Fire Rating For Electrical Room Doors

The international building code and the national electrical code do not require fire partitions or fire doors for electrical rooms or closets that do not contain transformers.

Fire rating for electrical room doors. Acceptable door specification for electrical rooms donphillips structural 20 oct 08 19 02. The international building code and the national electrical code do not. You are correct that electrical vaults containing equipment with 600 amps or greaters must have at least 3 hour rated walls and 3 hour rated floors if there are any floors underneath the vault. Wooden doors are available in 60 minute rating so if you end up needing a fire door it is possible that you can use wood.

1 reply nort521 oct 18 2016 3 52 pm. Vaults are definitely different from electrical rooms. The main electrical room or service entrance space should coordinate with the local electrical utility refer to nec article 230 services for additional details pertaining to the installation of service entrance conductors and equipment. In the united states nfpa 80 2019 5 2 4 requires that fire rated doors be inspected each year to confirm that the door is in good condition and that all of the required components work as required.