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FIRE DOORS
National Fire Protection Association

Facilitator: Huzaifa Safdar

Chemical Engineer and QHSE Trainer
Mobile & WhatsApp: +923453334335
Email: Huzaifa.safdar@ewashe.org, Huzaifa.safdar86@gmail.com
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 References
1. NFPA 80 – Standard For Fire Doors And Other Opening
Protectives
2. NFPA 252 – Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Door
Assemblies
3. NFPA 101 – Life Safety Code
4. NFPA – Fire Protection Handbook
5. NFPA 703 – Standard For Fire Retardant–Treated Wood and
Fire-Retardant Coatings for Building Materials
6. ASTM E119 – Standard Test Methods for Fire Tests of
Building Construction and Materials
7. ASTM E84 – Standard Method of Test of Surface Burning
Characteristics of Building Materials

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 Purpose

To share requirements of fire doors (new &

existing)for installation and maintenance based on
standards

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FIRE DOOR REQUIREMENT

Prevent fire to Prevent smoke to

spread spread

Prevent Heat to
spread

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 TOPICS COVERED
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE FIRE PROTECTION

COMMON EGRESS FACILITIES

TYPES OF DOOR CONSTRUCTION

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

INSPECTION, TESTING & MAINTENANCE

FIRE RESISTANCE TEST AND HOSE STREAM TEST

FIRE-RETARDANT TREATING MECHANISMS AND METHODS

MINIMUM FIRE PROTECTION RATINGS REQUIRED

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ACTIVE AND PASSIVE FIRE PROTECTION
ACTIVE FIRE PASSIVE FIRE
PROTECTION PROTECTION

Sprinkler System Using interior

finishes or external
cladding / roofing
Smoke Control
Compartmentation
Fire Alarm And through fire resistive
Detection System walls, ceilings and
opening protection
Fire Extinguishers
By Providing Means Of
Emergency Egress
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 COMMON EGRESS FACILITIES
FIRE DOORS & HORIZONTAL EXITS

STAIRS

SMOKEPROOF ENCLOSURES

RAMPS & EXIT PASSAGEWAYS

ESCALATORS, MOVING WALKWAYS, AND ELEVATORS

ROPES AND LADDERS

WINDOWS

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TYPES OF DOORS BASED ON MATERIAL

OF CONSTRUCTION

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 Metal-Clad
Composite Hollow Metal
(Kalamein)
Doors Doors
Doors

Sheet Metal Rolling Steel

Tin-Clad Doors
Doors: Shee Door

Wood Core–
Type Doors

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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

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1.0 Classification
- Time Based (Exposure Duration)
- Temperature Based (Rise in temperature after 30
mins.)

2.0 Plant-ons
- For Decorative Purpose can be used until and unless
it will not impact Fire Door Integrity & purpose

3.0 Protective Plates

- Additional resistance
(Located within the lower 16 in. (406 mm) of the door)

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4.0 Holes
- Shall be applied without removing material
(Holes maximum allowable dia. is 1 in. (25.4 mm)

5.0 Drilling Raceways

- Can be used based on manufacturer recommendation

6.0 Signage
- As per manufacturer's published listing & NEPA Req.
(Shall not exceed 5 percent of the surface area)

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7.0 Listing and Labeling of Products
- All components installed on doors shall be listed & labelled as per NFPA
minimum requirement define in standard

Example for “Fire Doors”

(1) The words “fire door”
(2) The manufacturer’s name or a code that can be traced
back to the manufacturer
(3) The marking of a third-party certification agency.
(4) The fire protection rating of the door
(5) A unique serial number, if provided by the listing agency
(6) The fire test standard designation to which the assembly
was tested
(7) The temperature transmission rise at 30 minutes. If the
temperature transmission rise of a fire door exceeds 650°F(361°C), the
temperature rise shall be permitted to be omitted

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8.0 Glazing Material
in Fire Doors
Glazing material (transparent
material) shall be permitted in
fire doors having the fire
protection ratings shown in
below table when tested

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9.0 Actuation Devices
Actuation devices for the release of fire doors shall
be permitted to be part of an overall system that
releases the door (shall not delay the initiation of the
closing or reclosing of the door for more than 10
seconds)
For example; Smoke Detectors, Heat Detectors &
Fusible Links

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10. Walls
Walls shall be fire rated

11.0 Sills

12.0 Lintels

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13. Clearance
Clearance under the bottom of a door shall be a
maximum of 3∕4 in. (19 mm)

14. Floor Coverings

Combustible floor coverings shall be permitted based
on fire rating of the doors otherwise not

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INSPECTION, TESTING, AND

MAINTENANCE OF FIRE
DOORS

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 Prevention of
Field
Operability Door
Modifications
Blockage

Periodic
Inspection Acceptance
Inspection
and Testing Testing
and Testing

Performance-
Maintenance
Based Option

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FIRE-RETARDANT
MECHANISMS

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FIRE-RETARDANT TREATING METHODS

CHEMICAL PRESSURE
CHANGES IMPREGNATION

IMPREGNATION COATING

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 FIRE-RETARDANT MECHANISMS

BY REDUCING THE BY FORMING AN

BUILDUP OF THERMAL INSULATING COATING
ENERGY OVER THE FIBERS

BY CONVERTING THE
BY RELEASING
COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS
NONFLAMMABLE
& FLAMMABLE GASES
GASES
INTO SOLIDS

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MINIMUM FIRE PROTECTION RATINGS

REQUIRED FOR THE PROTECTION OF
OPENINGS.

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FIRE RESISTANCE FURNACE

TEST AND HOSE STREAM TEST

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 Fire Resistance Furnace Test
HOW IT IS PERFORMED ?
 Door assembly is mounted in a vertical or horizontal frame
which is placed against an open wall furnace or on top of an
open ceiling furnace and is exposed to the standard fire.
 The temperature inside the furnace to which the fire
door assembly is exposed during the fire test is controlled to
conform to the standard temperature-time curve.
WHAT IS MEASURED ?
1) HEAT TRANSMISSION:
 Heat transmission is measured with thermocouples attached
to the unexposed side of the assembly to evaluate If a
temperature rise is high enough to ignite common
combustibles on the side not exposed to the fire.
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 Fire Resistance Furnace Test
2) INTEGRITY:
 The integrity of an assembly is maintained as long as there
is no passage of flames and gases hot enough to ignite cotton
waste on the unexposed side.

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 Hose Stream Test
HOW IT IS PERFORMED ?
 Within the 2 minutes immediately following the fire test, the
fire-exposed side of the fire door assembly is subjected to hose
stream test.
 Pressurized water by using hose(s) is sprayed on the fire
exposed side of the door surface for a specified time duration.
 Hose stream test shall not be required to perform usually for
20-minute fire protection–rated fire door assemblies.
WHY IT IS PERFORMED ?
 To measure the impact, erosion, and cooling effects of a
standard hose stream on the fire exposed surface of the door.
 The water pressure and duration of application shall be as
specified in below table.

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 Hose Stream Test

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THANK YOU!
Please feel free to contact on below-mentioned details for any type of query:
Mr. Huzaifa Safdar
Chemical Engineer
Mobile & WhatsApp: +923453334335
Email: Huzaifa.safdar@ewashe.org, Huzaifa.safdar86@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mhsafdar-engineer-chemical/

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