Fillers with a nanosized structure, especially nano-semiconductor materials, are often utilized in
fire-resistive coatings to improve their anti-aging property.
Nursing homes tend to be mandated to use a greater percentage of
fire-resistive and noncombustible construction materials than would something like an office building.
* preservation of records including
fire-resistive buildings and non-fire-resistive buildings
These model building codes also permit reductions in
fire-resistive requirements of structural elements when facilities are provided with automatic sprinkler protection.
If, on the other hand, the building is fully sprinklered and/or is a
fire-resistive structure with fire/smoke walls, compartmentalized evacuation may be considered.
Study on the preparation and properties of novel transparent
fire-resistive coatings--Xiang Hu, Guojian Wang, and Yan Huang
The 2007 report discusses building-code changes and proposals for code changes that address structural collapse, wind-tunnel testing, emergency-responder communications, sprinkler redundancy, and sprayed-on
fire-resistive materials.
Fire walls separating records storage compartments shall be a minimum of 4-hour
fire-resistive construction.
Very few high-rise building fires spread beyond the room or floor where the fire first starts because many high-rise buildings have sprinklers, smoke detectors and
fire-resistive construction.
Traditional fireproofing materials include concrete encasement, gypsum wallboard, and coatings categorized as Spray-Applied
Fire-Resistive Materials (SFRMs) that are typically composed of ingredients such as mineral wool, cement, and gypsum, and can very in density.
These products are installed primarily in two applications: 1) around penetrations that are made in
fire-resistive construction for the passage of pipes, cables, or HVAC systems, and 2) where two assemblies meet, forming a expansion joint such as the top of a wall, curtainwall (edge of slab), or floor-to-floor joints.