Fire Compartmentation Survey
A fire compartmentation survey provides a thorough assessment of a building's existing fire compartment walls, structural layout, and surrounding features to determine their effectiveness in restricting the spread of fire and smoke during an emergency. This type of survey plays a crucial role in evaluating how well a property is segmented into fire-resistant zones, which are essential for containing fire and allowing safe evacuation.
In many cases, a fire compartmentation survey is recommended following a Fire Risk Assessment, particularly when that assessment highlights any potential failures in fire-rated walls, ceilings or floors that could compromise the integrity of the building's passive fire protection system.
To ensure your building is in a position where it can give you the longest time possible during a fire, get a compartmentation survey completed with the team here at Element PFP. Let us provide confidence and peace of mind for you and your premises.
What Is a Fire Compartmentation Survey?
The main elements that are evaluated during a compartmentation survey are:
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Fire-Resistant Walls and Floors: Checking for any breaches or weaknesses that could allow fire or smoke to pass through.
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Penetration Seals: Ensuring that openings for pipes, cables, and ducts are properly sealed with the correct fire-resistant materials.
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Cavity Barriers: Assessing the presence and condition of barriers within concealed spaces to prevent fire spread.
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Fire Doors and Glazing: Verifying that doors and windows meet fire resistance standards and are correctly installed.
These four areas are integral to a building's passive fire protection system, working together to contain fires and provide residents with time to evacuate. Book yours in today with Element PFP.
Why Do I Need a Compartmentation Survey?
According to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it is your responsibility to maintain the fire protection components within a building. You must ensure that they are in efficient working order and in good repair.
To fulfil this requirement, a fire compartmentation survey can identify any issues related to walls, ceilings, voids, and layouts that don't meet legal fire safety requirements. The survey will also provide recommendations to help you implement fire protection measures.
Our Compartmentation Survey Service
A fire compartmentation survey with us will include looking into roof spaces, floor voids, behind boxing and more. Essentially, any space into which a fire can spread will be identified. A fire compartmentation survey will provide resultant fire protection recommendations, and help us create fireproofing solutions, or in more serious circumstances, obligatory instructions that must be adhered to by law to keep your property/business compliant with fire safety law.
Inspection is pre-planned with little interruption to your everyday operations
Our surveys are free of charge should you proceed with remedial works with us based on our survey
Providing executive reports, summarising the inspection and a cost breakdown
Our inspectors are fully qualified and experienced in delivering detailed surveys
Why Choose Element PFP for Compartmentation Surveys?
When it comes to safeguarding your business, staff, residents, and property from the risk of fire, you need the confidence that you're working with a trusted expert.
At Element PFP, we bring together years of specialist knowledge and on-site experience to deliver high-quality, compliant compartmentation surveys. Our dedicated team is committed to identifying risks, ensuring your building's fire compartmentation is effective, and supporting long-term compliance with all relevant fire safety regulations. Through detailed inspections and clear reporting, we help you protect lives, reduce liability, and future-proof your premises. Here’s why clients choose us:
Our compartmentation surveys are carried out by fully qualified and third-party accredited professionals, ensuring every assessment meets the highest standards of accuracy, quality, and compliance with UK fire safety regulations.
Our surveys support you from start to finish. Detailed on-site inspections and clear, actionable reports are provided. Whether that be for new builds or existing structures, we help identify hidden fire safety risks and provide practical solutions.
We understand every building is different. Our surveys are tailored to your property’s unique layout, use, and risk profile, ensuring the fire compartmentation strategy is both compliant and effective.
With over 130,000 surveys conducted and extensive experience across a wide range of property types, from residential blocks to complex commercial and healthcare settings, we have a long-standing reputation.
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