- Fire rated cable/s must be:
- Supported on suitable fire rated metallic cable trays
- Fastened with non-flammable rated materials such as steel ties, clips or similar at not less than 0.9m intervals horizontal and 0.6m vertical, or as per the manufacturer’s recommendations and tested system.
- Fire rated wiring in new or altered works include wiring to:
- Switchboards sustaining NCC emergency equipment (switchboards need to be in an equivalent fire rated enclosure)
- Smoke control equipment
- Motorised fire damper
- Electrical fire pumps
- Lifts
- NCC essential electricity mains (unless otherwise fire rated by being run below ground).
Note: All the above are NCC essential safety measures