What is a fire door?
A complete installed door assembly comprising door frame, door leaves,hardware, seals and any glazing that,when closed, is intended to resist the passage of fire and smoke in accordance with specified performance criteria
A Fire Door = A complete installed assembly
Purpose of Fire Door
Primary Reason - To save lives & property in the event of a fire
An average of 62 deaths per day in the last 5 years
Designed to keep closed in the event of fire so that the fire should not spread to other areas
Two important functions
1) Compartmentalizing a fire
2) Creating & Protecting an escape route through the building
Fire Risk Assessment = To identify fire resistance of fire door
What is fire rating in fire door?
Resistance to Smoke/Fire for a minimum specified length of time
Fire Ratings are stated in minutes & prefixed by the letters‘FD'
FD30 = 30 minute Fire Door set
One that offers at least 30 minutes of protection against fires
FD30 - 30 minutes
FD60 - 60 minutes
FD90 - 90 minutes
FD120 - 120 minutes
XZIC UL Steel fire doors up to 3 hours rating
Where a fire door can be used
Wherever a fire might start, it is advisable to use a fire door there.
Doors leading from a kitchen,a lounge with a fireplace & TV or any room with electric equipment or flammable items.
About XZIC fire door
XZIC DOORS provides a full line of standard and customized hollow metal doors for construction projects in the commercial,industrial and institutional markets .XZIC doors has been used for hotel ,school,apartment ,hospital, power plant, e-house, subway station etc.
Standard metal fire doors are 1-3/4" thick. The doors finish with powder coating,which could be
choose from RAL color. Hollow Metal Doors are shown to have superior performance for strength and durability compared to the alternate materials. Metal doors are more sanitary, much easier to maintain. A result of the strength and durability of steel is that metal doors have the lowest total cost of ownership of any other materials. XZIC hollow metal steel fire doors that meet the strict guidelines of Steel Door Institute (SDI),and our doors are tested from UL laboratory ,which is pretty hard to success approved by UL company. But we did. XZIC steel fire doors ,frames , glass vision ,glass vision frame,handle lock ,hinges,closer are both get tested by UL company .