Larry Felker is a mechanical engineer and fire and smoke product manager for Belimo Americas. He has specialized in actuators and dampers for 25 years and is co-author of Dampers and Airflow Control, ASHRAE Special Publications. He is a member of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), International Code Council (ICC), and a Life Member of ASHRAE, where he serves on TC5.6, Control of Fire and Smoke. Contact him at larry.felker@us.belimo.com or at 775 355-2461.
Chapter 7 of the International Building Code (IBC)1 requires life safety dampers to protect duct and air transfer openings within building separations — fire walls, fire barriers, fire partitions, horizontal assemblies, smoke barriers, and smoke partitions.
