Passive Fire Protection systems are solutions that seek to contain the fire by delaying its growth using fire-rated partitions and doors to prevent the fire and smoke from spreading from one compartment to another, and to delay the collapse of the building structure.
Passive Fire Protection systems include:
- Fire protection to the structural frame of the building,
- Fire-resisting doors and fire door furniture,
- Fire shutters,
- Compartment walls and floors,
- Fire-resisting walls and partitions,
- Suspended ceilings,
- Fire-resisting glazing,
- Fire doors and hardware,
- Industrial fire shutters and curtains,
- Firefighting shafts and stairwells,
- Fire-resisting dampers (mechanical or intumescent) used in horizontal or vertical air distribution ducts,
- Fire-resisting ductwork,
- Fire-resisting service ducts and shafts,
- Linear gap seals,
- Penetration seals for pipes, cables, and other services,
- Cavity barriers,
- Fire-resisting air transfer grilles (mechanical or intumescent),
- The building envelope, e.g., fire-resisting external walls, curtain walls,
- Reaction to fire coatings,
- Hydrocarbon structural fire protection systems.