Monitor effectiveness of fire compartmentation

Fire and rescue services should

• Consider providing equipment that could assist personnel in detecting fires in roofs

Incident commanders should

• Ensure all areas above, below and adjacent to the fire compartment are checked for potential firespread
• Position personnel to provide information about, or deal with, any compartment breach
• Consider using thermal imaging to detect firespread breaching a compartment
• Consider whether a breach of the fire compartment could spread fire to another room, floor, area or other building and evaluate the possible hazards
• Monitor for failure of compartmental elements
• Look for signs of smoke, fire or fire gases coming from other parts of building unaffected by fire
• Consider seeking specialist advice from a fire safety officer or local authority building inspector about the structural integrity of the building