In a hospital, nursing home, or mental health institution, full evacuation in the event of a fire is practically impossible. The fire safety strategy therefore relies heavily on passive measures: the building itself must contain the fire, so that residents can be moved horizontally to a safe compartment.
Grazy Brandwering works in occupied healthcare environments with strict agreements on hygiene, noise, dust, and access. We phase the work per department, coordinate with the technical department, and record every provision in a digital logbook that substantiates the duty of care under the Bbl.
Risks relevant to this sector
Residents unable to self-evacuate
Evacuation time is long. Sub-compartmentalization per department and reliable, self-closing doors are crucial to keep a fire contained during horizontal evacuation.
Ongoing renovations
Healthcare buildings are constantly being modified. Every new cable tray or medical gas pipe through a fire separation must be resealed under certification — it is precisely here that most defects arise.
Oversight and accountability
The Dutch Labour Inspectorate, the safety region, and insurers actively request an up-to-date file of the fire protection provisions from healthcare institutions.
Services that make the biggest difference here
Fire-Resistant Doors
Custom-made fire-resistant doors and frames that protect escape routes against fire and smoke for up to 60 minutes.
More about this serviceFire-Resistant Seseals
Certified sealing of cable, pipe, and duct penetrations so that fire and smoke compartments remain intact.
More about this serviceFire-Resistant Separstructures
Walls, ceilings, and flame barriers that divide your building into safe, manageable fire compartments.
More about this serviceFire dampers
Automatic fire dampers in your ventilation system prevent fire and smoke from spreading through the ducts.
More about this serviceMaintenance & Inspection
Periodic inspection and maintenance keep your fire protection provisions demonstrably in order.
More about this serviceWhat that looks like in practice
At a nursing home with 90 places, we set the sub-compartmentalization per living group in order over eight weekend shifts: 34 fire doors adjusted or replaced, 210 penetrations resealed, all recorded with photos and registration labels.
View our projectsAssessment framework
- Besluit bouwwerken leefomgeving (Bbl) - specific duty of care, art. 3.5
- NEN 6068 / NEN 6075 - WBDBO and smoke resistance between (sub-)compartments
- NEN-EN 1634 - fire and smoke resistance of doors on escape routes
Questions about fire safety in healthcare institutions
Yes. The work is done per department or wing, with dust screens and outside peak care times, coordinated in advance with the emergency response organization. Escape routes remain usable during the work.
For every provision, it directly shows the location on the floor plan, the last inspection date, the result and the certificate - exactly what the safety region and insurer want to see during an inspection.
A sub-fire compartment confines a fire to a small part of a floor, for example one living group, so that in the event of fire only the directly threatened residents need to be moved horizontally.
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