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Active Fire Protection

Detect, suppress and fight fire

While passive fire protection contains fire and limits its spread, active fire protection works reactively against it. It’s designed to detect fire, raise the alarm, suppress flames, and clear deadly fumes – providing critical evacuation time for anyone inside.

If you are the owner or occupier of a commercial property, you have a legal duty to protect your people from fire. CFP’s complete range of fully-certified active fire protection services provide everything you need to keep your building compliant and safe – from fire alarms and fire fighting equipment, to smoke ventilation and emergency escape plans.

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Active fire protection: How can we help?

An effective active fire protection system is a legal requirement for all non-domestic buildings in the UK, so it’s crucial you place it in the hands of qualified professionals.

As fully-certified members of the Institute of Fire Safety Managers and the Institute of Fire Engineers, our team have the skills and experience to ensure your active fire protection system is safe, effective and fully compliant with UK fire safety law.

Your active fire protection systems may include:

Fire alarm systems offering life-saving smoke and heat detection, installed, maintained and tested to stringent BS standards
Fire extinguishers to manually suppress fire, including water, foam, CO2 or Powder
Automatic sprinkler systems to actively suppress flames, reducing damage and saving lives
Emergency lighting that triggers automatically in the event of a power failure
Smoke ventilation and automatic vents to remove smoke and heat from your building, decreasing the risk of smoke inhalation

Where do I start?

Fire safety compliance in the workplace always begins with your Fire Risk Assessment. It works by identifying potential fire hazards, and taking action to reduce or remove those risks.
Your Fire Risk Assessment will help you determine the appropriate fire emergency procedures, detection systems, fire fighting equipment, and other active fire protection required for your premises.
This task may sound daunting, but our fire safety experts will help keep it simple. We’ll carry out your initial assessment, create your Fire Emergency Evacuation Plan (FEEP), and ensure your fire protection measures fulfil your legal obligations.

If you’re worried about fire safety compliance and don’t know where to begin, talk to our experts about your Fire Risk Assessment today.

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From passive to active fire protection – and beyond

Your business is only compliant when your passive and active fire protection systems work together to keep your building – and your people – safe. So it’s important to partner with a certified company with the expertise and experience to ensure your building is legally sound across the board.

Our highly trained consultants take a holistic view of your fire protection strategy to ensure total compliance with current UK fire safety regulations. Starting with your Fire Risk Assessment and Fire Emergency Evacuation Plan (FEEP), we’ll plan, install and maintain an integrated fire protection system that ticks every box – for total peace of mind.

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