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Life Safety: Active vs. Passive Fire Protection

Fire and Life Safety

Life Safety: Active vs. Passive Fire Protection

This white paper covers the basic types of active and passive fire protection systems, products and assemblies, and wraps up with a primer on expansion joint fire barriers.


February 4, 2016

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