Fire partition definition

Fire partition means a partition which subdivides a story of a building to provide an area of refuge or to restrict the spread of fire for a minimum of one hour.
Fire partition means a partition which subdivides a building to restrict the spread of fire or to provide areas of refuge, but which is not necessarily continuous through all stories nor extended through the roof and which has a fire-resistance rating of at least two hours;
Fire partition means a vertical assembly of materials designed

Examples of Fire partition in a sentence

  • The Fire partition supporting construction shall be protected to afford the required fire- resistance rating of the wall supported, except for tenant and sleeping unit separation walls and corridor walls in buildings of Types IIB, IIIB and VB construction.

  • The Fire partition supporting construction shall be protected to afford the required fire-resistance rating of the wall supported, except for tenant and sleeping unit separation walls and corridor walls in buildings of Types IIB, IIIB and VB construction.

  • Nonrated permanent partition and horizontal assemblies.2. Fire partition.


More Definitions of Fire partition

Fire partition means a vertical assembly of materials designed to restrict the spread of fire in which openings are protected.

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  • Firefighter means any regular, paid or volunteer, member of a lawfully constituted fire department of a municipal corporation, township, fire district, or village.

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