Fire Barrier Wall For Transformer

This one separates structures buildings or transformers to restrict the spread of fire.

Fire barrier wall for transformer.

Durasystems versatile line of fire barriers can be customized to suit your needs and offer protection options including fire blast ballistics and sound. Transformers are an integral part of electrical distribution and can explode or catch fire without warning. However the wall is not self sufficient because it does not extend below the structure or through the roof meaning that fire and smoke can quickly spread through these two. This standard for fire protection in a substation does provide specific guidance for the protection and physical isolation of transformers in the form of fire wall barriers.

Unlike most fire barriers transformer fire barriers are often expected to not only defeat. Ieee 979 guide for substation fire protection provides design guidance fire hazard assessment and pre fire planning in fire protection to substation engineers. This is a type of fire rated wall assembly. A fire barrier wall or a fire partition is a fire rated wall assembly that provides lower levels of protection than typically provided by a fire wall.