The three protection aims
Preventive fire protection saves people's lives and property. Three points are fundamentally important when saving people's lives and protecting property against fire. 40 years of experience with fire protection in the field of electrical installations and a unique product range make OBO one of the few providers who cover all three protection aims of construction fire protection:
Protection aim 1: Limit the spread of fire
The division of building into fire sections protects unaffected building sections against the spread of fires for specific periods of time. Insulation maintains the fire sections, thus limiting the spread of fire and smoke. These constructive measures protect people and property, allowing fire brigades to prevent the spread of fires to other parts of the building through extinguishing measures.
Maintenance of the fire sections
Function of firewalls
Fire walls should ensure that a fire cannot pass to neighbouring buildings or building sections. This creates so-called fire sections. The construction design of these fire walls is regulated by the building regulations and standards.
Electrical cables and pipes may only be run through walls and ceilings at the ends of rooms when there is a guarantee that they do not present an opportunity for fire and smoke to spread.
The following requirements apply to cable penetrations with cable insulation:
- The spread of fire and smoke must be prevented.
- Room closure must be guaranteed.
- On the side of the insulation away from the fire, the surfaces of cables, pipes, cable support systems and the surface of the insulation may not heat up to an impermissible level.
Tutorials on the subject of insulation
Simply explained, comprehensively protected. Our tutorials explain exactly what is important with the first protection aim.
