While timber is a combustible material, it can be engineered to achieve significant fire resistance. Timber and wood protection services involve applying fire-retardant sprays, impregnating treatments, or intumescent coatings to timber structures, beams, columns, and decorative wood finishes. These treatments work to slow down the charring rate of the timber, reduce flame spread across its surface, and extend the time before structural failure occurs. This allows timber to meet specific fire safety standards, making it a viable and safe material even in fire-sensitive applications.