2 hour fire rating requirments ro pressure fans

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I thought it was in the NEC, but could not find it, maybe its a Life safety code 101. It was my understanding that pressurization fans wiring method had to be a 2 hour fire rating. So far only thing I found about 2hr rating was for the fire pumps.
Any help finding this would be greatly appreciated.
 

mike7330

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here some help, I hope.

here some help, I hope.

NFPA 70 / National Electric Code
Article 695 Fire Pumps
?Be a listed electrical circuit protective system with a minimum
two-hour fire rating.?
Article 700 Emergency Systems
?Be a listed electrical circuit protective system with a minimum
two-hour fire rating.?
?Be a cable listed to maintain circuit integrity for not less
than two hours when installed in accordance with the listing
requirements.?
Article 708 Critical Operations Power Systems (COPS)
?Feeders shall meet one of the following conditions: (1) Be
a listed electrical circuit protective system with a minimum
two-hour fire rating.?
?Riser communication cables shall be two-hour fire resistive
cable or a classified two-hour electrical circuit protective
system.?
?Control, monitoring and power wiring to HVAC systems
shall be two-hour fire resistive cable or a classified 2-hour
electrical circuit protective system.?
Article 760 Fire Alarm Systems
?Fire Alarm Circuit Integrity (CI) Cable. Cable used in fire
alarm systems to ensure continued operation of critical circuits
during a specified time under fire conditions.?
NFPA 72 / National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code
Chapter 12.4 Pathway Survivability
Chapter 12.4.3 Pathway Survivability Level 2, two-hour fire
rated cable, cable system, enclosure or protected area.
Chapter 12.4.4 - Pathway Survivability Level 3, Fully sprinklered
building plus two hour fire rated cable, cable system,
enclosure or protected area.
Chapter 24 - Emergency Communication systems
Chapter 24.3.5 - Pathway Survivability
Chapter 24.3.5.4.1 - Systems requiring relocation or partial
evacuation, Level 2 or Level 3.
Chapter 24.3.5.7 - Two-way in-building wired emergency
communications systems, Level 2 or Level 3.
Chapter 24.3.5.9.1 - Area of refuge emergency communication,
Level 2 or Level 3.
NFPA 130 / Standard for Fixed Guideway Transit and
Passenger Rail Systems
Chapter 5 Stations:
Emergency Lighting and Communications
Chapter 7 Emergency Ventilation System:
Ventilating System Wiring
Chapter 8 Vehicles: Communications & Fire Alarm Cables
NFPA 502 / Standard for Road Tunnels, Bridges, and
Other Limited Access Highways
Chapter 12: Electrical Systems
12.1.2 Emergency circuits:
(1) A fire-resistive cable listed for 2 hours in accordance
with ANSI/UL 2196 . . .
(2) Circuits embedded in concrete or protected by a 2-hour
fire barrier system in accordance with UL 1724.
NFPA 101 / Life Safety Code
?Elevator equipment, elevator communications, two-way
communication systems shall be located and properly protected
to ensure a minimum one-hour of operation in the
event of a fire.?
?Annex B: Elevators for Occupant-Controlled Evacuation
prior to phase 1 emergency recall operations.?
International Building Code
?Mechanical smoke exhaust - Wiring for operation and control
of smoke exhaust fans shall be connected ahead of the
main disconnect and protect against exposure to temperatures
in excess of 1000? F (538?C) for a period of not less
than 15 minutes.?
 

RB1

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Brother,

The wiring for mechanical ventilation systems, where used for smokeproof enclosures, is required to have 2 hr protection per 909.20.6.1(3) of the 2009 IBC. I don't consider these emergency system components because 403.7.2 specifically identifies ventilation equipment for smokeproof enclosures as standby power loads.
 
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