Staircase pressurization seminar
By
Ashrae
Part 2
Life safety Damper Type
2-Life safety damper
Larry
Felker, Life Member, Belimo Americas, Sparks, NV, USA, Sparks, NV
There
are four types of life safety dampers recognized in the International Building
Code (IBC) and International Fire Code and certified to the UL 555 family of
standards. Within these four types,
there
are many variations. This presentation defines each type, discusses the
requirements for each type in IBC,
Chapter
7 (structural elements of fire and smoke protection) and Chapter 9 (systems for
fire and smoke
protection),
and clarifies the application for each type of life safety damper
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