1300 347 372Over the years many people have approached us asking us for clarification on fire doors, so we thought that lets make a blog on this to provide further clarification on fire doors.
What is a fire door?
A fire door is a door that has a fire resistant rating that is used to help reduce the spread of fire or smoke between areas. Fire doors are required to maintain a different fire rating level. When looking at sole occupancy units the rating required is 1 hour and looking a fire doors for common property areas the fire rating level required is 2 hours. Fire doors are essential and have known to inhibit fire and save numerous lives.
What is a fire resistance level?
Fire doors are required to have a fire resistance level this level lets you know how long the door is rated for with a fire for example a fire resistance level can be 120/120/60 this means the following:
- Structural Adequacy: Meaning the wall will remain vertical and support the load for at least 120 minutes.
- Integrity: The wall will inhibit flames passing through the wall for at least 120 minutes.
- Insulation: The door will provide insulation so the other side of the door does not increase in temperature for at least 60 minutes.
Another example of a fire rating level is -/60/30. The dash represents that the structural adequacy is a non-load bearing door however the fire door provides integrity and insulation.
All fire door installations require the fire door to be fitted with a compliance tag to the fire door and door jam, this tag will display the following information:
- Number of performance (Australian standard)
- Fire Resistance Level
- Year of Manufacture
- Serial Number
- Name of Manufacturer
FireSafe offers a complete range of fire doors to ensure your building meets the building code of Australia and Australian Standards.
Please contact us today on 1300 347 372 or visit www.firesafe-au.com