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Fire compartmentation and fire resistance

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Affiliation
  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
FormatText, Article
ConferenceBuilding Science Insight 1987: Designing for fire safety: the science and its application to building codes, 1987, Canada
SubjectPerformance of:; fire compartments; rooms; fire break partitions; building codes
Abstract
This paper identifies relevant fire safety objectives, describes fire compartmentation in practical terms, and outlines acceptable means of evaluating performance. It explains the compartmentation concept within the context of the National Building Code's approach to the provision of life safety and gives some examples of the procedure a designer should follow in developiong alternative solutions to specific compartmentation requirements.
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PublisherNational Research Council of Canada
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  • Designing for fire safety: the science and its application to building codes: [proceedings of] Building Science Insight '87 (November 1987): 35–44. .
Series
  • Proceedings (National Research Council Canada. Institute for Research in Construction), no. IRC-PR-14.
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LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedNo
NRC numberNRCC 28277(4)
NRC-IRC-3111
NPARC number20329837
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