Fire

International Timber advocates for certified fire retardant treated wood

by Jennie Ward|08 September 2311 September 23|Build, Supply

International Timber is stressing the importance of correctly specifying fire retardant wood and panel products, backed by independent certification, head of this year's Fire Door Safety Week campaign on 25-29 September. Specification errors, installation issues and poor maintenance of fire safety products can have devastating consequences. To facilitate change within...

How to minimise fire risks during construction

by Matt Milton|21 March 2323 March 23|Build, Design

Are your timber projects as safe as they can possibly be while they are onsite? That’s when they are at their most vulnerable, as many fire protection measures aren’t necessarily in place yet. The new Timber Fire Safety webite - timberfiresafety.org - contains a wealth of essential information about ensuring...

Timber industry launches new fire safety website

by Liam Macandrew|03 March 2303 March 23|Design

The timber industry has launched a comprehensive new fire safety website: Fire Safety. Wood in Construction. Giving users a single point of access to information and guidance on this multi-faceted and safety-critical subject, it is designed for all construction professionals and is available, free, at https://timberfiresafety.org The site has been...

Assuring Quality – The Flame Retardant Treated Wood Supply Chain

by TDUK|21 September 2219 January 23|Build

Where a flame retardant (FR) is added in the factory during the manufacturing process for MDF, OSB or plywood then that manufacturing process should be subject to factory production control (accredited by a notified body). The product should carry the CE mark and be accompanied by a valid Declaration of...

Ensuring Effective Traceability

by TDUK|21 September 2219 January 23|Supply

This Guidance Note is for those who intend to place flame retardant (FR) treated wood based products on the market, to assist them in meeting their legal obligations under the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) and help ensure that those products will perform as declared. See Guidance Note WPA FR 4...

Performance in fire

by TRADA|27 August 2203 February 23|Education, Supply

Understand the performance of timber during a fire, its reaction and fire resistance properties

Fire performance of timber frame dwellings

by TDUK|23 August 2228 November 22|Build, Design

Learn all of the forms a construction needs to comply with fire performance requirements and how it would behave in the case of a fire, what elements can help contain the fire and how to restore after it in case it could not be controled.