Larsens Drop Type Surface Mount Fire Blanket, ADA Compliant

No wall cavity is needed. The FB1016 is a surface mount cabinet, so it hangs on the face of the finished wall rather than being recessed between studs. That makes it the choice for masonry, CMU, concrete, or any wall you cannot open up, and it is why it works as a retrofit into an occupied building where a recessed box would mean patching drywall.

Yes, the FB1016 is ADA compliant. That matters because a surface mounted cabinet projects into the space, and protruding object limits are what usually rule a surface unit out of an egress corridor. Larsens lists this one as ADA, so it is the surface mount option to specify where a recessed cabinet is not buildable but the corridor still has to hold clearance.

The blanket is included. A 62 x 80 inch blanket ships with the cabinet, made from a blend of reprocessed wool and meeting federal specification CS-191-53 for fire retardance. You are buying a complete assembly, not an empty box, so there is no separate blanket line to add to the order.

It comes down to the wall. Recessed gives a flush face and no projection, but it needs a cavity deep enough for the box, which rules it out on CMU, concrete, shear walls, and anywhere you cannot open the wall. The FB1016 surface mounts instead, needing 8 inches of clear depth off the wall face for the box, and it is listed ADA, so it stays specifiable in corridors where a projecting cabinet would otherwise be a problem.

The FB1016 is not a fire rated cabinet. It stores fire protection equipment, it is not a rated assembly, so it does not carry a rating you can apply to a rated wall. Since it surface mounts and never breaches the wall, that is usually a non issue in practice, but if your drawing calls for a rated cabinet, this is not the one.

It will. The FB1016 is part of Larsens Architectural collection, the same styling family as their other Architectural cabinets, so a facility standardizing on that line gets a consistent look across fire extinguisher and fire blanket locations. That is the practical reason to spec it as a fleet rather than mixing cabinet styles floor to floor.

Steel, on both the door and the frame. For a hospital corridor, school shop, or hotel kitchen where the cabinet takes cart traffic and daily abuse, steel is what keeps the door swinging true over the life of the building. It also means the unit takes a durable painted finish rather than a plastic face.

The blanket in the FB1016 cabinet measures 62 x 80 inches, which Larsens gives as 157.5 x 203.2 cm. That is large enough to wrap an adult, which is the size a lab or industrial kitchen wants for personnel use rather than a small pan smothering blanket.