Chapter 7 — FIRE AND SMOKE PROTECTION FEATURES
Section 716 — OPENING PROTECTIVES
2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · California
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716.1 General. ¶
716.1 General. Opening protectives required by other sections of this code shall comply with the provisions of this section and shall be installed in accordance with NFPA 80. TABLE 716.1(1)—MARKING FIRE-RATED GLAZING ASSEMBLIESCol2Col3 --------- FIRE TEST STANDARDMARKINGDEFINITION OF MARKING ASTM E119 or UL 263WMeets wall assembly criteria. ASTM E119 or UL 263FCMeets floor/ceiling criteriaa NFPA 257 or UL 9OHMeets fire window assembly criteria including the hose stream test. NFPA 252 or UL 10B or UL 10CDMeets fire door assembly criteria. NFPA 252 or UL 10B or UL 10CHMeets fire door assembly…
716.2 Fire door assemblies. ¶
716.2 Fire door assemblies. Fire door assemblies required by other sections of this code shall comply with the provisions of this section. Fire door frames with transom lights, sidelights or both shall be permitted in accordance with Section 716.2.5.4. 716.2.1 Testing requirements. Approved fire door and fire shutter assemblies shall be constructed of any material or assembly of component materials that conforms to the test requirements of Sections 716.2.1.1 through 716.2.1.4 and the fire protection rating indicated in Table 716.1(2). Exceptions: 1. Labeled protective assemblies that conform…
716.3 Fire window assemblies. ¶
716.3 Fire window assemblies. Fire window assemblies required by other sections of this code shall comply with the provisions of this section. 716.3.1 Testing requirements. Fire window assemblies shall be constructed of any material or assembly of component materials that conforms to the test requirements of Sections 716.3.1.1 and 716.3.1.2 and the fire protection rating indicated in Table 716.1(3). 716.3.1.1 Testing under positive pressure. NFPA 257 or UL 9 shall evaluate fire-protection-rated glazing under positive pressure. Within the first 10 minutes of a test, the pressure in the furnace…
716.4 Fire protective curtain assembly. ¶
716.4 Fire protective curtain assembly. Approved fire protective curtain assemblies shall be constructed of any materials or assembly of component materials tested without hose stream in accordance with UL 10D, and shall comply with the Sections 716.4.1 through 716.4.3. 716.4.1 Label. Fire protective curtain assemblies used as opening protectives in fire-rated walls and smoke partitions shall be labeled in accordance with Section 716.2.9. 716.4.2 Smoke and draft control. Fire protective curtain assemblies used to protect openings where smoke and draft control assemblies are required shall…