The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has issued an urgent fire safety warning over incorrectly installed dampers in ventilation systems.
BESA is urging remedial action “without delay” to address a potential fire risk, thought to impact a large number of ventilation systems and “a huge number of dampers” where installation has not complied with manufacturers’ instructions.
Due to the urgency of the situation BESA has taken the unusual step of issuing an interim technical bulletin (VH001) ahead of full updated industry guidance for the ‘Installation of Fire Dampers and Smoke Dampers’ (DW145) due out at its conference in October.
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