Fire protection examinations are the best prevention

Year by year in Germany an economical fortune is destroyed by several billions euros by fires. A largest part of the build-legal regulations refers therefore to fire protection. Because in the case of loss develop not only a large economic damage but also a direct large danger for humans and environment and the question about the adhesion. From there, building materials and construction units systematic fire protection examinations are worthwhile themselves too unterziehen." We are responsible for which we do, in addition, for what we does not tun" , Voltaire wrote. This is valid in particular for the structural fire protection. In the building regulation-legal sense the preventive fire protection serves with priority the protection of life and limb, the environment and public security as well as a condition for an effective fire fighting. In the special protection under private law �frequently the demands are relevant, which the special insurer makes against the execution of the building and/or its technical plants. The costs of the insurance against material damage behave then frequently in reverse proportionally to the expenditures for the structural and building-technical fire protection. " The structural fire protection measures in buildings are very various and are enough of the used building materials and construction units over the structural fire protection in industrial buildings, escape route planning to fire extinguishing systems in buildings. Structural measures must consider above all the following aspects: Behaviour in case of fire of building materials, fire resistance of the construction units, allocation of the buildings into fire compartments by fire walls and - protective doors, escape route planning and active fire fighting by Sprinkler" , Dipl. describes - engineer Thomas H�bler of the material test institute Dresden, to a singular competence centre for fire protection. In the course of the ever stronger globalization and continuing harmonization of the European standard setting also for building products at present a change is clearly noticeable. The past obligation, manufacturer to the examination of their products with independent testing institutes to obligate, by the solely responsible adhesion of the manufacturers in the framework of conformity regulations one replaces. Small and middle manufacturers lose increasingly the overview over the applicable European regulations. It is still more difficult for these enterprises to always hold the appropriate technical equipment on the current conditions. That particularly applies on the structural fire protection as safety-relevant characteristic of building materials and construction units. The MPA Dresden is as suppliers partner for all enterprises, which need consulting, test, monitoring and certification achievements within the range of the fire protection in the building industry. In its own research project the development of a multi-test installation singular in its kind in Europe could be realized for the proof of the behaviour in case of fire. Thus particularly reliable fire protection tests are possible. One finds further information about structural fire protection under: www.mpa-dresden.de

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