Fire strategy is mightier than the fire stopper

Having the right fire strategy in place can be better prevention than the fire stopper. While extinguishing a fire is always paramount, there are steps you can take to contain the fire and prevent fire and smoke from spreading.?

A type 2 fire risk assessment, or Passive Fire Protection Survey, as it's more commonly known, could be the difference between a small, contained fire and one that ravages your building.?

About Synergy Fire

Founded in 2011, Synergy Fire is a BAFE SP205 accredited fire risk consultancy. We offer expert technical advice and fixed-price services across the UK. Our flexible and customer-focused team ensures all customers receive exactly what they need.

The safety of your employees and visitors, as well as the continuity of your operations, is paramount. That's where our comprehensive Fire Risk Assessment service comes into play.

All fire risk assessments are completed using the nationally recognised PAS-79 methodology and presented on the dedicated fire risk assessment platform, Firehub.

What is a Passive Fire Protection Survey?

This type of fire risk assessment survey examines anything that would prevent the containment of a fire and can help establish measures to slow the spread of fire and smoke. Once only a building regulation guide for purpose-built flats, it now extends into the commercial sector. This type of assessment mainly covers hotels, care homes and other sleeping and high-rise buildings.??

Why is it important?

Every building changes over time. Extensions may be added, improvements made, and damages repaired. However, buildings' appearance and function usually come before fire safety considerations as they evolve. Allowing this to happen could put lives and your investment at risk.?

This is where a Passive Fire Survey proves invaluable. They can help identify faulty fire doors or blocked escape routes and stairwells, which could encourage the spread of the fire and make a safe evacuation impossible.?

What does it mean to you?

If you have made any changes to your building in the last few years or plan to do so in the near future, it's worth having a conversation with your contractor. Under Regulation 38 of the Building Regulations, contractors must provide fire safety information to your Responsible Person at the completion of a project or when the building or extension is first occupied.

This information is available for a number of years and can be requested at any time. Having this information can help support your Passive Fire Protection Survey.?

Get in touch with Synergy Fire?

Should the worst happen and a fire breaks out, don’t let it go from bad to worse. A Passive Fire Protection Survey can help make sure the fire cannot go any further.

If you would like to know more about our accredited fire risk assessments, please get in touch with a friendly member of our team.