inspections are all carried out by fully trained and competent professionals within their dedicated fields and carry out all inspections in accordance not only with the relevant standards, but also in accordance with 3^rd Party Certification, such as FIRAS (part of Elements Group).

If any defects are found during an onsite inspection, it will be fully documented with descriptions as to what the issue is and any further remedial action/s that may be required. Each defect is listed separately and is accompanied with photograph of the defect itself and this forms the final report issued to our customers.

 

Remedial Works

Any remedial works required, will all be carried out under 3rd Party Guidance with FIRAS (Part of Elements group, which includes BM Trada, Certifire & Warrington Fire).

All works completed will be updated on the original report, labelled, documented and again photographed, giving full traceability of the defect both before & after works have been completed. Once works have been completed, as ‘Responsible Person’ for those premises, you can provide full details and evidence of completed works at that given time. This will also allow for management of the building moving forward, whereby any repairs / additional services added or refurbishments undertaken, which penetrate existing compartmentation, you can ensure the dedicated contractor carrying out those works, ensures the compartmentation is put right and to the correct standards.

Our final report is then issued to our customers, complete with our company certification and any relevant data sheets for product/parts used in accordance with our 3^rd Party Certification.

 

Fire Doors – Inspections

Doors located on protected fire routes, doors to restrict the passage of smoke/fire and final exit doors should all be inspected to ensure that they function correctly, to the standard they were originally intended when installed and in accordance with manufacturers installation instructions.

All our inspections will be conducted under 3rd Party Guidance with BM Trada (Qmark Scheme) for maintenance & installation.

This 3^rd Party Accreditation allows us as a company to demonstrate our specialist knowledge and understanding of fire doors, both from experience of working in this dedicated field and by having a clearly defined ‘evidence based’ approach on how we assess fire doors.

The assessment and report we provide is based around how you can prove that fire doorset will perform as intended, such as backup paperwork from install, such as manufacturer’s installation instructions etc or via a documented process following relevant guidance, such as BS 8214:2016 Timber-based fire door assemblies or ASDMA Best Practice Guide to Timber Fire Doors.

All doors are labelled and asset registered on to our reports and any element which does not meet with requirements or standards will be clearly highlighted and subsequent remedial action raised. Every action is listed on a separate tab and is line by line with cost per each individual action, allowing for full transparency for our customers.

Any remedial works either Maintenance or Installation of new doorsets, will be carried out in accordance with BM Trada QMark Scheme and will be fully documented as such.

Any new doorsets supplied, will be sourced from a fully certified manufacturer under the BM Trada QMark testing scheme. This for us ensures that there are absolutely no gaps in the process of ensuring that the final solution given to our customers, is one with full ‘evidence based’ certification, installed by a QMark Gold Installer (Tennals Fire & Security).

This will not only give piece of mind to our customers this will, help the responsible person/s ensure that they meet their obligations under the Fire Safety Order RRO:2005, by installing fully certified products and having them installed by a 3^rd Party certified company ensuring competency for the works carried out.