Opening protectives required by other sections of this code shall comply with the provisions of this section.
Fire-resistance-rated glazing tested as part of a fire-resistance-rated wall or floor/ceiling assembly in accordance with ASTM E119 or UL 263 and labeled in accordance with Section 703.6 shall not otherwise be required to comply with this section where used as part of a wall or floor/ceiling assembly. Fire-resistance-rated glazing shall be permitted in fire door and fire window assemblies where tested and installed in accordance with their listings and where in compliance with the requirements of this section.
Fire-rated glazing assemblies shall be marked in accordance with Tables 716.3, 716.5 and 716.6.
TABLE 716.3 MARKING FIRE-RATED GLAZING ASSEMBLIES
TABLE 716.3 MARKING FIRE-RATED GLAZING ASSEMBLIES
| FIRE TEST STANDARD | MARKING | DEFINITION OF MARKING |
| ASTM E119 or UL 263 | W | Meets wall assembly criteria. |
| NFPA 257 or UL 9 | OH | Meets fire window assembly criteria including the hose stream test. |
| NFPA 252 or UL 10B or UL 10C | D | Meets fire door assembly criteria. |
| H | Meets fire door assembly hose stream test. | |
| T | Meets 450°F temperature rise criteria for 30 minutes | |
| XXX | The time in minutes of the fire-resistance or fire protection rating of the glazing assembly. |
For SI: °C = [(°F) - 32]/1.8.
For fire-rated glazing, the label shall bear the identification required in Tables 716.3 and 716.5. "D" indicates that the glazing is permitted to be used in fire door assemblies and that the glazing meets the fire protection requirements of NFPA 252. "H" shall indicate that the glazing meets the hose stream requirements of NFPA 252. "T" shall indicate that the glazing meets the temperature requirements of Section 716.5.5.1. The placeholder "XXX" represents the fire-rating period, in minutes.
For fire-protection-rated glazing, the label shall bear the following identification required in Tables 716.3 and 716.6: "OH ‒ XXX." "OH" indicates that the glazing meets both the fire protection and the hose-stream requirements of NFPA 257 or UL 9 and is permitted to be used in fire window openings. The placeholder "XXX" represents the fire-rating period, in minutes.
Fire-rated glazing assemblies marked as complying with hose stream requirements (H) shall be permitted in applications that do not require compliance with hose stream requirements. Fire-rated glazing assemblies marked as complying with temperature rise requirements (T) shall be permitted in applications that do not require compliance with temperature rise requirements. Fire-rated glazing assemblies marked with ratings (XXX) that exceed the ratings required by this code shall be permitted.
The application of any of the alternative methods listed in this section shall be based on the fire exposure and acceptance criteria specified in NFPA 252, NFPA 257 or UL 9. The required fire-resistance of an opening protective shall be permitted to be established by any of the following methods or procedures:
- Designs documented in approved sources.
- Calculations performed in an approved manner.
- Engineering analysis based on a comparison of opening protective designs having fire protection ratings as determined by the test procedures set forth in NFPA 252, NFPA 257 or UL 9.
- Alternative protection methods as allowed by Section 104.11.
Approved fire door and fire shutter assemblies shall be constructed of any material or assembly of component materials that conforms to the test requirements of Section 716.5.1, 716.5.2 or 716.5.3 and the fire protection rating indicated in Table 716.5. Fire door frames with transom lights, sidelights or both shall be permitted in accordance with Section 716.5.6. Fire door assemblies and shutters shall be installed in accordance with the provisions of this section and NFPA 80.
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TABLE 716.5‒continued OPENING FIRE PROTECTION ASSEMBLIES, RATINGS AND MARKINGS
For SI: 1 square inch = 645.2 mm.
Exceptions:
TABLE 716.5 OPENING FIRE PROTECTION ASSEMBLIES, RATINGS AND MARKINGS - Labeled protective assemblies that conform to the requirements of this section or UL 10A, UL 14B and UL 14C for tin-clad fire door assemblies.
- Floor fire door assemblies in accordance with Section 712.1.13.1.
| TYPE OF ASSEMBLY | REQUIRED WALL ASSEMBLY RATING (hours) | MINIMUM FIRE DOOR AND FIRE SHUTTER ASSEMBLY RATING (hours) | DOOR VISION PANEL SIZEb | FIRE-RATED GLAZING MARKING DOOR VISION PANEL d | MINIMUM SIDELIGHT/ TRANSOM ASSEMBLY RATING (hours) | FIRE-RATED GLAZING MARKING SIDELIGHT/TRANSOM PANEL | ||
| Fire protection | Fire-resistance | Fire protection | Fire-resistance | |||||
| Fire walls and fire barriers having a required fire-resistance rating greater than 1 hour | 4 | 3 | See Note b | D-H-W-240 | Not Permitted | 4 | Not Permitted | W-240 |
| 3 | 3a | See Note b | D-H-W-180 | Not Permitted | 3 | Not Permitted | W-180 | |
| 2 | 11/2 | 100 sq. in. | ≤100 sq. in. = D-H-90 >100 sq. in.= D-H-W-90 | Not Permitted | 2 | Not Permitted | W-120 | |
| 11/2 | 11/2 | 100 sq. in. | ≤100 sq. in. = D-H-90 >100 sq. in.= D-H-W-90 | Not Permitted | 11/2 | Not Permitted | W-90 | |
| Enclosures for shafts, interior exit stairways and interior exit ramps. | 2 | 11/2 | 100 sq. in. | ≤100 sq. in. = D-H-90 > 100 sq. in.= D-H-T-W-90 | Not Permitted | 2 | Not Permitted | W-120 |
| Horizontal exits in fire wallse | 4 | 3 | 100 sq. in. | ≤100 sq. in. = D-H-180 > 100 sq. in.= D-H-W-240 | Not Permitted | 4 | Not Permitted | W-240 |
| 3 | 3a | 100 sq. in. | ≤100 sq. in. = D-H-180 > 100 sq. in.= D-H-W-180 | Not Permitted | 3 | Not Permitted | W-180 | |
| Fire barriers having a required fire-resistance rating of 1 hour: Enclosures for shafts, exit access stairways, exit access ramps, interior exit stairways and interior exit ramps; and exit passageway walls | 1 | 1 | 100 sq. in.c | ≤100 sq. in. = D-H-60 >100 sq. in.= D-H-T-W-60 | Not Permitted | 1 | Not Permitted | W-60 |
| Fire protection | ||||||||
| Other fire barriers | 1 | 3/4 | Maximum size tested | D-H | 3/4 | D-H | ||
| Fire partitions: Corridor walls | 1 | 1/3b | Maximum size tested | D-20 | 3/4b | D-H-OH-45 | ||
| 0.5 | 1/3b | Maximum size tested | D-20 | 1/3 | D-H-OH-20 | |||
| Other fire partitions | 1 | 3/4 | Maximum size tested | D-H-45 | 3/4 | D-H-45 | ||
| 0.5 | 1/3 | Maximum size tested | D-H-20 | 1/3 | D-H-20 | |||
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TABLE 716.5‒continued OPENING FIRE PROTECTION ASSEMBLIES, RATINGS AND MARKINGS
| TYPE OF ASSEMBLY | REQUIRED WALL ASSEMBLY RATING (hours) | MINIMUM FIRE DOOR AND FIRE SHUTTER ASSEMBLY RATING (hours) | DOOR VISION PANEL SIZEb | FIRE-RATED GLAZING MARKING DOOR VISION PANELd | MINIMUM SIDELIGHT/ TRANSOM ASSEMBLY RATING (hours) | FIRE-RATED GLAZING MARKING SIDELIGHT/TRANSOM PANEL | ||
| Fire protection | Fire-resistance | Fire protection | Fire-resistance | |||||
| Exterior walls | 3 | 11/2 | 100 sq. in.b | ≤100 sq. in. = D-H-90 >100 sq. in = D-H-W-90 | Not Permitted | 3 | Not Permitted | W-180 |
| 2 | 11/2 | 100 sq. in.b | ≤100 sq. in. = D-H-90 >100 sq. in.= D-H-W-90 | Not Permitted | 2 | Not Permitted | W-120 | |
| Fire protection | ||||||||
| 1 | 3/4 | Maximum size tested | D-H-45 | 3/4 | D-H-45 | |||
| Smoke barriers | Fire protection | |||||||
| 1 | 1/3 | Maximum size tested | D-20 | 3/4 | D-H-OH-45 | |||
For SI: 1 square inch = 645.2 mm.
- Two doors, each with a fire protection rating of 11/2 hours, installed on opposite sides of the same opening in a fire wall, shall be deemed equivalent in fire protection rating to one 3-hour fire door.
- Fire-resistance-rated glazing tested to ASTM E119 in accordance with Section 716.2 shall be permitted, in the maximum size tested.
- Except where the building is equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler and the fire-rated glazing meets the criteria established in Section 716.5.5.
- Under the column heading "Fire-rated glazing marking door vision panel," W refers to the fire-resistance rating of the glazing, not the frame.
- See Section 716.5.8.1.2.1.
Fire door assemblies with side-hinged and pivoted swinging doors shall be tested in accordance with NFPA 252 or UL 10C. After 5 minutes into the NFPA 252 test, the neutral pressure level in the furnace shall be established at 40 inches (1016 mm) or less above the sill.
Fire door assemblies with other types of doors, including swinging elevator doors, horizontal sliding fire door assemblies, and fire shutter assemblies, bottom and side-hinged chute intake doors, and top-hinged chute discharge doors, shall be tested in accordance with NFPA 252 or UL 10B. The pressure in the furnace shall be maintained as nearly equal to the atmospheric pressure as possible. Once established, the pressure shall be maintained during the entire test period.
Fire door assemblies required to have a minimum fire protection rating of 20 minutes where located in corridor walls or smoke barrier walls having a fire-resistance rating in accordance with Table 716.5 shall be tested in accordance with NFPA 252 or UL 10C without the hose stream test.
Exceptions:
- Viewports that require a hole not larger than 1 inch (25 mm) in diameter through the door, have not less than a 0.25-inch-thick (6.4 mm) glass disc and the holder is of metal that will not melt out where subject to temperatures of 1,700°F (927°C).
- Corridor door assemblies in occupancies of Group I-2 shall be in accordance with Section 407.3.1.
- Unprotected openings shall be permitted for corridors in multitheater complexes where each motion picture auditorium has not fewer than one-half of its required exit or exit access doorways opening directly to the exterior or into an exit passageway.
- Horizontal sliding doors in smoke barriers that comply with Sections 408.6 and 408.8.4 in occupancies in Group I-3.
Fire door assemblies shall meet the requirements for a smoke and draft control door assembly tested in accordance with UL 1784. The air leakage rate of the door assembly shall not exceed 3.0 cubic feet per minute per square foot (0.01524 m3/s • m2) of door opening at 0.10 inch (24.9 Pa) of water for both the ambient temperature and elevated temperature tests. Louvers shall be prohibited. Installation of smoke doors shall be in accordance with NFPA 105.
In a 20-minute fire door assembly, the glazing material in the door itself shall have a minimum fire-protection-rated glazing of 20 minutes and shall be exempt from the hose stream test. Glazing material in any other part of the door assembly, including transom lights and sidelights, shall be tested in accordance with NFPA 257 or UL 9, including the hose stream test, in accordance with Section 716.6.
Fire door assemblies required to have a minimum fire protection rating of 20 minutes where located in other fire partitions having a fire-resistance rating of 0.5 hour in accordance with Table 716.5 shall be tested in accordance with NFPA 252, UL 10B or UL 10C with the hose stream test.
Fire door assemblies in interior exit stairways and ramps and exit passageways shall have a maximum transmitted temperature rise of not more than 450°F (250°C) above ambient at the end of 30 minutes of standard fire test exposure.
Exception: The maximum transmitted temperature rise is not required in buildings equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 or 903.3.1.2.
Exception: The maximum transmitted temperature rise is not required in buildings equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 or 903.3.1.2.
Fire-protection-rated glazing in excess of 100 square inches (0.065 m2) is not permitted. Fire-resistance-rated glazing in excess of 100 square inches (0.065 m2) shall be permitted in fire doors. Listed fire-resistance-rated glazing in a fire door shall have a maximum transmitted temperature rise in accordance with Section 716.5.5 when the fire door is tested in accordance with NFPA 252, UL 10B or UL 10C.
Door frames with transom lights, sidelights or both, shall be permitted where a 3/4-hour fire protection rating or less is required in accordance with Table 716.5. Fire door frames with transom lights, sidelights, or both, installed with fire-resistance-rated glazing tested as an assembly in accordance with ASTM E119 or UL 263 shall be permitted where a fire protection rating exceeding 3/4 hour is required in accordance with Table 716.5.
Fire door assemblies shall be labeled by an approved agency. The labels shall comply with NFPA 80, and shall be permanently affixed to the door or frame.
Fire doors shall be labeled showing the name of the manufacturer or other identification readily traceable back to the manufacturer, the name or trademark of the third-party inspection agency, the fire protection rating and, where required for fire doors in interior exit stairways and ramps and exit passageways by Section 716.5.5, the maximum transmitted temperature end point. Smoke and draft control doors complying with UL 1784 shall be labeled as such and shall comply with Section 716.5.7.3. Labels shall be approved and permanently affixed. The label shall be applied at the factory or location where fabrication and assembly are performed.
Listed light kits and louvers and their required preparations shall be considered as part of the labeled door where such installations are done under the listing program of the third-party agency. Fire doors and door assemblies shall be permitted to consist of components, including glazing, vision light kits and hardware that are listed or classified and labeled for such use by different third-party agencies.
Oversized fire doors shall bear an oversized fire door label by an approved agency or shall be provided with a certificate of inspection furnished by an approved testing agency. Where a certificate of inspection is furnished by an approved testing agency, the certificate shall state that the door conforms to the requirements of design, materials and construction, but has not been subjected to the fire test.
Smoke and draft control doors complying with UL 1784 shall be labeled in accordance with Section 716.5.7.1 and shall show the letter "S" on the fire-rating label of the door. This marking shall indicate that the door and frame assembly are in compliance where listed or labeled gasketing is installed.
Fire-rated glazing and fire-resistance-rated glazing conforming to the opening protection requirements in Section 716.5 shall be permitted in fire door assemblies.
Fire-resistance-rated glazing shall comply with the size limitations in Section 716.5.8.1.1. Fire-protection-rated glazing shall comply with the size limitations of NFPA 80, and as provided in Section 716.5.8.1.2.
Fire-resistance-rated glazing tested to ASTM E119 or UL 263 and NFPA 252, UL 10B or UL 10C shall be permitted in fire door assemblies located in fire walls and in fire barriers in accordance with Table 716.5 to the maximum size tested and in accordance with their listings.
Fire-protection-rated glazing shall be prohibited in fire walls and fire barriers except as provided in Sections 716.5.8.1.2.1 and 716.5.8.1.2.2.
Fire-protectionrated glazing shall be permitted as vision panels in self-closing swinging fire door assemblies serving as horizontal exits in fire walls where limited to 100 square inches (0.065 m2) with no dimension exceeding 10 inches (0.3 mm).
Fire-protection-rated glazing shall be permitted in fire doors having a 11/2-hour fire protection rating intended for installation in fire barriers, where limited to 100 square inches (0.065 m2).
Fire-rated glazing shall bear a label or other identification showing the name of the manufacturer, the test standard and information required in Table 716.3 that shall be issued by an approved agency and shall be permanently identified on the glazing.
Fire-protection-rated glazing and fire-resistance-rated glazing installed in fire door assemblies shall comply with the safety glazing requirements of Chapter 24 where applicable.
Fire doors shall be latching and self- or automatic-closing in accordance with this section.
Exceptions:
- Fire doors located in common walls separating sleeping units in Group R-1 shall be permitted without automatic- or self-closing devices.
- The elevator car doors and the associated hoist-way enclosure doors at the floor level designated for recall in accordance with Section 3003.2 shall be permitted to remain open during Phase I emergency recall operation.
Unless otherwise specifically permitted, single fire doors and both leaves of pairs of side-hinged swinging fire doors shall be provided with an active latch bolt that will secure the door when it is closed.
Chute intake doors shall be positive latching, remaining latched and closed in the event of latch spring failure during a fire emergency.
Automatic-closing doors installed in the following locations shall be automatic-closing by the actuation of smoke detectors installed in accordance with Section 907.3 or by loss of power to the smoke detector or hold-open device. Doors that are automatic-closing by smoke detection shall not have more than a 10-second delay before the door starts to close after the smoke detector is actuated:
- Doors installed across a corridor.
- Doors installed in the enclosures of exit access stairways and ramps in accordance with Sections 1019 and 1023, respectively.
- Doors that protect openings in exits or corridors required to be of fire-resistance-rated construction.
- Doors that protect openings in walls that are capable of resisting the passage of smoke in accordance with Section 509.4.
- Doors installed in smoke barriers in accordance with Section 709.5.
- Doors installed in fire partitions in accordance with Section 708.6.
- Doors installed in a fire wall in accordance with Section 706.8.
- Doors installed in shaft enclosures in accordance with Section 713.7.
- Doors installed in waste and linen chutes, discharge openings and access and discharge rooms in accordance with Section 713.13. Loading doors installed in waste and linen chutes shall meet the requirements of Sections 716.5.9 and 716.5.9.1.1.
- Doors installed in the walls for compartmentation of underground buildings in accordance with Section 405.4.2.
- Doors installed in the elevator lobby walls of underground buildings in accordance with Section 405.4.3.
- Doors installed in smoke partitions in accordance with Section 710.5.2.3.
Vertical sliding or vertical rolling steel fire doors in openings through which pedestrians travel shall be heat activated or activated by smoke detectors with alarm verification.
Where fire shutters of the swinging type are installed in exterior openings, not less than one row in every three vertical rows shall be arranged to be readily opened from the outside, and shall be identified by distinguishing marks or letters not less than 6 inches (152 mm) high.
Where fire shutters of the rolling type are installed, such shutters shall include approved automatic-closing devices.
Glazing in fire window assemblies shall be fire protection rated in accordance with this section and Table 716.6. Glazing in fire door assemblies shall comply with Section 716.5.8. Fire-protection-rated glazing in fire window assemblies shall be tested in accordance with and shall meet the acceptance criteria of NFPA 257 or UL 9. Fire-protection-rated glazing shall comply with NFPA 80. Openings in nonfire-resistance-rated exterior wall assemblies that require protection in accordance with Section 705.3, 705.8, 705.8.5 or 705.8.6 shall have a fire protection rating of not less than 3/4 hour. Fire-protection-rated glazing in 0.5-hour fire-resistance-rated partitions is permitted to have an 0.33-hour fire protection rating.
TABLE 716.6 FIRE WINDOW ASSEMBLY FIRE PROTECTION RATINGS
NP = Not Permitted.
TABLE 716.6 FIRE WINDOW ASSEMBLY FIRE PROTECTION RATINGS
| TYPE OF WALL ASSEMBLY | REQUIRED WALL ASSEMBLY RATING (hours) | MINIMUM FIRE WINDOW ASSEMBLY RATING (hours) | FIRE-RATED GLAZING MARKING |
| Interior walls | |||
| Fire walls | All | NPa | W-XXXb |
| Fire barriers | >1 | NPa | W-XXXb |
| 1 | NPa | W-XXXb | |
| Incidental use areas (Section 707.3.7), Mixed occupancy separations (Section 707.3.9) | 1 | 3/4 | OH-45 or W-60 |
| Fire partitions | 1 | 3/4 | OH-45 or W-60 |
| 0.5 | 1/3 | OH-20 or W-30 | |
| Smoke barriers | 1 | 3/4 | OH-45 or W-60 |
| Exterior walls | >1 | 11/2 | OH-90 or W-XXXb |
| 1 | 3/4 | OH-45 or W-60 | |
| 0.5 | 1/3 | OH-20 or W-30 | |
| Party wall | All | NP | Not Applicable |
NP = Not Permitted.
- Not permitted except fire-resistance-rated glazing assemblies tested to ASTM E119 or UL 263, as specified in Section 716.2.
- XXX = The fire rating duration period in minutes, which shall be equal to the fire-resistance rating required for the wall assembly.
NFPA 257 or UL 9 shall evaluate fire-protection-rated glazing under positive pressure. Within the first 10 minutes of a test, the pressure in the furnace shall be adjusted so not less than two-thirds of the test specimen is above the neutral pressure plane, and the neutral pressure plane shall be maintained at that height for the balance of the test.
Nonsymmetrical fire-protection-rated glazing systems in fire partitions, fire barriers or in exterior walls with a fire separation distance of 5 feet (1524 mm) or less pursuant to Section 705 shall be tested with both faces exposed to the furnace, and the assigned fire protection rating shall be the shortest duration obtained from the two tests conducted in compliance with NFPA 257 or UL 9.
Fire-protection-rated glazing and fire-resistance-rated glazing installed in fire window assemblies shall comply with the safety glazing requirements of Chapter 24 where applicable.
Glazing in fire window assemblies shall be fire-protection-rated glazing installed in accordance with and complying with the size limitations set forth in NFPA 80.
Fire-protection-rated glazing shall be in the fixed position or be automatic-closing and shall be installed in approved frames.
Metal mullions that exceed a nominal height of 12 feet (3658 mm) shall be protected with materials to afford the same fire-resistance rating as required for the wall construction in which the protective is located.
Fire-protection-rated glazing used in fire window assemblies located in fire partitions and fire barriers shall be limited to use in assemblies with a maximum fire-resistance rating of 1 hour in accordance with this section.
Fire-protection-rated glazing requiring 45-minute opening protection in accordance with Table 716.6 shall be limited to fire partitions designed in accordance with Section 708 and fire barriers utilized in the applications set forth in Sections 707.3.6, 707.3.7 and 707.3.9 where the fire-resistance rating does not exceed 1 hour. Fire-resistance-rated glazing assemblies tested in accordance with ASTM E119 or UL 263 shall not be subject to the limitations of this section.
The total area of the glazing in fire-protection-rated window assemblies shall not exceed 25 percent of the area of a common wall with any room.
Fire-protection-rated glazing shall be permitted in window assemblies tested to NFPA 257 or UL 9 in smoke barriers and fire partitions requiring 1/3-hour opening protection in accordance with Table 716.6.
Fire-protection-rated glazing shall bear a label or other identification showing the name of the manufacturer, the test standard and information required in Section 716.3.2 and Table 716.6 that shall be issued by an approved agency and permanently identified on the glazing.