English -- Standard for Fire Doors and Other Opening Protectives - Effective Date: 5/24/2018

Abstract

Scope: This standard regulates the installation and maintenance of assemblies and devices used to protect openings in walls, floors, and ceilings against the spread of fire and smoke within, into, or out of buildings. With the exception of fabric fire safety curtain assemblies, this standard addresses assemblies that have been subjected to standardized fire tests. Incinerator doors, record room doors, and vault doors are not covered in this standard. Requirements for horizontally sliding, vertically sliding, and swinging doors as used in this standard do not apply to hoistway doors for elevators and dumbwaiters. This standard does not cover fire resistance glazing materials and horizontally sliding accordion or folding assemblies assemblies fabricated for use as walls and tested as wall assemblies in accordance with ASTM E119, <span style="font-style: italic;">Standard Test <span style="font-style: italic;">Methods for Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials, or ANSI/UL 263, <span style="font-style: italic;">Standard for Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials.