NFPA 252 PDF

Help ensure you are up to date with the latest methods of testing fire door assemblies by referencing NFPA 252.

Fire doors play a critical role in helping to protect lives and property by slowing the spread of flames, heat, and gases through door openings in fire-resistive walls. NFPA 252, Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Door Assemblies, details the appropriate procedures for conducting fire and hose stream tests to determine the degree in which assemblies provide sufficient resistance to fire and assessing suitability when protection over a particular time is necessary.

An essential document for manufacturers and testing laboratories, the standard offers provisions for comparing fire door assemblies to appraise respective performance under standard fire conditions.