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Fire Safety Perfomance

29-05-2006

Kingspan roof and wall systems are used extensively in all building sectors. External roof/wall and internal temperature control panel systems are required to perform many functions:

• Thermally effective


• Limit air leakage


• Structurally efficient


• Provide fire safety


• Acoustically compliant


• Provide safe and fast build quality


• Ecosafe

Kingspan certified FireSafe panels systems achive all this functionality and are widely recognised as well by investors, property insurers, designers and constructors for superior fire performance which reduces fire risk.

Kingspan panels systems have been tested and approved to European and country specific standards and comply with all building regulations. Furthermore, they comply with the property insurance risk requirements of LPCB(Loss Prevention Council Board in UK) and the FM Global insurance company as follows:

• To comply with specific fire test standards, no flash over or fire propagation occurs.


• No flame spread occurs within the panel core


• Kingspan FireSafe roof and wall systems are secured to the main/secondary frame members of the structure to protect fire fighters.

40 years of real fire history indicates that rigid isophenic insulated external roof and wall panels have an exemplary fire performance record. Collated analysis from real fires shows:

• There are no recorded incidents where external insulated roof and wall panels have caused or have been involved in the initial stages of a fire.


• External insulated roof and wall panels only become involved when an internal fire has reached a fully developed state involving total loss of building and contents.


• Due to the way they are fixed to the structure, the panels which form the external envelope retain their structural integrity until the structural frame fails.


• Misinformation has caused the fire risk of external sandwich panel envelopes to be sensationalised. Most significant fires and insurance losses have been related to buildings with internal compartments within the food processing industry.

Building regualtions apply not only to the design and construction of new buildings but also to existing buildings if a material alteration or change of use is being made. It is the building regulations that are likely to have the main impact on the required fire performance of external cladding systems. Each country has itsown regulations/standards for fire safety.