Question: Are the doors on an exterior cupboard an isolation switch for the common area power and lights, plus Foxtel and NBN connections required to be fire doors?
We are a small strata with 3 units. On the exterior of the building is a cupboard containing an isolation switch for the common area power and lights, plus Foxtel and NBN connections. The main switchboard and meters for the units are located elsewhere.
Are the doors on this cupboard required to be fire doors?
Answer: There is no need to protect the outside world from the switchboard risk.
The main switchboard if outside are unlikely to need to be fire doors as there is no need to protect the outside world from the switchboard risk.
It is only inside switchboards & even then, only if in a path of travel or in their own room where they are likely to require fire rating with such a small block.
This post appears in Strata News #531.
Rob Broadhead 2020 Fire Protection E: rob.broadhead@2020fire.com.au P: 1300 340 210