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(Fig 1.9) Fire Door –An important aspect of limiting the spread of fire, smoke, and toxic gases is protecting the openings in the fire compartment design that are provided to allow the building to be functional. Fire Doors are one of the systems which are necessary for the functioning of the building. Fire doors are used to enable safe egress of the occupants from the building in case of fire. In terms of NBC 2016, Fire door assembly is defined as follows: (Fig 1.10)