Fire Trol

This Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) provides verified life cycle assessment data for Fire-Trol® prefabricated fireproof steel columns, including OH, OO, OS, SH, and SS configurations. Designed for commercial construction and architecturally exposed structural applications, Fire-Trol® columns combine load-bearing structural steel with integrated fire protection in customizable round, square, and rectangular profiles. The EPD reports cradle-to-gate environmental impacts for the extraction and production of raw materials, transportation to the manufacturing facility, and manufacturing processes. It includes data for global warming potential, acidification, eutrophication, ozone layer depletion, smog formation, fossil resource depletion, resource use, water consumption, and waste generation. The assessment is based on 2023 manufacturing data from Fire-Trol’s East Hartford, Connecticut facility and is independently verified in accordance with applicable ISO standards and UL Environment PCR requirements.

Review material health and product transparency information for Fire-Trol® OO-RR prefabricated fireproof steel columns with this Health Product Declaration (HPD). The declaration provides detailed disclosure of product contents and screening results for the materials used in the column assembly, including structural steel, concrete, vermiculite, cement, and other components. Fire-Trol® OO-RR columns consist of a load-bearing steel column encased in concrete and vermiculite and enclosed within a non-load-bearing steel shell. The columns are UL rated for 2-, 3-, and 4-hour fire-resistance classifications. For architects, engineers, and design professionals, this HPD provides product-specific material transparency information to support informed specification, material evaluation, and project documentation. It also reports recycled-content ranges and screening against HPD Priority Hazard Lists and GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals®.

This Health Product Declaration supports material transparency for project teams pursuing informed product selection, documentation, and LEED v4/v4.1 Option 1 credit pathways. FIRE TROL® fireproof column types OS and SO by United Steel provide prefabricated, load-bearing steel column solutions engineered for fire-rated building assemblies. Each column combines a structural steel core with concrete and vermiculite fireproofing, protected by a durable non-load-bearing steel outer shell. Rated and labeled by Underwriters Laboratories for 2-, 3-, and 4-hour fire-retardant classifications in accordance with ASTM E119, the columns are also manufactured to align with current AISC and ACI specifications.

This HPD covers Fire Trol® fireproof column from Fire-Trol Company a branch of United Steel Inc.,. Specifically, it covers column configuration SS, [Square shell casing with interior Square structural column]. Fire Trol® columns are designed as a prefabricated fireproof unit consisting of a load-bearing steel column encased in a concrete and vermiculite materials which is permanently protected by an outer shell of non-loadbearing steel. Fire Trol® columns are rated and labeled by Underwriters Laboratories for fire retardant classification of 2, 3 and 4 hour rating as per ASTM E 119, as well as the latest specifications of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), and the American Concrete institute (ACI).