Passive fire safety

Fire Stopping: Essential for comprehensive fire prevention

Fire stopping is the process of sealing holes, gaps, or pathways that could allow a fire to spread. This crucial component of passive fire prevention ensures that your premises are completely safeguarded. At Scutum South East, we specialise in fire-stopping services to help protect your property.

Fire compartmentalisation is a crucial aspect of commercial property development. It involves creating barriers that effectively contain fire and smoke, enabling safe and prompt evacuation. If your building has been retrofitted for your occupancy or if refurbishment works have been conducted, this might compromise your passive fire prevention strategy, resulting in the rapid spread of fire and smoke over different sections of the structure.

Scope of fire stopping

Our professionals conduct comprehensive fire-stopping surveys to identify vulnerable areas susceptible to fire spread. Typical places that often need sealing include:

• Interstices or fissures: gaps between vertical and horizontal surfaces
• Apertures: openings around pipes, wires, and beams
• New openings: Freshly bored holes
• Voids: spaces left after removing elements

By using a range of materials, it is possible to cover these gaps, holes, and often neglected spaces in order to reinstate the compartmentalisation of your structure.