Do "slammers" need to be self-latching? 2018 IBC 3006.3 #3 has the slammer option, but don't indicate or reference any section that would require a latching mechanism or hardware requirements, other than for free egress (3002.6). It would seem, that since both #1 as a fire partition would require it, and #2 specifically references a section that requires it, that the "additional doors" would be similarly treated. But, there is no direction that the doors need to be fire rated, or even...
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