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Fire resistance

An air duct installed through a fire-rated partition between separate fire areas requires what?

AnswerAn automatic fire damper (or fire assembly).

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  1. architectstamp10/23/11, 12:43 PM

    is there a difference between smoke damper and fire damper?

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  2. Building Simply10/23/11, 7:15 PM

    Yes, there is a difference - for a good discussion and explanation I found this on the AREforum: http://www.areforum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=150225

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