Ensure Your Building is Fire-Safe and Compliant
Don’t leave fire safety to chance. If your building has undergone modifications or you’re unsure whether its fire compartments meet the original or current fire strategy, it’s time to act.
Shepway Fire Protection is FIRAS and BM TRADA accredited, with a dedicated team of certified installers ready to restore and certify your passive fire protection systems (including fire stopping, fire doors, and drylining solutions).
Protect your property, your people, and your insurance policy.
Contact Shepway Fire Protection today for a free consultation or site assessment.
Passive Fire Protection Specialists
Protecting Design Intent from Specification to Certification
Passive fire protection forms a critical component of a building’s overall fire strategy. When specifying a specialist contractor, architects and surveyors require assurance that installations will be delivered in accordance with the approved design, fully documented to Building Control standards, and supported by certification that satisfies insurer requirements.
At Shepway Fire Protection, we provide third-party certified passive fire protection services across Kent and SE England. Our FIRAS and BM TRADA accreditations confirm that installations are independently audited and completed in accordance with recognised industry standards.
From early-stage consultation through to installation and certification, we work alongside architects, surveyors and principal contractors to ensure that fire compartmentation strategies are implemented correctly, documented comprehensively and delivered to programme.
Services
Fire door inspection & survey
Fire-resistant walls & ceilings
Fire-resistant doors, frames and barriers
Compartmentation
Fire stopping & penetration seals
Fire & smoke dampers
Fire barriers & curtains
Our Credentials
Trusted Across the Industry
Selected project environments include
Multi-unit residential
Schools and universities
Healthcare facilities
Commercial buildings
Large-scale refurbishment programmes
Specification & Compliance
Why Architects Specify FIRAS & BM TRADA Certified Contractors
Architects and surveyors recognise that passive fire protection must be installed correctly, documented thoroughly and certified by recognised third-party schemes. Working with certified contractors ensures that both the design intent and regulatory compliance of a building’s fire strategy are protected.
Protection of Design Integrity
Third-party certification ensures that passive fire protection systems are installed exactly as specified, maintaining the performance of the building's fire compartmentation strategy.
Reduced Professional Liability
FIRAS accreditation requires independent auditing of installations, providing a defensible basis for specification decisions and reducing professional risk.
Smooth Building Control Approval
We provide full documentation packages including photographic evidence, installation records and certification formatted to meet the requirements of Building Control and insurers.
Early-Stage Specification Input
Our team can engage during planning and design phases to advise on compartmentation strategies, product selection and installation sequencing.
Post-Installation Compliance
All projects are supported with comprehensive documentation, including O&M manuals, installation records and certification required for long-term building compliance.
Fire compartmentation
Risk & Remediation
When Service Installations Compromise Fire Strategy
Over time, building services installations, refurbishments and fit-outs can compromise a building’s original fire compartmentation strategy.
Each additional service penetration, partition modification or infrastructure upgrade introduces the potential for unsealed openings, missing fire-stopping systems or undocumented changes to fire compartments.
Without periodic inspection and remediation, these issues can accumulate and introduce significant risk.
The Accumulated Risk
New Construction
During construction, programme pressures and the coordination of multiple trades can result in penetrations left unsealed, fire doors installed without certification, or compartmentation systems that do not fully meet the design specification.
Existing Buildings
In operational buildings, ongoing infrastructure upgrades such as lighting systems, communications cabling and access control installations can gradually compromise the original fire strategy if penetrations are not properly sealed or recorded.
Insurance and Compliance Implications
Where fire compartmentation has been compromised, insurers may require remediation works to be undertaken by FIRAS or BM TRADA certified contractors in order to reinstate compliance and maintain building insurance coverage.
Full documentary evidence is typically required to demonstrate that passive fire protection systems have been correctly reinstated.
Common Passive Fire Protection Failures
Typical issues identified during fire compartmentation surveys include:
- Unsealed cable penetrations through fire-rated walls
- Fire doors replaced or modified without BM TRADA certification
- Service risers without appropriate fire-stopping
- Lack of photographic evidence for Building Control or insurers
- Pipework and ductwork installed without intumescent collars
- Missing cavity barriers above suspended ceiling voids
- Partition modifications not reflected in the building fire strategy
Process & Project Delivery
From Survey to Certification
Our structured approach ensures that passive fire protection works are carried out systematically, documented comprehensively, and certified in accordance with recognised standards.
1
Survey & Assessment
A detailed passive fire protection survey is carried out to inspect compartments, penetrations and fire door installations throughout the building.
2
Report & Remediation Schedule
A comprehensive report is produced identifying non-compliant areas and providing a remediation schedule referencing BS 9999 and Approved Document B.
3
Installation & Remediation
FIRAS-certified installation works are carried out using approved fire-stopping systems and BM TRADA certified products.
4
Certification & Documentation
Upon completion, full documentation is issued including photographic evidence packs, installation records and third-party certification suitable for submission to Building Control and insurers.
Specification & Compliance
Discovery Park, Sandwich
Project Scope
Principal contractor for passive fire protection works across approximately 5,000m² of biosafety research laboratories.
Works Undertaken
- Passive fire protection installation
- Fire compartmentation works
- Fire door installation and certification
- Fire-rated ceilings and partition systems
Survey & Assessment
All works were completed to programme and supported by full FIRAS and BM TRADA certification, ensuring compliance with Building Control and insurer requirements.
Selected Clients
Trusted Across Sectors
Our team has delivered projects across a range of sectors, including work undertaken for organisations such as:
Pharmaceutical research facilities
Healthcare trusts
Major construction contractors
Automotive industry facilities
Schools and universities
Protect Your Fire Strategy
From Specification to Sign-Off
Shepway Fire Protection works in partnership with architects, surveyors and principal contractors throughout every stage of a project.
From initial consultation and specification support through to installation, documentation and certification, our team ensures that passive fire protection systems are delivered to the highest recognised standards.
Is This Relevant to Your Current Project?
Self-Assessment Checklist
The following indicators may suggest that a passive fire compartmentation review is required.
URGENT
Recent refurbishment within the last five years
No documented passive fire compartmentation audit has been undertaken.
Fire door certification unavailable
BM TRADA or third-party installation records are missing or incomplete.
Unsealed service penetrations
Cable routes and service installations passing through compartment walls without appropriate fire-stopping systems.
UPCOMING
Planned fit-out or refurbishment works
Fire strategy review required prior to project commencement.
Building Control approval required
Passive fire protection documentation and certification required for sign-off.
ONGOING
Facilities management contracts in place
Periodic passive fire protection inspections should form part of planned maintenance programmes.
Protect your property, your people, and your insurance policy.
Contact Shepway Fire Protection today for a free consultation or site assessment.