Securing cat5e in a hospital

[Chieflongwind]

What are the requirements for securing one cat5e cable in a hospital drop ceiling through 5 fire rated walls?

 

[nhfire77]

What are the requirements for securing one cat5e cable in a hospital drop ceiling through 5 fire rated walls?

Whatever the job specs call for.


The EIA has standards, but there is no hard and fast NEC rule. 4'-5' is the normal maximum span, in general. Being a hospital has no bearing, again NEC, local amendments no withstanding. The fire rated partitions also have no bearing on support spacing.