FCIA EFC Maintenance
• Maintenance of
Effective
Compartmentation
- Scott Rankin, PyroStop, LLC
FCIA 2004 Past
President
- Bill McHugh, FCIA
Executive Director
© Copyright, Bill
McHugh, FCIA
FCIA EFC Maintenance
• Maintenance of Effective
Compartmentation
• Sprinkler Systems
• Properly Designed, Installed, Inspected,
Maintained….
• Are 99.999999% Effective
• Compartmentation
• Objection … Not maintained…
− Doors Propped open
− Open Penetrations – “Cable Guy”
− Dampers Inoperative
• Therefore, Sprinklers are the best
option….
FCIA EFC Maintenance
• Maintenance of
Effective Compartmentation
• Means one more defense against
Sprinkler Industry Positions…
• Validity to Effective
Compartmentation Industry
• Validity to Firestopping Industry
• Validity to “Passive Fire Protection”
− Fireproofing, etc.
FCIA EFC Maintenance
• Maintenance = Business
Opportunity
• Properly Designed - Tested and Listed
Systems – UL 1479, UL 2079, ASTM E
2307….etc.
• Properly Installed – FCIA Member, FM
4991
• Properly Inspected–ASTM E 2174 (Pens)
ASTM E 23xx (Joints)
- AND….
• Properly Maintained EFC Systems
• “Are Totally Effective...
FCIA EFC Maintenance
• Maintenance - FCIA New
Business Opportunity in
Existing Buildings
• Firestopping & Smoke Protection
• Fire / Smoke Dampers
• Fire / Smoke Doors
• Fire / Smoke Walls & Floors
• Fireproofing
FCIA EFC Maintenance
• How can a Firestop Contractor
do all this?
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Some already perform work
Perform some, Sub some
Train, qualify and perform ALL
Assist owners with procedure, hire
FCIA Member for the Firestopping!
FCIA EFC Maintenance
• Maintenance of Effective
Compartmentation
• Why Perform this work…..
• International Fire Code Requires
• Help your customers comply
FCIA EFC Maintenance
• Code Requirements
• International Building Code
• New Construction
• International Fire Code
• Existing Building
• Enforced by Fire Marshal
• Codes set minimum requirements
for building construction &
Maintenance
FCIA EFC Maintenance
• Maintenance of Effective
Compartmentation –
• NASFM – Code Proposal – 2003 &
2004
• “Maintain Effective Compartmentation
& Passive Fire Protection”
• FCIA, IFC, Alliance Testify in Favor
• Passed, May 2004
FCIA EFC Maintenance
703.1 Maintenance. The required fire resistance
rating of fire-resistance rated construction
(including walls, fire stops, shaft enclosures,
partitions, smoke barriers, floors, fire resistive
coatings and sprayed fire resistant materials
applied to structural members and fire resistive
joint systems) shall be maintained. Such elements
shall be properly repaired, restored or replaced
when damaged, altered, breached or penetrated.
Openings made therein for the passage of pipes,
electrical conduit, wires, ducts, air transfer
openings, and hoes made for any reason shall be
protected with approved methods capable of
resisting the passage of smoke and fire. Openings
through fire-resistance rated assemblies shall be
protected by self closing or automatic-closing
doors of approved construction meeting the fire
protection requirements for the assembly.
FCIA EFC Maintenance
• Maintenance of Effective
Compartmentation Required
• (Yearly) by International Fire Code
• 2003 International Fire Code
− 2004 Supplement to 2003 Code
• 2006 IFC Code Books
• Fire Marshal may require NOW!
• Building Owners may demand it
NOW!
FCIA EFC Maintenance
• Maintenance of Effective
Compartmentation
• Who buys this service??
• Not General Contractors
• Not Construction Managers
• Not in FW Dodge
FCIA EFC Maintenance
• Maintenance of Effective
Compartmentation
• Potential Customers
• Building Owners
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Association of Realtors – Local
Hospital Engineers Association - ASHE
Building Managers – BOMA
Facility Managers – IFMA
Your building maintenance clients
FCIA EFC Maintenance
• Opportunities for….
• FCIA Contractors
• FCIA Manufacturers
• FCIA Associates
• FCIA Members have
Maintenance Customers in
hospitals… & EVERYWHERE….
FCIA EFC Maintenance
Maintenance of Effective
Compartmentation….look at
your business, and see how it
can fit in…..
• Scott Rankin, Pyro-Stop, LLC
FCIA 2004 Past President
• Bill McHugh, FCIA