Accredited Fire Stopping and Compartmentation Services
Fire stopping uses fire-resistant materials and techniques to seal openings and joints in walls, floors, and ceilings, to prevent the spread of fire and smoke through these gaps, maintaining the integrity of fire compartments within a building.
By using fire stopping materials, our fire stopping consultants strategically construct fire compartments, which divide a building into separate areas or ‘compartments’ to contain fire and limit its spread.
Effective fire stopping and compartmentalisation is crucial for reducing the spread of fire, providing occupants with safe escape routes and minimising property damage in the event of a fire.
Our Fire Stopping and Compartmentation services
We offer a range of fire stopping services, tailored to your specific requirements:
- Installation of certified fire stopping systems, including fire-resistant sealants, intumescent products, collars, wraps and cavity closers for all common penetrations.
- Fire compartmentation: designing and implementing fire compartments to contain fire and smoke effectively.
- Inspection and maintenance: regular checks to ensure all fire stopping measures remain effective over time.
- Fire stopping remedial works: addressing any issues found during inspections or after installations.
Our approach
Choosing Strategic Fire Protection means partnering with experienced fire stopping contractors who prioritise compliance and safety.
Our staff includes senior specialists with backgrounds at FIRAS, giving you access to a wealth of expert knowledge, well-honed skills and unwavering expectations.
From initial assessment through to implementation, we embrace transparency and meticulous documentation. Guided by the government's Golden Thread Principle, every detail of your fire compartmentation is thoroughly recorded, providing clarity and confidence in your compliance obligations.
We believe a robust fire stopping strategy needs a genuine commitment to quality.
Our accreditations
Safety and compliance underpin everything we do. We’re proudly accredited by FIRAS and LPCB, two internationally recognised benchmarks of excellence in passive fire protection and compartmentation.
Our accreditations ensure that our fire stopping installations and compartmentation measures meet industry standards. By choosing Strategic Fire Protection, you have the confidence that your protection adheres to best practices.
Working transparently through Onetrace
Having a clear record of all maintenance, repairs and replacements completed on your fire doors is essential for demonstrating compliance within the Golden Thread of building safety.
To assist in showcasing transparency and accountability, all of our work is completed through the Onetrace system.
Having access to Onetrace means that all our clients have a clear record of all essential information relating to your project, plus they can track the progress of ongoing projects in real time.
Strengthening Compliance with Bolster Systems
For projects that demand rigorous documentation and high-level oversight, we also utilise Bolster Systems - a robust platform designed to support passive fire protection management from survey to sign-off.
Bolster allows us to record, map, and manage every fire stopping application across a site, creating a digital record complete with product data, installation detail, and photographic evidence.
This not only simplifies compliance for complex builds, but also gives clients and stakeholders confidence in the quality, consistency, and auditability of every seal and penetration treated.
Our protection promise
At Strategic Fire Protection, we have a non-negotiable passion for protection.
We provide all of our clients with uncompromising quality, complete compliance, and enduring peace of mind. Leveraging deep industry expertise and a proactive commitment to excellence, we ensure every solution meets the highest standards from day one.
It's not just about the service we delivery too, it's how we deliver it - at the heart of our company values are partnership and communication, and you'll always find the same friendly face at the other end of the phone. Whether you have a question around logistics, compliance or costs, our close-knit team are on hand to assist.
Discuss your fire stopping with us today
Contact usThe duty lies with the building owner or responsible person named under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. They must arrange for fire stopping and compartmentation to be installed and kept in working condition by competent professionals. This includes checking work after alterations and recording inspections.
Approved Document B defines where firestopping is needed to maintain compartmentation. BS EN 1366 specifies how firestopping systems are tested for resistance. Both work together to guide the selection and use of tested products in UK buildings.
If a wall, floor or ceiling has been breached without correct fire stopping reinstatement, the compartment is no longer effective. This creates a route for fire and smoke to spread, potentially exposing the entire building form the danger of unchecked fire spread.
Under the Building Safety Act 2022, higher-risk buildings must retain a secure, digital, up-to-date record of all design, construction and fire protection throughout the building’s life. This “golden thread” supports safe management and makes future works easier to update without disrupting your buildings passive fire protection.
We track and report on progress using two different platforms primarily. Onetrace gives you a live, photo‑verified log of every fire door inspection, repair and installation, while Bolster maps large‑scale fire‑stopping works to digital floor plans with QR‑coded evidence. Together they provide an auditable Golden Thread of information, so you can prove compliance instantly, track progress and plan future works with confidence.
FIRAS is an independent, third‑party certification scheme that audits both our onsite workmanship and quality‑management systems for passive fire protection. Holding FIRAS certification proves our staff are competent, our processes are robust, and every project receives external quality checks.
The Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB) is a world‑renowned approvals body that sets performance standards for fire protection products and installers. LPS 1531 relates to the installation and maintenance of passive fire protection systems. Certification confirms our work meets these internationally recognised benchmarks.
Third‑party accreditation means an external body routinely verifies our competence, processes, and completed work. This impartial oversight provides objective evidence that your fire protection solution performs as claimed and complies with the latest regulations.
