Fire Impairment Procedures

Fire protection systems form an integral part of managing and reducing the risk of a building fire by ensuring installed fire protection systems are operational. Often, these fire protection systems may be deactivated or isolated due to building works, repairs, or maintenance, and is referred to as a fire protection impairment. There are two main types of fire protection impairments requiring the use of a documented process these are: • Emergency impairment — Emergency work resulting in the need for the fire protection system to be either partly or fully isolated. • Planned impairment — Planned work resulting in the need for the fire protection system to be either partly or fully...