Fire Protection
Fire Protection
Fire Protection
Active Measures
Passive Measures
Fire Load—MJ/mm2
Fire Resistance--Time
Fire Safety Engg—Stability,Smoke Control
& Evacuation
Cellulosic Fire & Hydrocarbon Fires
2
Fire Loads
3
Structural Fire Resistance Requirements
Fire Resistance Height of top storey - metres
England and Wales Recommendations
1992 <5 <20 <30 >30
4
Time & Temperature Curve
6
Protected vs Bare Steel Exposed in Fire
7
Protection Criteria
8
Fire Protection Standards
Different Fire Protection System
Sprayed Cementious Boards/ Intumescent
(Gypsum based) Blankets Coating
Relative cost Low to medium Low to high Med to high
Int/ ext use Internal and external Internal use. Int with some ext
protection required systems.
for external use.
Prepn. No primer for internal Contact surfaces to Compatible primer
use, but l surfaces to be be clean and on cleaned steel
cleaned. compatible. surface.
Thickness 10 to 75 mm Boards 6- 100 mm; Thin film 0.3- 6.5
range blankets 12- 76 mm. mm Thk film 2-32
mm
Maximum fire 240 mins. 240 mins Thin film 120 mins.
resistance Thick film 240
mins.
10
Typical Usage
12
Intumescent Material
13
Sprinkler
15
Protection applied to Str. Steel Member
16
Flexible/Blanket Systems
17
Concrete in-Fill increases Fire Resistance
18
Concrete Application Tips
19
Spray Protection
20
Composite Materials
21
Fire Resistant Steel
Reason for Usage
23
Coating Thickness for Different Fire Rating
Solvent based thin coats 0,25 - 1,0 0,75 - 2,5 1,50 - 2,50
Epoxy resin- based thick 4,0 - 5,0 4,0 - 11,0 6,0 - 16,5 6,0 - 16,5
coats
25