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Fire Safety, passive fire protection – the unseen protector

When a fire happens, people only have three minutes to escape before a flashover occurs. With Armacell’s passive fire protection solutions, you can take your fire safety measures BEYOND BETTER, enhancing safety levels to protect property and save lives in the event of fire.

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Whitepaper on passive fire protection

Fire safety is a matter of life and death. How do you find the best solution for minimizing the risk of fire spreading and causing damage? Learn how to find the right passive fire protection solution by downloading and reading our whitepaper.

Taking Fire Safety BEYOND BETTER

Watch this video and discover how our passive fire protection solutions go BEYOND BETTER to help minimise the spread of fire, limit damages and costs and improve safety for building occupants..

The importance of passive fire protection

When a fire occurs, it takes only about three minutes before a flashover occurs. A flashover is a thermally-driven event during which every combustible surface exposed to heat radiation in a compartment or enclosed space rapidly and simultaneously ignites, threatening the lives of people. As buildings are equipped with mechanical and electric systems that connect through pipe and cable networks and penetrate through fire-rated walls, floors, and service shafts, it is crucial to prevent the spread of fire and smoke.

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Fire compartmentation is key

A key part of a holistic fire safety approach is fire compartmentation, which aims to contain the fire within a limited area of the building. This provides multiple levels of safety in a fire event by providing building users sufficient time to safely escape from the building. Passive fire protection systems are an important part of a building’s fire compartmentation strategy designed to seal the penetrations of such networks and support containment when required. Compartmentation also keeps escape routes free from smoke and other toxic gases and allows emergency responders to safely enter the scene.

The Key Elements of Fire

Our innovative portfolio covers all your fire safety needs

Our fire safety solutions support the limitation of smoke development and containment of fire within a limited area of a building, allowing people to safely escape and emergency responders to perform their work.

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Comply with global fire safety regulations

Our systems meet all the latest requirements, including the European Technical Assessments up to 240 minutes and standards like UL 723, ASTM E84, and EN 13501 for reduced flame spread and low smoke development.