3.1.8.5.(1)ATTRIBUTION:
Most technical provisions of the BC Fire Code describe how the code’s objectives and functional statements are achieved. However, some provisions, like this one, do not relate directly to a code objective. The following analysis is provided to assist in understanding of the provision.
APPLICATION:
Determination of the fire-protection rating of closures of the same fire-protection rating installed on opposite sides of the same opening.
This applies to buildings described in Sentence
1.3.3.2.(1) of Division A, and buildings to which Part 9 applies [see Sentence
1.3.3.3.(1) of Division A for application
of Part 9] as stated in Sentence
9.10.3.1.(1).
INTENT:
To clarify how the fire-protection rating for certain closures
is determined.