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COMPETENCE IN PASSIVE FIRE PROTECTION – GETTING IT RIGHT Niall Rowan Chief Operations Officer Association for Specialist Fire Protection
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Contents • Who is the ASFP? • Passive Fire Protection • What is it? • How does it work? • The installation issue • Case study • PU foam • How to ensure competence • Third Party Certification • Summary Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
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Why? In recognition of a need to bring together: •Passive Fire Protection (PFP) manufacturers •PFP contractors •Testing/certification bodies to encourage, develop and give guidance on essential standards in PFP (sort the market out…)
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1996 – changed to – Association for Specialist Fire Protection To better reflect the increased diversity of passive fire protection products : •Fire stopping •Fire resisting ducts and dampers •Smoke extraction ducts and dampers •Fire resisting partitions •Active fire barrier curtains •And other elements used for compartmentation
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ASFP website – a comprehensive information source
All ASFP guidance document free to download from: www.asfp.org.uk Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
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Industry guidance documents RED BOOK
ASFP ‘Colour Books’ (everything you need to know about products)
Fire stopping
4th Edition
The Association for Specialist fire protection
YELLOW BOOK
Fire protection for Structural
5th Edition
The Association for Specialist fire protection
GREY BOOK
Fire & smoke resisting dampers
PURPLE BOOK
Fire resisting non load-bearing partitions The Association for Specialist fire protection
BLUE BOOK
Fire resisting ductwork
ORANGE BOOK
Fire retardant coatings
3rd Edition The Association for Specialist fire protection
The Association for Specialist fire protection
The Association for Specialist fire protection
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ASFP Technical Guidance Documents (Codes of practice) • • • • • •
TGD 11 On site sprayed intumescent coatings TGD 15 Non reactive sprayed coatings TGD 16 Off site sprayed intumescent coatings TGD 17 Code of practice for installation & inspection firestopping TGD 18 Code of practice for installing & Inspecting fire resisting ducts TGD 19 Test method for open state cavity barriers
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Passive Fire Protection What is it? “Built-in measures that protect the structure of the building and subdivide it into areas to limit the spread of fire and smoke.”
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Structural Fire Protection Structural steel loses about half its strength at about 500OC.
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Non-reactive coatings Spray or troweled on Thick Inert Sometimes hidden
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Non-reactive board/casings • Mechanically fixed • Thick (10-50mm) • Sometimes hidden
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Reactive coatings • Spray or brushed • Thin (1-4mm)
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Compartmentation The purpose of compartmentation is to: •
Subdivide buildings into areas of manageable risk
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Compartmentation The purpose of compartmentation is to: •
Subdivide buildings into areas of manageable risk
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Provide adequate means of escape
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Provide fire separation between adjacent/adjoining buildings
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Passive Fire Protection – what is it?
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PFP Works - 1
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PFP Works - 2
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PFP Works - 3
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PFP Works - 4
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PFP works – 5
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PFP works – 5
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Fire Protection Measures – FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day Understanding Your Responsibilities PFP works
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PFP works – 8 – Fire glazing in Hollland
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PFP works – 7 – Fire doors in Dorset
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The installation Issue
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Intumescent pipe wrap installed around a plastic soil pipe in East London
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The instructions…
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Case Study - Pacific Wharf, Rotherhithe, London SE16 • • • • •
Constructed in 2001 71 Luxury Apartments Prices from £275k to £1m Exclusive Riverside location Finished to a high specification
“Pacific Wharf is a fabulous riverside development situated on Rotherhithe Street and as such this property enjoys a peaceful location with all the modern facilities expected from a development of this level” Right Move Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
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Pacific Wharf – the reality
“Pacific Wharf is the British Leyland Austin Allegro of London Luxury Developments” Richard Freeman - RTMco Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
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Pacific Wharf – the reality • • • • • • •
Missing Damp proof membrane Missing lintels to upper floor windows Sewage leakage in basement garage No compartmentation between properties Vertical risers without fire barriers No fire protection to structural steel Roof leaking.
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Pacific Wharf – the reality No fire barriers around high voltage cables through compartment wall in basement garage
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Pacific Wharf – the reality
Service penetrations through floors not sealed
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Pacific Wharf – the reality
If all else fails…
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PU Foam It says 4 hours on the tin!
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The devil is in the detail‌ Claimed Fire Resistance to EN 1366-4 Does was it says on the tin actually fit the enduse condition?
Depth mm
Width mm 10
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280
140
93
70
56
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140
70
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10
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Recent ASFP tests on PU foam based fire stopping
Time to failure? 9 minutes
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Recent ASFP tests on PU foam based fire stopping Remember this?
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Issues that cause poor installation • No bar to entry for PFP installers • Not enough inspection, enforcement or TPC for products that are invisible when installed • Fixation of price and not value • Breaking of specification • Culture of confrontation and not cooperation • Multiple sub contracting • Poorly designed and planned work • Maintenance (lack of) • Action by follow on trades Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
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How to ensure competence in installed PFP 1. Inspect everything? 2. Third party certification?
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1. Inspect everything +ves: •Fool proof •Thorough -ves •Very expensive •Time consuming •How much to do? •Impossible to do all •Not needed? Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
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2. Third Party Certification • Guarantee of quality of the PRODUCT or SERVICE for Architect, Specifier, Contractor, Building Control Authority, End-user, Responsible Person and any other stakeholder • Independent guarantee from a third party • Encouraged by Authorities such as DCLG (AD-B), Scottish Government, AI, LABC, CFOA etc. • Encouraged by ALL fire trade associations • Creates a level playing field for installers • Competitive advantage • Protection against claims
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Two types of Third Party Certification Product Certification
Installer Certification
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Product Certification – How does it work? No certification • No independent selection of specimens • No assurance of ongoing consistency (FPC) • No audit testing • No evaluation of other parameters • Limited scope of applicability
With product certification • Samples selected by certification body • Initial and ongoing evaluation of (FPC) • Audit testing/procedures • Fitness for purpose evaluation • Wide variety of products covered
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Third Party PRODUCT Certification – The result? • 90% of all timber fire doors in the UK • Almost all fire door ironmongery in UK • All fire protection to structural steel • Many reputable companies manufacturing ducts, dampers and fire stopping are certificated.
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Installer Certification – What’s that then? • Product certification is just one part of the essential mix • Without competent installation there is no assurance that the product or system installed will perform as required in a real fire. Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
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Installer Certification – How does it work? No certification • Products installed by untrained staf • Use of unproven products and/or systems • Wrong, missing components • No certificate of completion • No independent inspection of completed works • No bar to entry
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Installer Certification – How does it work? With installer certification • Only staff whose competence has been evaluated are used • Only certificated products used (no mix’n match) • Records of jobs must prove right products are used • Certificate of completion • Random independent site inspection
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Installer Certification – How does it work? With installer certification • Only staf whose competence has been evaluated are used • Only certificated products used (no mix’n match) • Records of jobs must prove right products are used • Certificate of completion • Random independent site inspection
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Installer Certification – How does it work? With installer certification • Only staf whose competence has been evaluated are used • Only certificated products used (no mix’n match) • Records of jobs must prove right products are used • Certificate of completion • Random independent site inspection
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Installer Certification – How does it work? With installer certification • Only staf whose competence has been evaluated are used • Only certificated products used (no mix’n match) • Records of jobs must prove right products are used • Certificate of completion • Random independent site inspection
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Installer Certification – How does it work? With installer certification • Only staf whose competence has been evaluated are used • Only certificated products used (no mix’n match) • Records of jobs must prove right products are used • Certificate of completion • Random independent site inspection
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Third Party Installer Certification – The result? • Required by Blue Chip companies such as BAA, Tesco and Sainsbury
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Nuclear, NHS, NT it’s becoming the norm, Increasingly in social housing ~350 PFP companies certificated But much still installed by non-specialists or ‘general builders’ • Dry Liners, curtain walling contractors, M & E contractors • Don’t have TPC – Do it wrong – not in their mindset Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
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ASFP position on Third Party Installer Certification For the last decade all ASFP Contractors are required to gain 3rd Party Certification from a UKAS accredited Certification Body as a mandatory requirement of entry to and membership of the ASFP
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Summary - 1 • What is PFP is and why needed – Structural fire protection – Compartmentation & Means of escape
• Issues that cause poor installation • Examined potential solutions – Total inspection – Third Party Certification (TPC) - strongest and ASFP policy
• Passive Fire Protection is for life safety and works well if: – Designed, specified and installed correctly
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PFP You only need to use it once…
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Niall Rowan – Chief Operations Officer Association for Specialist Fire Protection niall.rowan@asfp.org.uk
Kingsley House, Ganders Business Park, The Malt House Grand Canal Quay Dublin 2 Kingsley, Bordon, Hampshire GU35 9LU ASFP Office Tel: +353 (0) 1 6791324 ASFP Office Tel: +44 (0)1420 471612 ASFP Office Fax: +44 (0)1420 471611 Website: http://www.asfpireland.ie/ Website: www.asfp.org.uk This PowerPoint presentation is the copyright of the Association for Specialist Fire Protection
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