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Protecting your investment and adding value to your community Fire Safety Measures - the burning questions Robert Marinelli Philip Chun Audit and pre Feasibility essential services purchase Concept / Schematic assessments code
code consulting DDA consulting essential services essential services Audit and pre purchase assessments Pre occupancy assessments Annual fire inspection Design reviews,
requirements, plan check, consulting, inspections, authority liaison, issue of approvals Design Development For Construction Approvals Construction Occupation Feasibility Concept / Schematic Design Post Occupation
Developer
Accredited Certifier
Builder
Principal Certifying Authority
Owner
Council
Post Occupation Certificate Construction Design period and issue of Construction Certificate
Identified in the design Specified on the Construction Certificate as the fire safety schedule Measures are installed and certified by the installers Maintain and keep measures operational Appointment of maintenance firm Specified on the Occupation Certificate as the fire safety certificate Annual fire safety statement
Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulations 2000 cl 166 Statutory fire safety measures
Access panels, doors and hoppers to fire-resisting shafts Automatic fail-safe devices Automatic fire detection and alarm systems Automatic fire suppression systems Emergency lifts Emergency lighting Emergency warning and intercommunication systems Exit signs Fire control centres and rooms Fire dampers Fire doors Fire hose reel systems Fire hydrant systems Fire seals protecting openings in fire-resisting components
Fire shutters Fire windows Lightweight construction Mechanical air handling systems Perimeter vehicle access for emergency vehicles Portable fire extinguishers Safety curtains in proscenium openings Smoke alarms and heat alarms Smoke and heat vents Smoke dampers Smoke detectors and heat detectors Smoke doors Solid core doors Standby power systems Wall-wetting sprinkler and drencher systems Warning and operational signs
implemented in the building or proposed or required to be implemented in the building
measure included in the schedule
A final fire safety certificate is a certificate issued by or on behalf of the owner stating each essential fire safety measure in the current fire safety schedule:
performing to at least the standard required by the current fire safety schedule for the building for which the certificate is issued.
and forms part of the Occupation Certificate approval documentation.
certificate is issued.
a) must inspect and verify the performance of each fire safety measure being assessed, and b) must test the operation of each new item of equipment
installed in the building premises that is included in the current fire safety schedule for the building.
a) must cause a copy of the certificate (together with a copy of the current fire safety schedule) to be given to the Fire Commissioner, b) must cause a further copy of the certificate (together with a copy of the current fire safety schedule) to be prominently displayed in the building.
– the name and address of the owner of the building or part, – a description of the building or part (including its address), – a list identifying each essential fire safety measure in the building or part, together with the minimum standard of performance specified in the relevant fire safety schedule in relation to each such measure, – the date or dates on which the essential fire safety measures were assessed, – the type of certificate being issued (that is, final or interim), – a statement to the effect referred to in clause 170 (for a final certificate) or clause 173 (for an interim certificate), – the date on which the certificate is issued.
accompanied by a fire safety schedule for the building or part.
An annual fire safety statement is issued to ensure:
Each essential fire safety measure specified in the statement has been assessed by a properly qualified person and was found, when it was assessed, to be capable of performing:
standard no less than that specified in the schedule, or
when it was inspected, to be in a condition that did not disclose any grounds for a prosecution under Division 7.
Division 7 issues cover
Time frames
safety measure or building must have been carried
Who does it
inspection is up to the owner of the building.
inspect and verify the performance of each fire safety measure being assessed.
Annual fire safety statements lodged with Council :-
safety statement was previously given, or
within 12 months after the fire safety certificate was issued, whichever is the later.
time prescribed constitutes a separate offence for each week As soon as practicable after an annual fire safety statement is issued, a copy
Commissioner, A copy of the statement and the current fire safety schedule) to be prominently displayed in the building.
annual statement),together with the minimum standard of performance specified in the relevant fire safety schedule in relation to each such measure,
Certificate
182 Essential fire safety measures to be maintained
measure in the building premises:
– That’s in a fire safety schedule, to a standard no less than that specified in the schedule, or – otherwise than in a fire safety schedule, to a standard no less than that to which the measure was originally designed and implemented. – As soon as practicable after receiving a request for a list of the fire safety measures from the owner other than from fire safety schedule, the council must provide the owner with a schedule of the essential fire safety measures for the building.
– Services company – Consultant – engineer or accredited certifier
– No current formal accreditation or registration of fire safety technicians in this area – AFPA membership does not guarantee qualification – Engineers (Engineers Australia, Consult Australia), Fire engineers, AC’s and PCA’s (BPB)