RD2-1 Fire Damper, Fire Stopping & Cavity Barrier Inspections in Healthcare Buildings

FIRST EDITION: June 2024

Written by a NAHFO Working Group and sponsored by Golden Thread Fire Delay, our latest guide is tailored specifically for the healthcare sector. It aims to provide best practices for inspecting fire dampers, fire stopping systems, and cavity barriers in healthcare buildings.

Split into four, easy to read sections, this document will provide practical guidance for those duty holders and other relevant persons with fire safety roles and responsibilities as outlined in the Fire Safety Act 2021, Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 and Building Safety Act 2022.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll find inside:

• Section 1 covers newly installed fire dampers, fire stopping and cavity barriers and their ‘Type 1’ inspections in healthcare buildings.
• Section 2 deals with ‘Type 2’ inspections of existing fire dampers, fire stopping and cavity barriers, where very little written information regarding their specification, performance or fire compliance is available or may exist.
• Section 3 discusses the ongoing, functional ‘Type 3’ inspections of fire dampers, fire stopping and cavity barrier inspections where they are known to be fire compliant, having already been ‘Type 1’ or ‘Type 2’ inspected.
• Section 4 deals with creating and sustaining robust Fire Compartment Management Systems for achieving and maintaining long term fire compartmentation compliance in a healthcare environment.

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