Inspect and commission Fire Dampers and Smoke Control Dampers

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This standard is for those who inspect and commission fire dampers to maintain compartmentation where ventilation systems (ducts) pass through compartment boundaries. This standard is also for those who inspect and commission fire dampers and/or smoke control dampers to allow the release of smoke and heat and provide compartmentation protection to walls/floors/ducts where the release path is to be constrained.

The person performing this work should understand that Fire Dampers and Smoke Control Dampers are 2 different devices.

The person carrying out this work must be able to comply with the processes and procedures for the commissioning and handing over of a Fire Damper and Smoke Control Damper system and equipment in accordance with the current versions of the appropriate industry standards and regulations, the specification, industry recognised working practices, the working environment and the natural environment.

They must know, understand and apply the correct methods and procedures for the commissioning and handing over the Fire Damper and Smoke Control Damper system and equipment including the:

• identification and use of the correct instruments
• completion of the relevant documentation
• recording of relevant data and information
• identification and consideration of the customer's need for Fire Damper and Smoke Control Damper devices and equipment configuration
• planning of the resources required to carry out the commissioning process

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1. verify that the job information and documentation are current and relevant and that the plant, instruments, access equipment and tools are fit for purpose
2. identify the customer/client's requirements
3. plan the commissioning process
4. determine and obtain the resources required to undertake the process
5. ensure methods and organisational procedures are implemented correctly
6. verify that the customer/client's requirements are met
7. inspect and resolve any problems identified
8. specify methods and organisational procedures which conform with customer/client requirements
9. inspect and confirm that conditions are suitable for commissioning to take place
10. complete the commissioning process in accordance with manufacturer instructions
11. record and assess information in accordance with organisational procedures
12. ensure that the results are recorded in the appropriate information systems and passed to relevant others
13. ensure that the devices are ready for hand over to the customer/client
14. identify and explain any variations
15. obtain customer/client acceptance of the devices in accordance with organisational procedures
16. implement organisational procedures for the safe transport and/or disposal of waste material, substances and liquids in accordance with suppliers' and manufacturers' instructions

17. comply with organisational procedures for:

    • completion of the relevant documentation
    • the recording of relevant data and information
    • informing relevant others
    • addressing issues and problems identified

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1. the current legislation, guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols which are relevant to your work practice and to which you must adhere
2. the scope and limitations of your own competence, responsibilities and accountability as it applies to your job role
3. specific procedures for reporting issues which are beyond your competence, responsibilities and accountability
4. the duty to report any acts or omissions that could be unsafe/detrimental to you or others

5. the principles and practice of Fire Dampers and ventilation systems

6. the principles and practice of Smoke Control Dampers and smoke control systems

7. the principles and practice of combined ventilation and smoke control systems
8. the relationship of Fire Damper and Smoke Control Damper devices with other means of firestopping and alternative methods
9. the operation, applications, advantages and limitations of different devices
10. the requirements for the commissioning process
11. the resources required to undertake the commissioning process
12. the correct methods and organisational procedures for implementing the commissioning process
13. the fire strategy, compartmentation requirements and fire penetration seal requirements relevant to the damper
14. how to inspect and confirm that conditions are suitable for commissioning to take place
15. how to resolve any problems identified
16. the principles and practice of commissioning
17. how to ensure that the devices are ready for hand over to the customer/client
18. fire safety in buildings, human behaviour and escape requirements, principles of fire chemistry and physics, including ignition and heat transfer.
19. behavioural competence, the ethical principles to promote safe outcomes, with respect for life, the law, environment and public good.
20. Relationship with fire alarms, smoke clearance fans, pressurisation systems and other plant, remembering that fire dampers and smoke control dampers do not work in isolation
21. methods for providing clear and accurate information to relevant others
22. how to implement organisational procedures for the safe transport and/or disposal of waste material, substances and liquids in accordance with suppliers' and manufacturers' instructions

23. the organisational procedures for:

    • completion of the relevant documentation
    • the recording of relevant data and information
    • informing relevant others
    • addressing issues and problems identified

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Working Environment (Internal and/or External)

• Domestic
• Non-domestic

* *Site services

• Electricity
• Gas
• Oil
• Water

Devices

• Fire dampers
• Smoke control dampers

Systems

• ventilation systems
• smoke control systems
• combined ventilation and smoke control systems

Equipment, components and accessories

• Access equipment
• Consumables
• Generators
• Hand tools
• Lifting equipment
• Power tools
• Supports and fixings
• Transformers for low voltage hand-tools

* *Organisational Procedures

• Accident reporting
• Communication with relevant others
• Customer service
• Emergencies
• Implementing and monitoring health & safety requirements and issues
• Implementing and monitoring issues relating to the natural environment
• Information management
• Project management
• Risk assessment management

• Transfer of responsibility

   Site

• Existing building or structure

• New build construction – building or structure

   Resources

• instruments

• labour
• materials and other consumables

• plant and equipment

   Information

• contractual

• customer/client information – drawings; diagrams; user instructions;  specifications
• environmental considerations
• functional – operational instructions
• health and safety
• statutory consents
• technical – design documentation; plans; installation specifications; equipment specifications; manufacturers' data; manufacturers' instructions; BIM data

The commissioning process

• tests and testing
• trials
• configuration

• hand-over

   Documentation

• handover agreements

• manufacturers' instructions

• operational instructions

   Relevant others

• building control

• client representatives
• customers/clients
• design team/fire engineer
• members of the public
• other contractors/trades
• site/contract manager
• supervisors
• work colleagues

​BSEFSD01; BSEFSD03; BSEFSD04; BSEFSD05