Abstract: A fire stopping faceplate assembly for an electrical box includes a faceplate having an inner surface, and a fire stopping mat arranged adjacent said faceplate inner surface. The fire stopping mat provides an active system which forms a fire barrier capable of preventing a temperature rise on the wall side opposite the fire by providing an endothermic material which withdraws heat and/or by expanding to provide additional insulating properties and otherwise stopping the spread of fire. The fire stopping mat may include an intumescent compound, an endothermic compound, or both an intumescent compound and an endothermic compound. The fire stopping mat may also include a layer of an infrared blocking material formed of, for example, a metal or a ceramic fiber material.

Abstract: This invention relates to a fire barrier material comprising at least about 25 weight % binder; at least about 10 weight % intumescent compound; and at least about 5 weight % organic fibers comprising an organic material having pendant hydroxyl groups, wherein the density of the fire barrier material ranges from greater than zero to about 0.35 grams/cm.sup.3 as well as a method of making the fire barrier material.