Why fire protection is not a side topic in service operations
In a typical workshop, combustibles are everywhere: fuels in tanks and lines, lubricants in drums, cleaning agents on storage shelves. With the rise of electric vehicles, a new risk class is added — high-voltage batteries, whose thermal runaway cannot be extinguished with conventional means.
Fire-protection insulation alone does not prevent a fire. It does something equally important: it buys time. Time for evacuation, time for the fire brigade, time to protect adjoining areas. That time is measurable — and that is precisely what the EI 30 to EI 120 classifications quantify: 30 to 120 minutes of resistance.
What we deliver
- Reading and translating fire-protection concepts: we take the existing or newly drafted fire-protection concept and translate the requirements into concrete wall, ceiling, and shaft build-ups.
- Classified systems only: we use exclusively tested systems — i.e. materials in the documented combination certified as a building component, not arbitrary stacks of single materials.
- Documentation: you receive delivery notes, declarations of conformity, and photos of every completed fire compartmentation. This documentation becomes part of your construction file and is regularly audited by insurers and fire inspectors.
- Renovation and retrofitting: existing fire compartments compromised by later modifications (passing cables, removed walls) are properly reinstated.
Special case: e-mobility
If you do high-voltage repairs or storage in your operation, fire-protection requirements have become significantly stricter since 2024. We are up to date on the current ÖNORM specifications and have already properly compartmentalized several high-voltage work areas — including connections to mechanical extraction and sprinkler systems.
When is fire protection urgent?
- You are planning a renovation and the fire-inspection report is in hand
- You are introducing EV servicing
- Your insurer flagged deficiencies in the last walk-through
- You have adjoining residential use in your existing building
- The last fire-protection inspection is more than three years old
In all these cases, scheduling a visit makes sense. We come without sales pressure — if no retrofit is required, we say so honestly.