The ever-changing role of institutional and commercial facilities makes it imperative that maintenance and engineering managers understand the important role a firestopping plan can play in a comprehensive fire-safety system.

With proper planning and sound, written procedures, firestopping can help provide a safer facility. To achieve these goals, managers will need to understand both their product options and the role of firestops.

Read the entire article as it appeared in the September 2007 issue of Maintenance Solutions magazine.