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A National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) report reveals U.S. structure fires in 2010 accounted for only 37 percent of fires, but resulted in 2,755 deaths and $9.7 billion in property damage. Every year many fire-related deaths are attributed to poor flame and smoke containment that occur with inadequately sealed joints and penetrations for plumbing, HVAC, electrical, communications and other building trades, as demonstrated in the video.

 

“A significant number of commercial buildings today either don’t have the proper firestop systems installed at the penetrations and fire-rated joints, or they were improperly installed,” said Patrick Tesche, vice president of compartmentalization services for fire/life safety engineering and third-party inspection firm, Telgian Corp., Tempe, Ariz., and the task group chair for firestop inspectors qualifications standards on the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM-International) E06 technical committee.