Compartmentalization (fire protection)
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In structures, such as land-based buildings, traffic tunnels, ships, aerospace vehicles, or submarines, compartmentalization is the fundamental basis and aim of passive fire protection. The idea is to subdivide a structure into "fire compartments", which may contain single or multiple rooms for the purpose of limiting the spread of fire, smoke and flue gases, in order to enable the three goals of fire protection:
- live safety
- property protection
- continuity of operations
The construction of such compartments and all its components is a matter of systems within systems, which use bounding to achieve Fire-resistance_ratings, all interdependent, forming part of an overall fire safety plan. All components forming part of such a compartments are subject to stringent bounding, in countries, where product certification is mandatory.
