Fire Safety

Question 1

What is active fire protection

Answer 1

• Active fire protection includes (alerts or puts out fire):
  o Fire alarms
  o Emergency escape lighting
  o Fire suppression and sprinkler systems
  o AOVs
  o Disabled refuge areas
  o Dry and wet risers
  o PA / Tannoy systems
  o Fire extinguishers

Question 2

What is passive fire protection?

Answer 2

passive protects the structure and does not actively put out the fire (e.g. fire doors (non-automatic), walls, , dampers, intumescent paint.

Question 3

How does a fire collar work?

Answer 3

A fire collar contains a black graphite based material inside its body, which when exposed to heat swells up to around 30 times its original volume, in the process filling the whole where the plastic pipe is, as the plastic pipe softens and melts from the heat of the fire.