Room integrity tests and registration of the actual situation regarding the fire protection and holding times in fire compartments in Greece

The need of maximum airtightness is essential in order to ensure that the fire compartment can maintain the required concentration of suppression gas for a specified duration and effectively suppress or extinguish a fire. In Greece there are many facilities with requirements for a high-level protection, but until today, most (if not all) of them have not any integrity test certification. They are complacent by the certifications of the materials applied and the only way to confirm the effectiveness of the room’s integrity is when a fire will take place.