Fire Barrier Wall For Transformer

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

Fire barrier wall for transformer.

Durasteel transformer barriers are essential in providing protection to life property and infrastructure when there is a risk from transformer failures. 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 is a type of fire rated wall assembly. 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. Transformers are an integral part of electrical distribution and can explode or catch fire without warning. 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. The main differences are that these fire resistant walls are not structurally self sufficient.