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ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT (DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATION AND FIRE SAFETY) REGULATION 2021 - REG 79

Content of fire safety schedules

79 Content of fire safety schedules

(1) A fire safety schedule must specify the current and proposed fire safety measures that must be implemented for the building, including statutory fire safety measures and other fire measures.
(2) A fire safety schedule must deal with the whole of the building and not only the part of the building to which the development consent, construction certificate or fire safety order relates.
(3) A fire safety schedule must--
(a) specify and distinguish between the statutory fire safety measures that are--
(i) currently implemented for the building, and
(ii) proposed or required to be implemented for the building, and
(b) specify each critical fire safety measure and the intervals, of less than 12 months, at which a supplementary fire safety statement must be given to the council for each measure, and
(c) specify the minimum standard of performance for each fire safety measure in the schedule.
(4) In this section--

"statutory fire safety measures" means the measures specified in the following Table--

Table

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 of the building
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



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