<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_446d5087-6a1c-4a62-a784-a9d3bbe91ea7" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>S19C8</sptc><title id="_fe027d34-5cd6-48d5-8ecd-70f712be140d">Protection of openings in a fire control room</title><archive-num>2019: Spec E1.8: 7</archive-num><subclause id="_adba5f77-8adc-428a-a6b1-4ba905312ac5" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_a75fe651-42e6-4b01-b961-e9de8528fe98">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>Openings permitted by <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/629_6.2.0.xml#_babb54f8-d1d5-41db-b25a-c2725d43085f" id="_c39e570c-c7a7-4600-b18e-2751fc2c9861" scope="local" type="clause">S19C7</xref> must be protected as follows:</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_b20d55db-a8cd-4bdd-a4ce-f6758d60c032">Openings for <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1525_29.1.0.xml#_48631093-d96b-4a40-a86d-7ffae028f24d" id="_6018da69-1775-47b4-a671-3a734f790265" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">windows</xref>, doorways, ventilation, service pipes, conduits and the like, in an <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1267_2.3.0.xml#_d87c7cc0-d0b0-40ab-9a5b-d070ed6e115e" id="_97039d27-c6a3-43d1-9e96-d330136c8697" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">external wall</xref> of the building that faces a road or <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1385_0.4.0.xml#_b4a20ca6-0197-4381-9e50-85c757fa574f" id="_6346d465-8f81-4733-8707-b3bb86043d3c" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">open space</xref>, must be protected in accordance with the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1236_1.0.0.xml#_2f02788f-8757-4689-b36e-e44d96524cc9" id="_a46c9e47-c52c-4a87-b149-5f9ed824bc5a" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions</xref> of <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/12_0.10.0.xml#_0da274c6-0102-4a61-8692-e3fdec58f151" id="_a2b3ca49-e3b1-4f01-9681-78aae8c4c6ce" scope="local" type="part">Part C4</xref>.</li><li id="_a49a7303-5955-4b3b-b5a4-73b934e988fe">Openings in the floors, ceilings and <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1352_4.2.0.xml#_dcefb5ef-fe53-4a58-8f5d-62e87b269706" id="_9c59a727-3a78-437c-b5c5-1e64855afc8c" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">internal walls</xref> enclosing a fire control room must, except for doorways, be protected in accordance with the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1236_1.0.0.xml#_2f02788f-8757-4689-b36e-e44d96524cc9" id="_77356364-76a2-47f3-9acb-ddaff8332477" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions</xref> of <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/12_0.10.0.xml#_0da274c6-0102-4a61-8692-e3fdec58f151" id="_ed000a6e-13b7-4405-abf4-b1a334e1a527" scope="local" type="part">Part C4</xref>.</li><li id="_7efa9ac4-c760-43c8-9c70-c08f530b4e69">A door opening in the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1352_4.2.0.xml#_dcefb5ef-fe53-4a58-8f5d-62e87b269706" id="_da5d4615-90c6-4870-b9de-16a57999cd89" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">internal walls</xref> enclosing a fire-control room, must be fitted with a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1449_26.3.0.xml#_7f0d37c8-f244-4a83-9a76-6ece85e1e430" id="_03fef609-8a22-4c54-92ba-83c83860189c" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">self-closing</xref> –/120/30 smoke sealed fire door.</li><li id="_5131ae7e-8f2e-487a-ac69-32abdbfca372">Openings associated with natural or mechanical ventilation must—<ol><li>not be made in any ceiling or floor immediately above or below the fire control room; and</li><li>be protected by a –/120/– fire damper if the opening is for a duct through a wall <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_2986703c-412d-4f09-9eeb-6b0b5e1e8f5e" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> to have an FRL, other than an <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1267_2.3.0.xml#_d87c7cc0-d0b0-40ab-9a5b-d070ed6e115e" id="_b52382dc-8b4e-42b1-920e-74a519815368" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">external wall</xref>.</li></ol></li></ol></subclause></clause>