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Fire safety ? what does it really mean? How can it be ensured? Although human behaviour will always have a part to play, fire safety considerations at the design stage of a building project are an essential, and very often a legal, obligation in ensuring the safety and well being of the building's occupants.
Passive structural fire protection, involving appropriate insulation products, is a vital measure. In terms of an insulant's reaction to fire, Isover products belong to the top performance class, and in terms of fire resistance, Isover systems meet all possible demands.

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	PREVENTION Statistics consistently show that fire is the major cause of loss of life and property. They also reveal that, in the majority of cases, the cause is a simple avoidable accident - a match or cigarette dropped on a chair or carpet, or faulty electrical equipment. Good habits, in particular, safe working routines in the kitchen, for example, never leaving a pan of hot cooking oil unattended ? and at bedtime, for example, switching off electrical appliances - and preventing children from playing with fire, make everyone safer. Fire-safe behaviour, including simple practical measures such as a home safety check list, helps to protect your home and family.
	PRECAUTIONS Fire safety can only be realised by the combined measures of passive and active precautions. Passive ? aims to ensure safe design and construction of the building, with a layout that inhibits fire spread and provides safe, protected and easily accessible evacuation routes. Active ? effective alarms in the earliest stage of a fire, sprinkler systems to give precious time for escape, and clear and well rehearsed escape plans help to save life.
	PASSIVE PROTECTION Level of fire safety provided by passive protection is the sum of the performance of all building elements. One should avoid the illusion of safety that comes from focusing just on material properties and not the whole system. However, the effective level of fire resistance for a given construction is determined by its weakest link. Well designed, approved construction solutions (Fire Resistance), professionally built with the use of certified non-combustible products (Fire Reaction) will significantly raise fire safety levels

TASKS	APPLICATION
STRUCTURAL (PASSIVE) FIRE PRECAUTIONS
Limitation of fuel.Preventing the spread of products of combustion.	Combustibility of structure & equipment, access routes, fire resistant structures for compartments, means of escape ?
SMOKE & HEAT EXHAUST VENTILATION SYSTEM (SHEVS)
Reduce effect of smoke and heat by removing them.	Ventilation systems & structures
TECHNICAL (ACTIVE) FIRE PRECAUTIONS
Reduction of fire duration. Limitation of volume on fire and amount of products of combustion.	Fire detection systems,fire extinguishing & suppression systems, fixed fire fighting equipment (risers, hydrants)
ORGANIZATIONAL FIRE PRECAUTIONS
Well rehearsed evacuation procedures. Reduction of fire duration.	Trained staff for initial fire fighting operations and/or evacuation plans, provision of extinguishing equipment.