Safety Service

A safety service is term defined in Australian Standard AS/NZS 3000 that describes "a system or component that operates to identify an emergency, or is intended to operate during an emergency, and is primarily associated with –

1. the safety of persons evacuating a building; 
2.  fire-fighting operations;
3. fire suppression."

Clause 7.2 of the Standard goes on to describe the following safety services;

1. fire detection systems;
2. warning / evacuation systems or sound systems and intercom systems for emergency services;
3. extinguishing systems;
4. smoke control systems;
5. lifts used for the safety of persons;
6. fire-and smoke-control equipment;
7. fire hydrant booster pumps;
8. pumps for automatic fire sprinkler, water spray or deluge systems;
9. pumps for hose reel systems;
10. air-handling systems intended to exhaust and control the spread of fire and smoke;
11. central system emergency evacuation lighting complying with Australian Standard AS 2293 series.

There are a couple of examples of items of equipment or systems in the Standard that do not affect the operation of safety services such as;

• pumps for 'jacking' of water pressure maintenance, where the failure of which does no deprice the fire hydrant system or sprinkler system an adequate water supply;
• pumps for fire hose reels where the hose reels are not the only fire-extinguishing system within the building, e.g. when used with a sprinkler system.
• smoke alarms installed in single private residences.