Welcome to the Passive Fire Protection Alliance Website

This is the website of the Passive Fire Protection Alliance (PFPA). We would welcome your feedback on this website. Please click on the enquiries button at the bottom of the page and email us your comments or any enquiries you may have about passive fire protection or PFPA.

About PFPA

The Passive Fire Protection Alliance (PFPA) was established to promote the installation and maintenance of the systems and components that provide passive fire protection in the built environment. PFPA recognizes that it is vital buildings are constructed with components that will perform effectively to contain & control fire and smoke so as to protect life, reduce the risk of injury and achieve an acceptable level of property protection. A key role of PFPA is to develop and disseminate material that will educate all stakeholders in best practice passive fire protection in the construction and maintenance of buildings in accordance with Australian regulations and standards. PFPA uses this website to make available this information. To find out more about passive fire protection and PFPA click on to more info

PFPA Publication - 'The PFPA Bulletin'

The PFPA Bulletin has been introduced to promote innovative and successful passive fire protection products and services provided by the organisations that support PFPA. The PFPA Bulletin will also include case studies of where a specific product or service has been applied or been successful in the advent of containing fire and/or smoke or to raise general issues in regards to fire safety in buildings. To open the latest edition (August 2011) of the The PFPA Bulletin click onto download publication

Insulated Panel Council Australasia Ltd has introduced version 2 of the organisation's Code of Practice ("The Code") that sets out the principles and standards for the design specification, manufacturer, construction, manintenance and risk management for structures built using EPS-FR Panel Systems. The key objective of the Code is to increase fire fighter confidence when undertaking their operational role. The Code is set out in three sections, being:

1.      Code Administration

11.    Code Specification

111.  Certification Scheme

To achieve Code Compliance, companies will need to meethe requirements of the Certification Scheme that will inspect and approve EPS-FR Panel Systems, and clearly lable and certtify these Code Compliant installations. To view a copy of The Code click on: download publication