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Draft: Fire Wall

Firewall (construction) is a common method employed to separate a building into small units to restrict of delay the spread of fire from one section to the next. Fire walls usually extend the full length of a building, from foundation to roof.

Draft: Fire barriers and fire partitions

They are similar to fire walls in operation, however, their height is limited to a single floor, from the slab of one floor to the underside of the next.

Draft: Fireblocking

In a wood frame construction, gaps are created by joists or studs in floor or wall partitions. These hollow spaces allow fire to travel easily from one area to another. Fireblocks are installed internally to divide these areas into smaller intervals. Common materials used include solid lumber, plywood, OSB, Particle board, gypsum board, cement fiberboard, or glass fiber insulation batts.

Draft: Fireproofing Structural Steel Framing

In a building fire, Structural steel loses strength as the temperature increases. In order to maintain the structural integrity of the steel frame, several fireproofing measurements are taken: Historically, these masonry encasement methods use large amounts of heavy materials, thus greatly increase the load to the steel frame. Newer materials and methods have been developed to resolve this issue. The following lists both older and newer methods of fireproofing steel beams (i-beam s) : Plan of addition to article: Bibliography
 * restrictions on the amount of exposed steel set by building code s
 * encasing structural steel in brick masonry or concrete to delay exposure to high temperatures.
 * complete encasement in concrete square column.
 * wrapping the i-beam in a thin layer of metal lath then cover with gypsum plaster. This method is effective because gypsum plaster contains water crystals that are heat resistant.
 * applying multiple layers of gypsum board around the i-beam.
 * applying spray-on fireproofing around the i-beam. Also called spray-applied fire-resistive materials (SFRM) using air pressured spray gun, which can be made from gypsum plaster, mineral fibers mixed with inorganic binder or a cememtious formula using magnesium oxycholride cement.
 * enclosing the i-beam in sheet metal and fill with loose insulation.
 * hollow columns filled with liquid water or Antifreeze. When part of the column is exposed to fire, the heat is dissipated throughout by the convection property of the liquid.
 * encasing the i-beam in rigid concrete slab.
 * a layer of suspended plaster ceiling isolating the i-beam
 * 1) more information on the use of asbestos
 * 2) new methods section with citations
 * 3) related vocabulary
 * 4) tunnel test
 * 5) fire assembly and classification
 * 6) UL label
 * 7) spray on fireproofing
 * 8) fire area
 * 9) fire wall
 * 10) flame-spread rating
 * 1) Ching, Francis D. K. A visual dictionary of architecture. New York: J. Wiley, 1995.
 * 2) Allen, Edward, and Joseph Iano. Fundamentals of building construction: materials and methods. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009.
 * 3) Argenti, Francesca, and Gabriele Landucci. "Experimental and numerical methodology for the analysis of fireproofing materials." Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries 28 (2014): 60-71. doi:10.1016/j.jlp.2013.05.005.
 * 4) Tugnoli, Alessandro, Valerio Cozzani, Annamaria Di Padova, Tiziana Barbaresi, and Fabrizio Tallone. "Mitigation of fire damage and escalation by fireproofing: A risk-based strategy." Reliability Engineering & System Safety 105 (2012): 25-35. doi:10.1016/j.ress.2011.11.002.
 * 5) Zicherman, Joseph. Fire safety in tall buildings. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992.
 * 6) Ching, Frank, Frank Ching, and Frank Ching. Building construction illustrated. Hoboken: Wiley, 2008.