Fire Resistant Cable Systems

Fire-Resistive
Cable Systems

Overview

Fire-Resistive Cable Systems

Overview

Fire-Resistive Cable Systems

With the widest portfolio of fire-resistive cable systems in North America, Prysmian’s Lifeline^® technology offers ease of installation, the best value in the electrical industry, and most importantly, UL-certified code compliance for life safety applications.

Lifeline fire-resistive cables are equipped with unique, ceramified silicone technology designed to allow vital communication and power systems to remain operational during extreme fire conditions.

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Lifeline® can take the heat

Lifeline^® cables can withstand temperatures of up to 1010 °C.

Maintaining Critical Systems and Circuits

Lifeline fire-resistive cable systems are designed to maintain operation of critical fire alarm systems and emergency circuits against attack by fire and water and are used primarily for:

Fire pumps
Emergency Ventilation Systems
Stairwell Pressurization
Emergency Lighting Systems
Back-up power Systems
Emergency Feeder Cables
Elevators / OEO
Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS)

White Paper – Response to Beyond UL 2196: A Comparative Study of UL Listed 2-Hour Fire-Rated Cables’ Properties

White Paper – Response to Beyond UL 2196: A Comparative Study of UL Listed 2-Hour Fire-Rated Cables’ Properties

This paper is in response to a white paper and video published by nVent Thermal in January 2021 that makes misleading claims about ceramifying insulation cables. The nVent Thermal claims rely on company-funded test by an anonymous laboratory conducted without regulatory oversight. The process did not follow accepted industry standards, and many methods do not accurately replicate real-life scenarios.

Inside Lifeline Products

RHW-2 Power Cable

Lifeline^® RHW-2 Two-Hour Fire Resistive Cables are for use in Life Safety and Emergency circuits in EMT and XW Breathsaver® Phenolic Conduit. They are UL 2196 Certified Fire Resistive Cable for Survivability in a Fire.

Metal Clad (MC) Power Cable

Lifeline^® MC and Lifeline^® MC LSZH Two-Hour Fire Resistive Cables are for use in Life Safety and Emergency circuits as self-contained raceways. They are UL 2196 Certified Fire Resistive Cable for Survivability in a Fire.

QFCI Fiber Optic Cable

QFCI is optical riser rated cable for indoor and outdoor use in vital communication and emergency systems that need to be operational during fire. The cable is LSZH and flame retardant and has a patented design that ensures operation for more than three hours in fires up to 1000ºC per upgraded IEC 60331-25.