title: Passive fire protection--a vital safety role.
abstract: Callum Maclnnes BSc (Hons), AIFireE, an engineer at WSP UK--part of a global design engineering and management consultancy group specialising in property, transport and infrastructure, industry and environment projects--and his colleague, senior engineer, Richard Rankin CEng MEng (Hons) MIFireE, discuss the importance of passive fire protection in healthcare premises at a time when, due particularly to the difficult financial climate, many hospitals are undergoing upgrading and refurbishment, potentially affording an ideal opportunity to ensure that proper fire compartmentation measures are in place.
authors: WSP UK.
authors: Callum
authors: C
authors: MacInnes
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Rankin
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital; D017751:Safety Management; D006113:United Kingdom