Hi, how to distinguish if a fire zone is separate from a smoke zone.

Is
there any clause in NFPA to set up or craft a fire zone in line with smoke
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milt.wernerOct 12, 2018 1:26 PM
Hi Sourabh:
 
Looks like you are working with NFPA 101 according to the  tag you
posted.
 
Excerpt from In Compliance 
 
"There is sometimes confusion between the different types of walls, or
barriers, used in NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, and when those barriers
are required. The code lists three kinds of barriers:  fire barriers, which
are addressed in Section 8.3; smoke partitions, addressed in Section
8.4; and smoke barriers, which are addressed in Section 8.5. (The
occupancy chapter may alter the requirements of Chapter 8, making
them either more or less stringent.) It is important to understand that
these barriers have different uses and requirements, and that the code
states which is needed and where it is required."
 
Your question needs a lot of discovery of the facts before a meaningful
answer can be found.
 
What design concerns do you have about when those barriers are
required?
 
Respectfully,
Milt Werner
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sourabhchowdhuri@ milt.werner on Oct 12, 2018 2:03 PM
Dear Mr. Milton,
 
Thanks for the reply. 
 
As per NFPA 101," 8.5.3 Fire Barrier Used as Smoke Barrier. A fire
barrier shall be permitted to be used as a smoke barrier, provided
that it meets the requirements of Section 8.5."
Just want to know, if the smoke zone is demarked by separate and not
align with fire zone, are we meeting the requirements of code?
 
Eg: Say, there are 15 fire sprinkler zone with fire rated wall and fire
rated curtain in a underground parking structure (Basement), and we
have demarked only 03 smoke zone with smoke management system
considered. Is it possible to meet the requirements of NFPA - 101
(8.5), by considering only 03 nos. of smoke zone in the said basement.
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milt.werner@ sourabhchowdhuri on Oct 12, 2018 3:59 PM
Sourabh:
 
There are no NFPA 101 requirements in section 42.8 Parking
Structure for subdividing the building into smoke compartments
that require smoke barriers in accordance with 8.5 nor subdividing
the building into fire zones in accordance with 8.3.
However, the term smoke zone is related to permitted smoke
control systems complying with 7.2.3 in accordance with
42.8.2.2.4. Smokeproof enclosures using pressurization  must
comply with NFPA 92. Smoke zone is a term for the application of
NFPA 92. The smokeproof enclosure fire barriers must comply with
7.2.3.3 of NFPA 92 and the smoke barrier as defined in NFPA 92.