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title: Fire Resistive Wiring Methods
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# Fire Resistive Wiring Methods
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## Requirements
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Permitted methods for fire protection of emergency feeders
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are specified in 700.10(D)(1).
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![[nfpa-70_700_emergency-systems#700.10(D)(2) Feeder-Circuit Wiring.]]
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the requirements of which only apply to occupancies listed in 700.10(D)(1)
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![[nfpa-70_700_emergency-systems#700.10(D)(1) Occupancies.]]
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Note that even in these occupancies only [[nfpa-70_100_definitions#Feeder.|feeders]]
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require fire protection, not [[nfpa-70_100_definitions#Branch Circuit.|branch circuits]].
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## Construction
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> [!info] Keywords
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> * Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH)
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* Mineral Insulated (MI) Cable
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* Fire Resistive Metal-Clad (MC) Cable
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* Fire Resistive Cable-in-Conduit (CIC)
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> [!info] "Vitalink" vs "Lifeline" cable
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> VITALink® and Lifeline® are brand names
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> (of Omni Cable and Prysmian Group respectively),
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> not cable types.
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> *Both* brands include MC *and* CIC cables.
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