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Fire Industry House
2A Rothwell Avenue Albany Auckland, New Zealand

Postal Address:
Private Box 302-372
North Harbour 0751

Phone & Fax:
Ph: +64 9 414 4450
Fax: +64 9 414 5707

Email:
fpanz@fireprotection.org.nz

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Passive Fire Protection

  • Letter to BCA's to raise awareness of Passive Fire Protection deficiencies...click here to read more.
  • It can be inferred from the findings of the FPANZ report that many building owners are being provided with Form 12A, and are subsequently supplying a Building Warrant of Fitness, despite there being defects in the PFP...click here for more details

Passive Fire Protection Group

The Passive Fire Protection Group is the Technical Group of the Fire Protection Association of New Zealand Inc (FPANZ) which deals with Passive Fire Protection (PFP) issues relating to building construction.

Group Objectives

The general objectives of the Passive Fire Protection Group are to:

  • be the unified voice of the PFP community in New Zealand
  • promote the effective use of PFP systems in buildings so as to reduce the impact of fires in New Zealand
  • promote practitioner standards and regulatory compliance in the industry through training and qualifications

Membership

The membership of the Passive Fire Protection Group consists of various companies and organisations involved in the fire safety industry in New Zealand.

The Passive Fire Protection Group provides a professional forum for members to be proactively involved in issues affecting the PFP industry.

If you are interested in joining the Passive Fire Protection group please contact FPANZ at fpanz@fireprotection.org.nz

What is Passive Fire Protection?

Fire Safety Precautions are defined in the Department of Building and Housing Compliance Documents as being “the combination of all methods used in a building to warn people of an emergency, provide for safe evacuation, and restrict the spread of fire, and includes both active and passive protection.” PFP features relate to elements of construction which are generally part of the fabric of the building as opposed to active features such as sprinklers, detectors, alarms, etc. Examples of PFP features in typical buildings are:

  • fire rated walls, floors, ceiling and roofs
  • fire and smoke control doors
  • fire and smoke stopping seals, collars, pillows, blankets, etc for services penetrations
  • fire rated protective coatings for structural steel members etc
  • fire and smoke dampers/curtains
  • fire rated glass systems
  • fire rated lift landing doors
  • fire rated ducting

Recent Activities of Group

A successful Workshop was staged by the Passive Fire Protection Group on 15 November 2006...read more

Published Articles

The following articles dealing with PFP have been published in the FPANZ monthly newsletter:

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