efectis france Efectis France has all the competence and experience in fire safety in order to respond to all fire related issues.
CERTIFICATION - NOTIFIED BODY N 1812 CE MARKING OF CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS In Europe, CE marking is mandatory for a majority of products related to fire safety. Efectis France is a notified body of certification for the CE marking of construction products related to fire safety. Efectis France is also a notified laboratory concerning the implementation of construction product regulation N 305/2011/CE for products in relation to fire (resistance and reaction to fire). Thanks to its three-fold competence: Certification/Tests/Inspections, Efectis France ensures its clients with a single point of contact 1812 whatever the type of fire product (door, damper, shutter, SHEC, fan, fire protections, glazing, penetration seal system, etc.). Thanks to its multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, Efectis is able to provide an appropriate response to each client (international groups, industry, small and medium businesses), whatever their products (metal, wooden, glass doors, etc.), in the client s language (including English, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian, Turkish, etc.). CERTIFICATION OF PRODUCTS These certifications enable our clients to: n Enhance their products via a voluntary quality mark, n Ensure the products performance on new constraints complementary to CE marking, n Access to markets for which certification is mandatory (United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Russia, etc.). CORPORATE VOLONTARY CERTIFICATION «S4PI» These voluntary certifications, offered in collaboration with professional organizations or with the different actors of the construction industry, are available for companies wishing to promote their know-how and: n Demonstrate their professional skills in order to ensure the installation and the implementation of fire products, n Establish a control of their subcontractors and distributors who are implementing their products, n Enhance their brand name by associating it with an Efectis certification. S4PI service pose produit de prévention et de protection incendie efectis france INSPECTION Efectis France acts as an inspection and audit body to perform checks on production sites required to obtain: n CE marking certification or a right to use a quality brand of products such as the NF brand; n Corporate professional certification or qualification such as S4PI or Qualibat. As fire safety specialists, our auditors act upon request to our certification service, but also on behalf of other notified bodies and international certification bodies who do not have their own audit staff. Our auditors are also available to develop specific audits and technical controls adapted to your needs and help you to ensure the quality and the compliance of your products or those of your suppliers, subcontractors and distributors. TRAINING Our experts in fire safety provide training described in our catalogue. We can also offer you tailor-made training courses run by our experts. n Fire regulations applicable to buildings (public buildings, high rise buildings; classified installations, nuclear installations, tunnels), n ETC-F Code (EPR technical codes for fire protection), n Requirements and standards for CE marking, n Testing standards for the qualification of fire products, n Training to obtain corporate qualifications related to: the manufacturing of fire products (metal structures, facades), Installation and maintenance of fire products (fire resistant doors and dampers and other fire protection products). n On-site training with our partner Apave, n Specific training in containers (CFBT-FR) with our partner IFOPSE for firefighters. Firefighting training
TESTING FIRE RESISTANCE TESTS Efectis France has exceptional testing facilities to respond effectively to all requests for tests, from the most simple to the more complex ones: n 2 laboratories and 9 testing furnaces, among which is a furnace of more than 250 m 3. These furnaces are able to perform tests of vertical elements from 1x1 m to 6x5 m and horizontal elements from 1x1 to 7x8 m, n Tests performed according to European and international standards (EN, DIN, ISO, OMI, BS, ASTM, UL, FM), n Classification standard tests (ISO, HC,HCM, Jet-Fire) for doors, partitions, glazing, smoke extraction fans, ducts, dampers, shutters, fire protection products, penetration seals, linear joints, etc., n Spread of external fire tests on facades and roofs (Lepir 2 and ENV 1187). Efectis France also has specific equipment allowing the determination of performances additional to fire resistance, such as: n Hot smoke leak tests for doors (Sa-Sm-S200), n Opening/closing door cycles (C0 to C5), n Systems for the airtightness and water tightness of penetration and joint seals, n Resistance tests for lateral displacements of penetration and joint seals, n Compliance of safety mechanisms and initiating devices. Penetration seal test Jet Fire REACTION TO FIRE TESTS Efectis has all the means of testing enabling an effective response to all requests for reaction to fire tests. n For construction products (as per the EN 13501-1 standard (in particular Single Burning Item as per EN 13823), n For electric cables in particular according to EN 50399, n For flexible materials and Textile Personal Protective Equipment, n For railway rolling stock according to the EN 45545-2 standard, n For the aeronautics industry as per FAR 25/CS25 and FAR29/CS29 directives. Cable fire test (FIPEC) IN SITU TESTS In collaboration with our sister company Efectis OutLabs Ventilation, Efectis France performs in-situ tests on existing or full-scale structures in order to: n Study the fire behaviour of steel, concrete, wood and mixed structures (warehouses, car parks, etc.), n Examine the fire behaviour of construction products under real fire conditions, n Test and assess smoke extraction systems (public buildings, tunnels, car parks, stations, etc.). Our experts design and perform fire safety exercises in collaboration with rescue services and contractors. Smoke exhaust test in a tunnel AD-HOC OR R&D TESTS Efectis is able to respond to any request for fire testing adapted to your needs: n Tests under real fire (woodpile, pool-fire, etc.), n Tests under calorimeter hood (10MW), n Full-scale tests and tests under operational conditions, n Full-scale suppression tests. FIREFIGHTING Efectis France offers to all those involved in firefighting an assessment of their equipment in real fire conditions. n Assessment of the efficiency of the equipment in terms of hydraulic distribution, robustness, cooling, suppression and reduction of radiation; n Definition and validation of firefighting strategies; n Assessment of the performance level of a PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) with our partner ENVEHO. PPE test during a pool fire
FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING Context As an approved laboratory in fire resistance for over 40 years, Efectis has been conducting fire safety engineering studies under standardized fire and also in real fire scenarios for more than 10 years. These studies cover any type of smoke control system (natural and mechanical), structures (steel, concrete, mixed, wood) and buildings (public buildings, high rise buildings, residences, nuclear installations, industrial plants, off-shore, etc.). The interest of fire safety engineering n To find a legal alternative to traditional regulatory requirements, n To justify the performance of complex construction systems (fire behaviour, smoke extraction), n To ensure greater architectural flexibility while protecting people and property, n To optimize the safety of a building undergoing rehabilitation (appropriate performances and costs), n To compare the efficiency of various safety configurations. Our services n Public buildings/high rise buildings : Fire behaviour of structures and assessment of studies (French decree dated March 22nd 2004), Smoke extraction and evacuation engineering (French decree dated March 22nd 2004), Reaction to fire of combustible insulations. n Classified industrial hazardous installations: Collapse mode of warehouses, Vulnerability of buildings in terms of thermal, toxic and overpressure effects, Seismic protection (French decree dated January 24th 2011), Thermal flux studies with tests on burning pallets (French FLUMILOG protocol). n Off-shore : Fire behaviour studies of structures and installations (jet-fire, pool-fire, UVCE, BLEVE), Calculation of the PFP (Passive Fire Protection). n Nuclear Installations : Fire risk management, Fire stability, Robustness of partitions (real fire condition scenarios). n Tunnels : Establishment of safety files, Fire resistance studies, Technical assistance. Smoke exhaust engineering of the Ecole Centrale of Lyon Collapse mode of a warehouse Fire risk management study of a nuclear installation EXPERTISE The Expertise department intervenes in any construction project by assessing the conformity of construction products and their application as regards the requirements of the different fire safety regulations. These studies enable fire resistance performances to be justified without appealing to another fire test. They can be linked to: n The degree of fire stability of the structures and their protection, n Fire resistance performance of doors, partitions, glazing, etc., n Resistance to external fire of facades (French C+D and IT 249 rules, visa de façade for high rise buildings), n Performances of smoke extraction systems, n Compliance with the requirements of the NF S 61-937 standards. In the context of specific projects, Efectis France supports the different actors (contractors, owners, installers, manufacturers, authorities) as a third party to take into account all the regulatory, technical, economic and architectural constraints. The aim is to certify the compliance of the proposed solutions to the regulatory requirements while ensuring an optimized solution and a better control of the costs and deadlines for the company. Our competence thus covers: n Diagnostics in the context of renovation work, n Technical assistance to the project management, n Regulatory studies, n French avis de chantier, n Calculations for situations of fire, n The issuance of visa façade (high rise buildings), n In-situ verifications in support of the Technical Controller. Curved partition
When a fire occurs, the consequences can be disastrous both economically and in human terms if fire safety is insufficient. Efectis France is the privileged partner for those involved in construction industry who have to officially justify the fire behaviour of their products, or to act in respect of fire safety regulations. 100 9000 employees tests performed 25000 official documents MARKETS & CLIENTS For all those involved in fire safety: n owners n contractors n companies And for those participating in the marketing process of fire» products: n developers n manufacturers n distributors n installers In the areas of traditional building construction (public buildings, high buildings, housing), transportation (maritime, railway), or hazardous industrial installations (nuclear, petrochemical, etc.). OFFICIAL RECOGNITION Notified Body n 1812 for certification, tests and inspections for the CE marking of fire products. Approval of the French home ministry for fire resistance tests and smoke extraction engineering. Approval of the French ministry of the merchant navy for IMO fire behavior tests. COFRAC accreditations* for fire tests (EN 17025), inspections (EN 17020) and certification (EN 17065) (*scope given on request). FM Approvals agreement ISO 9001 certification by LRQA, and qualification by EDF all this official recognition enables Efectis to assert its leading presence among European laboratories and experts. Efectis France, a subsidiary of Efectis Group
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