《Fire Door Requirements》.pdfVIP

S D I TECHNICAL DATA SERIES 118 - 01 Basic Fire Door Requirements STEEL DOOR INSTITUTE 30200 DETROIT ROAD - CLEVELAND, OHIO 44145 © 2001 St l Door Institut Technical Data Series SDI 118-2001 Basic Fire Door Requirements 1 Introduction to fire test conditions. Hourly ratings include 1-1/2-hours, 1-hour, 3/4-hour, and 1/3-hour, Fire testing of doors and hardware and the with the maximum rating required of any swing- resulting labeling authorities granted, is a com- ing type fire door being three hours. plex subject that is better understood when 2.2 Thr -hour (180 minute) doors basic rules and guidelines are applied. A door with a three-hour fire protection rat- ing is usually found in walls that separate 2 Doors buildings or that divide a large building into smaller fire areas. The wall rating is four The fire rating classification of the wall into hours. which the door is installed dictates the required 2.3 1-1/2-hour (90 minute) doors fire rating of the door. The location of the wall in the building and prevailing buildi