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The only reliable fact when considering industrial buildings is that “actually no building can resist fire totally”.
Today building frames totally or partially include steel and steel melts away at 1370 degrees centigrade. Fires in industrial buildings can very easily cause heat up to this temperature and whole building is facing the danger of collapse.
So, whenever we talk about industrial “fire safety”, we mean ensuring that material inside the building will not contribute to or propagate fire, and therefore provide enough time and safety to fight the fire.
In line with the above, a “fire safe material” is defined as any material which will not spread flame, throw around burning droplets or generate excessive smoke. The material should also maintain its integrity and heat insulation properties for a certain time.
The key point in fire safety is providing safe time for the living beings to evacuate the building and for the firefighters to extinguish the fire and thus prevent possible losses.
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