- Author
- Shorter, G. W.
- Title
- Fire Endurance of Building Constructions.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
- CBD 53, May 1964, 4 p.
- Keywords
- building construction | fire endurance tests | fire resistance tests | test facilities | building codes | fire resistance rating
- Abstract
- The fire endurance (or resistance) of the enclosing elements of a compartment in a building is the major obstacle to the spread of a fully developed fire. Modern building codes require building constructions to have varying degrees of fire endurance, depending on the quantity of combustible material normally found in the occupancy for which the building is designed.