Passive Fire Penetration Systems

To provide protection to people and property, the NCC requires buildings to be designed to contain fire to allow time for the evacuation of people and for fire brigade response. This requires the creation of Fire compartments in buildings as requi...

1. Penetrations in fire compartments is covered in Part C3 of the NCC (Protection of openings) 2. For this document we will be dealing with services penetrations – we will not be dealing with Lift doors, fire doors, garbage cute doors, fir...

Includes fire collars, fire pillows, Fire boxes for power outlets, fire rated sealant for cables/metal pipes and the like

With so many possible combinations of scenarios and solutions for external walls – it’s important to understand the selection process for a compliant system. This section will only deal with the panel selection based on combustibility criteria – pa...

In summary for current NCC compliance – Use the Passive Fire systems implementation guidelines in the HB Doc library (as attached to is document below)

NCC Part C – clause C3.15 Australian Standards 1530.4 1530.7

Passive Fire System Implementation Guide Step 1 - Hutchies QA Manual Read Topic 16 - Fire Compartments and Systems Quality Manual. Read Topic 17 - Passive Fire systems Quality manual. Step 2 - Fire Compartmentation Plan Reques...