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Fire compartmentation for Businesses

Professional fire compartmentation through specialised partners


A good fire safety strategy consists of more than just fire detection and extinguishing agents. When a fire occurs, it is essential that fire, smoke, and heat do not spread uncontrollably throughout a building. Fire compartmentation plays a crucial role in this.

Firesafe Solutions collaborates with specialised partners for fire compartmentation and fire-resistant seals. This allows us to support our clients with a complete fire safety approach where detection, compartmentation, and evacuation are perfectly aligned.

This way, you have one central point of contact for your entire fire safety project.

What is fire compartmentation?

Fire compartmentation is the division of a building into different fire-resistant compartments.

The aim of this is to:

  • Delay fire spread
  • Limit smoke spread
  • Limit damage
  • Enable safe evacuations
  • Give emergency services more time
  • Protect business continuity

By correctly compartmentalising a building, a fire can often be limited to one specific zone.

Why is fire compartmentalisation important?

Even the best fire detection cannot stop a fire. Therefore, fire compartmentalisation forms an essential second layer of safety.

Correct compartmentalisation helps to:

  • Protect lives
  • Extend evacuation times
  • Limit damage to buildings
  • Limit productivity loss
  • Protect critical installations
  • Reduce insurance risks
  • Comply with legal obligations

For many buildings, compartmentalisation is a mandatory part of the fire safety concept.

Fire-resistant seals for penetrations

A common cause of loss of compartmentalisation is openings around cables, pipes, and technical installations.

Through our specialised partners, we can provide support for:

  • Cable penetrations
  • Pipe penetrations
  • Cable trays
  • Ventilation ducts
  • Electrical installations
  • Technical shafts

These penetrations are fire-sealed so that the original fire resistance of the wall or floor is maintained.

Fire-resistant sealing of cable penetrations

During the lifespan of a building, new cables are regularly added or existing installations are modified.

This often creates openings in fire-resistant walls.

Professional fire-resistant seals ensure that:

  • Flame propagation is prevented
  • Smoke spread is limited
  • Fire compartments remain intact
  • The fire resistance is maintained

Fire-resistant sealing of pipes

Pipes can also pose a risk for fire spread.

Our partners have solutions for:

  • Plastic pipes
  • Metal pipes
  • Insulated pipes
  • Technical installations
  • HVAC systems

This maintains the compartmentalisation, even when pipes run through fire-resistant walls or floors.

Fire-resistant doors and closures

Fire-resistant doors are an important part of the compartmentalisation of a building.

They help to:

  • Counteract fire spread
  • Limit smoke spread
  • Protect evacuation routes
  • Seal off compartments

Through our specialised partners, we can provide support for various fire-resistant closures and solutions.

Compartmentalisation of technical rooms

Technical spaces often contain installations that are crucial for the operation of a building.

Think of:

  • Electrical rooms
  • Server rooms
  • High voltage rooms
  • HVAC rooms
  • Boiler rooms
  • Battery storage

Correct compartmentalisation limits the impact of an incident on the rest of the building.

Compartmentalisation of industrial buildings

Within industrial environments, a fire can spread very quickly due to the presence of:

  • Production lines
  • Machines
  • Storage areas
  • Technical installations
  • Flammable materials

Fire compartmentalisation helps to keep risks manageable and limit damage.

Compartmentalisation for logistics and warehouses

Warehouses often contain large quantities of goods and packaging materials.

Correct compartmentalisation helps to:

  • Delay fire spread
  • Protect storage areas
  • Limit damage to stock
  • Ensure business continuity

Integration with fire detection

Fire compartmentalisation works optimally when combined with fire detection.

Firesafe Solutions supports projects where compartmentalisation is combined with:

  • Fire detection
  • Aspirating detection
  • Beam detection
  • Voice evacuation
  • Aerosol extinguishing
  • Fire door controls

This creates an integrated fire safety concept.

Inspection and restoration of existing compartmentalisation

During renovations and technical adjustments, existing compartmentalisation is often unintentionally breached.

Our partners can provide support with:

  • Inspections
  • Inventories
  • Repairs
  • New seals
  • Reporting

This ensures that your building remains compliant with the original fire safety requirements.

One point of contact for your fire safety

Firesafe Solutions collaborates with specialised partners so that clients can rely on the right expertise within each discipline.

As a result, you benefit from:

  • One point of contact
  • Coordinated follow-up
  • Less administration
  • Complementary solutions
  • Integration with other fire safety systems

We manage the project and connect you with the right specialist within our network.

For which sectors?

Through our partners, we support projects in:

  • Industry
  • SMEs
  • Logistics
  • Education
  • Healthcare institutions
  • Hotels
  • Apartment buildings
  • Retail
  • Energy companies
  • Public buildings

Why choose Firesafe Solutions?

  • More than 35 years of experience in fire safety
  • One point of contact for your complete fire safety
  • Strong network of specialised partners
  • Expertise in fire detection and aerosol extinguishing
  • Integration with existing safety systems
  • Project follow-up from A to Z
  • Support throughout Belgium

Looking for a solution for fire compartmentation?

Do you want to have existing compartmentation inspected, fire-resistant penetrations properly sealed, or a new project carried out safely?

Contact Firesafe Solutions. Thanks to our network of specialised partners, we guide you to a compliant and reliable solution for your building.

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Frequently asked questions about security in healthcare

Fire compartmentation is the division of a building into different fire-resistant zones or compartments. This delays the spread of fire, smoke, and heat, allowing people to evacuate safely and giving emergency services more time to intervene.

Fire compartmentation helps to:

  • Protect lives
  • Limit fire spread
  • Prevent smoke spread
  • Limit damage to buildings
  • Reduce production loss
  • Protect critical installations
  • Make evacuations safer

It is an essential part of any fire safety strategy.

Depending on the type of building, its purpose, and the applicable regulations, fire compartmentation may be mandatory.

Among others in:

  • Industrial buildings
  • Office buildings
  • Healthcare institutions
  • Schools
  • Hotels
  • Apartment buildings
  • Logistics centres

specific requirements regarding compartmentation are often imposed.

A fire compartment is a part of a building that provides resistance to fire for a certain period of time.

The aim is to contain a fire within a predetermined period in one zone so that:

  • Evacuation remains possible
  • Damage is limited
  • The fire service can operate safely

Fire-resistant penetrations are seals around cables, pipes, cable trays, and technical installations that pass through fire-resistant walls or floors.

These seals ensure that the fire resistance of the wall or floor is maintained.

Openings around cables create a direct passage for fire, smoke, and heat.

Fire-resistant seals help to:

  • Prevent fire spread
  • Limit smoke spread
  • Keep compartments intact
  • Maintain the fire resistance of the structure

Yes. Both plastic and metal pipes can compromise the fire-resistant properties of a wall or floor if not sealed correctly.

Therefore, specialized fire-resistant solutions are necessary.

Fire-resistant sleeves are often used around plastic pipes.

In the event of a fire, the sleeve expands, automatically sealing the opening and preventing fire spread.

Fire-resistant sealants and mortars are used to seal openings around cables, pipes and technical installations fire-resistantly.

Depending on the application, the most suitable solution is chosen.

During renovations, technical extensions or new installations, fire-resistant walls are often unintentionally breached.

When these openings are not properly repaired, it can:

  • Allow fire to spread more quickly
  • Allow smoke to move uncontrollably
  • Result in the loss of fire resistance
  • Compromise the conformity of the building

An inspection of the existing compartmentation can reveal any shortcomings.

Common problems include:

  • Open cable penetrations
  • Unsealed pipes
  • Damaged fire-resistant seals
  • Inappropriate renovations
  • Outdated compartmentation solutions

Fire-resistant doors are specially designed doors that provide resistance to fire and smoke for a certain period of time.

They help to:

  • Seal off compartments
  • Protect evacuation routes
  • Limit the spread of fire

Yes. Fire-resistant doors must close properly and must not be damaged.

Regular checks help to ensure functionality and conformity.

Absolutely. Technical rooms often contain critical installations such as:

  • Electrical distribution boards
  • Server rooms
  • High voltage rooms
  • HVAC installations
  • Battery storage

Correct compartmentalisation helps to limit the impact of an incident.

Yes. In battery storage and BESS installations, compartmentalisation plays an important role in limiting fire spread to other rooms or installations.

Fire compartmentalisation is often combined with:

  • Fire detection
  • Thermal detection
  • Aerosol extinguishing
  • Battery Safety solutions

Yes. The most effective fire safety strategy combines multiple layers of safety.

Firesafe Solutions supports projects where fire compartmentalisation is combined with:

  • Fire detection
  • Aspirating detection
  • Beam detection
  • Aerosol extinguishing
  • Fire door controls
  • Voice evacuation

Firesafe Solutions collaborates with specialised partners for this.

We guide clients through their entire fire safety project and connect them with experienced specialists for fire-resistant seals and compartmentalisation works.

We believe that each discipline requires its own expertise.

By collaborating with specialised partners, we can:

  • Deploy the right knowledge
  • Guarantee high quality
  • Offer a single point of contact
  • Realise a complete fire safety solution

Through our specialised partners, we support projects in:

  • Industry
  • SMEs
  • Warehouses
  • Logistics centres
  • Healthcare institutions
  • Education
  • Hotels
  • Apartment buildings
  • Energy companies
  • Public buildings

Yes. Many clients combine compartmentation with other fire safety installations within one project.

Firesafe Solutions can coordinate the:

  • Fire detection
  • Aerosol extinguishing
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Emergency lighting
  • Fire compartmentation
  • Battery Safety solutions

This creates an integrated fire safety approach.

Companies choose Firesafe Solutions because we:

  • Have more than 35 years of experience in fire safety
  • Provide one central point of contact
  • Have a strong network of specialised partners
  • Are specialists in fire detection and aerosol extinguishing
  • Guide projects integrally
  • Provide support throughout Belgium

Contact Firesafe Solutions for a non-binding analysis of your building or project. Together with our specialised partners, we will assess which compartmentation solutions are needed to make your building safe and compliant.

WE BUILD YOUR SECURITY.

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