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?
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.
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Rob Broadhead, CEO of 2020 Fire Protection.
I've been involved in strata since 2001, spoken at events, written training courses and been involved in committees. I am a regular contributor to SCA, FMA, OCN, LookUpStrata and Your Strata Property.
I’ve been in fire protection since 1992, a graduate of the Institute of Fire Engineers and an Accredited Practitioner (Fire Safety).
I’ve served voluntarily as VP of FPA Australia and on SCA’s NSW State Committee. I've represented FMA on the Building Commission’s Fire Safety Steering committee, and listed in the 2021 report into Fire Safety Reform. I am co-chair of the Strata sector of the Fire Safety Industry Reference Group.
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