Fire Prevention Services

Passive Fire Protection Services Across the UK

Cleanair UK is a specialist passive fire protection provider, delivering fire risk assessments, fire stopping and compartmentation, fire damper testing, and fire door inspections and remedials to commercial, industrial, residential and public sector buildings throughout the UK.

With regional teams based in Kent and Birmingham, we help responsible persons meet their legal fire safety obligations under one roof — assessed, installed, tested, and documented by a single accountable partner. In the last year, 279 fire-related fatalities occurred in the UK, making early action on building fire safety critical.

 

Fire Door Installation Inspection Buckinghamshire

Our Passive Fire Services

Ensure the safety of your building and its inhabitants.

 

 

Fire Damper Surveys

Replacement of Fire Dampers

The Legislation Behind Passive Fire Protection Systems

Passive fire protection in the UK sits within a well-defined legal and technical framework. Non-compliance across any of these areas can result in enforcement notices, invalidated insurance, and prosecution of the responsible person. Cleanair UK ensures every part of this framework is met, evidenced, and kept current.

Regulatory Reform Order 2005

The primary legislation placing a legal duty on the ‘responsible person’ to maintain adequate passive fire precautions.

Fire Safety Act 2021

Clarified that external walls, cladding, and flat entrance doors fall strictly within the scope of the RRO.

Fire Safety Regs 2022 (FSER)

Mandates quarterly checks for communal fire doors and annual checks for flat entrance doors in blocks over 11m.

Building Safety Act 2022

Introduced the ‘golden thread’ requirement for clear, retrievable digital records across a building’s lifetime.

Approved Document B

Sets functional standards for structural fire resistance, compartmentation, doors, and service penetrations.

BS Standards & PAS 79

Governs testing intervals for dampers (BS 9999), fire door specs (BS 8214), and risk assessment methods (PAS 79).

Cleanair UK are not solicitors, and this page is intended as general guidance only. Building owners should seek their own legal advice on their specific compliance obligations.

Fire Door Replacement

Our Passive Fire Protection Services

Each of our services can be delivered independently or as part of a combined passive fire protection programme — giving you a single specialist partner across assessment, installation, testing, and remedial works:

Fire Risk Assessments

A clear, current, legally compliant assessment determining what passive fire protection work is actually needed.

Learn more about Fire Risk Assessments

Fire Stopping & Compartmentation

Installation and remediation of fire-rated seals and cavity barriers, restoring breached compartment lines.

Learn more about Fire Stopping & Compartmentation

Fire Damper Testing

Drop testing, inspection and remedial works within ductwork at BS 9999 required intervals with full compliance reporting.

Learn more about Fire Damper Testing

Fire Door Inspections & Remedials

Inspection against BS 8214 plus FSER 2022 quarterly and annual checks, paired with direct remedial and replacement works.

Learn more about Fire Door Inspections

Real-Time Compliance with Aurora

Cleanair UK records every fire risk assessment, fire stopping installation, fire damper test, fire door check and remedial action through Aurora, our dedicated passive fire compliance software:

  • Real-time reporting: Reports generated as engineers complete each task on site.
  • Full asset history: Unique asset references tracking every inspection, test and repair over time.
  • 24/7 client portal: Instant access to live compliance status, certificates, and outstanding actions.
  • Supports your Golden Thread: Structured, retrievable records compliant with Building Safety Act 2022 duties.
  • Audit-ready, always: Instant access ahead of insurance renewals or fire authority inspections.
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Fire Damper Surveys

Who We Work With

Cleanair UK supports facilities managers, landlords, principal contractors and compliance teams across diverse premises:

  • Commercial Offices & Mixed-Use
  • Healthcare & Care Settings
  • Education & Public Sector
  • Retail & Leisure Premises
  • Residential & Higher-Risk Buildings
  • Industrial & Warehouse Facilities

Frequently Asked Questions

Passive fire protection is the built-in system of fire-resisting walls, floors, doors, seals and dampers that contains fire and smoke within a building for a defined period, protecting escape routes and supporting fire service response — as distinct from active systems like alarms and sprinklers.

We provide fire risk assessments, fire stopping and compartmentation installation and remediation, fire damper testing and remedial works, and fire door inspections and remedials, delivered independently or as a combined programme.

BS 8214 recommends six-monthly professional inspections as good practice. For multi-occupied residential buildings in England with a storey over 11 metres, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 set a legal minimum of quarterly checks for fire doors in common parts, and annual checks (on a best endeavours basis) for flat entrance doors.

Yes. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person for a building must ensure fire precautions — including passive fire protection measures — are properly assessed, maintained and, where necessary, remediated.

Aurora is Cleanair UK’s dedicated passive fire compliance software. It records every assessment, test and remedial action in real time, with a 24/7 client portal giving you live visibility of your compliance status across every site.

Yes. Our two regional offices support a nationwide service across the UK.

One Partner. Every Layer of Passive Fire Protection.

Cleanair UK helps building owners across the UK stay compliant, informed and audit-ready — from fire risk assessment through to certified remedial works, all tracked in real time through Aurora. Contact us today on 0800 292 2400 or email info@cleanairuk.com.

 

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