The Fire Testing Centre.

The Fire Testing Centre (CEF),
a fire-resistance testing laboratory approved by
the French Ministry of the Interior and similarly
recognized as a competent body in smoke-extraction engineering,
will help you take control of fire risks in your projects.

Our services.

4 activities

Fire
Tests.

The Fire Testing Centre carries out tests according to different normative standards, which are certified, and can be defined on a case-by-case basis according to the needs of our customers.

Special & In situ Tests.

The role of the ventilation systems is to control the air quality in the building and to remove smoke and heat in the event of a fire.

Fire safety
 engineering.

The Fire Testing Centre, a laboratory approved for fire resistance by the French Ministry of the Interior, carries out your fire safety engineering studies under conventional fires and real fire scenarios, for all construction methods.

Research
 and Development.

The Fire Testing Centre has a team of doctors and PhD students dedicated to research and development projects.

The Fire Testing Centre
offers different services
in fire safety…

Sectors of activity.

Buildings 

// Residential, offices, ERP – buildings open to the public

Buildings 

// Residential, offices, ERP – buildings open to the public

Classified facilities

// Facilities classified with respect to environmental protection

Classified facilities

// Facilities classified with respect to environmental protection

Tunnels 

// Underground works 

Tunnels 

// Underground works

Maritime

// Ships

Maritime

// Ships

Rail 

// Railway vehicles

Rail 

// Railway vehicles

Expertise,
Performance,
Simplicity.

Through its active involvement not just in France but also internationally, the Fire Testing Centre brings its human resources and equipment to bear on your projects:


•‎ Definition of tests

• Product sourcing

• Installation of test pieces by certified technicians

• Provision of documents (test reports, classification reports, laboratory assessments, certificates, project-specific appraisals, fire-performance-engineering studies, design appraisal reports).

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Certifications and approvals.

Cofrac recognition

Cofrac accreditation (by the French Committee for Accreditation) certifies the technical competence of the fire-resistance laboratory for its testing activities and the implementation of a suitable quality-management system.

 

COFRAC - ESSAIS

Laboratory approved by the French Ministry of the Interior

Our laboratory has been approved for fire-resistance testing by the French Ministry of the Interior (ministerial ordinance of 5 February, 1959 (amended) on the approval of laboratories for testing the fire performance of materials).

Recognized by the French Ministry of the Interior as a competent body in smoke-extraction engineering

This recognition is the result of application of Article DF4 of the Ministerial order of June 25, 1980, concerning approval of the general provisions of the regulations for safety as regards the risks of fire and panic in buildings open to the public. France’s State Gazette (Journal Officiel de la République Française) No. 0271 of 23 November, 2022, item No.125 (in french)