Fire Inspection Services
Cityview Fire solutions offer fully accredited, third-party inspections for both fire doors and fire stopping compartmentation. Whether your requirement is for a single building, or a full estate, our expert teams are on hand to deliver detailed surveys nationwide
With broad multi-sector experience, we specialize in delivering inspections in occupied buildings, providing out clients with all information needed to make informed decisions on how to maintain passive fire safety in their buildings.
Fire Compartmentation (Fire Stopping) Survey requirements.
Article 17 of the regulatory reform (fire safety) order 2005, in respect of the requirements for maintenance of fire safety provisions, states that it is advisable to set up a regular planned preventive maintenance programme for completed works.
In relation to compartmentation, the following guidance could be adopted in accordance with BS9999:2017:
It is essential for the safety of the occupants of a building that fire safety equipment (including passive fire protection provisions) is inspected frequently. Although much of the inspection can be undertaken by suitable trained personnel, a formal agreement should be made with the installer or the installers representative to provide the regular inspection and testing described in the relevant British Standards for individual fire safety installations.
The critical role of fire compartmentation.
Effectively ‘stopping’ a fire room spreading throughout your building, fire compartmentation is the most effective means of limiting fire damage before the fire brigade arrives.
By dividing building premises into ‘fire compartmentation’ fire is contained by forming a barrier against smoke, heat and toxic gases. This effectively holds the fire in the area of origin, providing protection for the building and its occupants.
What to expect from a compartmentation survey.
Our teams will visually inspect all areas of the identified compartment lines within our building to assess their likely performance in the event of a fire. Defects in compartmentation lines can take numerous forms and require expert identification.
Common defects include simple penetrations, such as pipework entering or exiting a compartment with no gaps, or inappropriate firestopping, allowing smoke or fire to potentially pass from one compartment to another.
Other defects include, cabling, voids, ducts or linear faps where compartment lines do not fully encapsulate the compartment, these defects are either latent, from the original build, or imposed from subsequent works (such as M&E events). Both are re-iterating the need for regular inspections.
What type of compartmentation survey do I require?
There are several differing compartmentation surveys available. Dependent upon the type and use of your building, your fire strategy, and potentially the recommendations of an existing fire risk assessment, you may choose different levels of compartmentation survey. All inspections can cover common areas and dwellings dependent upon scope.
Cityview Fire Solutions offer four distinct survey types:
The fire compartmentation inspection report
Electronically recording all deficiencies, along with photographic evidence, the report will highlight the following:
- A unique identifying number for each defect
- Location
- Room type
- Required fire rating
- Penetrating service type
- Seal type required
- Date and survey details
Let’s make fire safety inspections simple
In addition to providing the detail, Cityview will provide a suite of report conclusions and practical next steps. These include:
- A dashboard, highlighting in graphical form the report key findings
- A snapshot report, showing findings by door at a glance
- A summary report, detailing all the practical next steps to define a pathway to getting your building compliant.
We can even provide full costs with your report, should you require it, for remediation of any defects found.
Accredited Fire Door Surveys
Fire door inspections involve the application of a define sort of protocols/inspections/survey checks to determine the condition of an existing fire door. A pass and fail criteria is agree and remediation and repair solutions are provided to bring the fire door back to its original condition. An inspection certificate is issued on completion, with a details report. Fire door inspectors have the appropriate knowledge, training and experience to apply these checks, and are usually FDIS, BRE or BM TRADA qualified.
Third-party fire door certification provides an additional level of assurance of both level and consistency of performance relevant to the door for both manufacturer and installing contractor. It provides an independent, technical process for evaluating and approving the fire door or installation against a set of define criteria in standards and procedures.
What type of fire door survey do I require?
Cityview fire solutions offer fully third party accredited LPS1197 inspections to fire doors. With all our surveys you will receive completed certification together with your full door schedule report.
During a fire inspection our technicians inspect each component of the fire door assembly including:
Upon completion of fire door and final fire exit inspections, a report is priced detailing the condition of each door and listing the areas of non-compliance, which in turns creates a register for future ongoing inspections.