Promat Fire Resistant Glass Certification
Promat UK endorses the use of third party accreditation bodies such as CERTIFIRE for products. Credibility given by such authorities gives the whole marketplace confidence in not only the product, but also the installation.
CERTIFIRE: operated by Warrington Certification Ltd (WCL) assures performance, quality, reliability and traceability of fire protection products. Recognised by regulatory authorities worldwide, it is an internationally respected mark of fire safety and one of the most authoritative in the industry.
Promat UK is fully committed to delivering quality products, advice, service and support and is accredited to ISO 9001: 2015 (quality), BS EN and ISO 14001:2015 (environmental) and OHSAS 18001 (health & safety management system).
Types of Testing
Primary test report
Product performance is demonstrated through a specific test report from a UKAS-accredited or notified European test laboratory. Raw data is published from a physical test in which a product or complete assembly is built and burned, conducted privately or via a third party accredited test facility.
Assessment report
Used in lieu of a test report to criteria determined by the PFPF (Passive Fire Protection Forum), these are based on the overriding premise that the assessed performance would be achieved if the construction were tested. Assessments can only be made by appropriately qualified persons and are useful for a range of variants to systems when testing would simply be impractical and uneconomical.
Field of application report
Appropriate when an extension to a product is deemed to be slight and, therefore, representative of expected performance for very specific applications, and with strict scope and conditions attached. The manufacturer will be clear about the range of situations in which their product can be sold.
Classification report
Written by an accredited body to provide a summary of the data from a test, including information on products and performance. Certain data may be redacted for IP reasons, but a classification report is accepted as proof of performance.
Third party accreditation
Third party accreditation under schemes such as the BM TRADA Q-Mark and Certifire offer independent monitoring along the supply chain to ensure standards are being upheld at every stage. These schemes have requirement for systems and products to be included which go over and above the fire test, with membership dependent on product sampling when testing, FPC audits and production controls, as well as a product recall procedure should this be required. In addition, the installer should also hold some training certification which may be system-specific, or industry recognised such as FIRAS.
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