Oh Canada! - Canada Life Safety Sevices

To our neighbors up North, did you know that fire and smoke damper, fire stop flap, and fire door inspection and repair are required by code?

Here are 7 tips to keep your facility in compliance:

1. Fire and smoke damper survey to indentify all of the dampers in your facility.
2. Fire and smoke damper inspections to ensure compliance with NFPA Codes 80, 105 and NFPA 101 (in provinces that have adopted it), as well as the National Building Codes Section 3.1.8 and the National Fire Code Section 2.2.2.
3. Fire and smoke dampers that are deemed inoperable must be repaired.
4. Once repairs are made, these dampers must be re-inspected to ensure compliance with the Canadian NBC and NFC.
5.  If dampers cannot be repaired, the NBC and NFC state: “if closures become damaged they shall be replaced.”
6. Fire door inspection to ensure compliance with NFPA 80, National Fire Code Section 2.2.2, and the National Building Code Section 3.1.8.
7. Anything found during the fire door inspection that leads to non-compliance must be repaired.

In addition to inspections and repairs, LSS Life Safety Services will provide you with a comprehensive report of all results that is easily understood by your Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ).  Canada Life Safety Services is here to answer any questions or concerns you may have about Fire and Smoke damper code requirments.