CEO, Firewize
30 Nov, 2020
In Volume One, Part I1 of the 2013 edition of the National Construction Code ("NCC") included details of a equipment and safety installations. This reference was removed in the 204 edition of the NCC however its legacy remains widely used across Australia.
These safety measures contain additional references for safety measures as they apply within the NCC.
| Safety Measure | BCA provisions for determining standard of performance |
|---|---|
| Building elements required to satisfy prescribed fire- resistance levels |
Section C, D1.12 |
| Materials and assemblies required to have fire hazard properties | C1.10 |
| Elements required to be non-combustible, provide fire protection, compartmentation or separation | C2.5 to C2.14, C3.3, C3.11, D1.7, D1.8, E1.3, G3.4 |
| Wall-wetting sprinklers (including doors and windows required in conjunction with wall-wetting sprinklers) | C3.4, C3.8, C3.11, D1.7, D1.8, G3.8 |
| Fire doors (including sliding fire doors and their associated warning systems) and associated self- closing, automatic closing and latching mechanisms. | C2.12, C2.13, C3.4 to C3.8, C3.10, C3.11, D1.7, D1.8, D1.12. |
| Fire windows (including windows that are automatic or permanently fixed in the closed position) | C3.4, C3.8, C3.11, D1.7, D1.8 |
| Fire shutters | C3.4, C3.5, D1.7, D1.8 |
| Solid core doors and associated self-closing, automatic closing and latching mechanisms | C3.11 |
| Fire protection at service penetrations through elements required to be fire-resisting with respect to integrity or insulation, or to have a resistance to the incipient spread of fire | C3.12, C3.13, C3.15 |
| Fire protection associated with construction joints, spaces and the like in and between building elements required to be fire-resisting with respect to integrity and insulation | C3.16 |
| Smoke doors and associated self-closing, automatic closing and latching mechanisms |
Specification C2.5, D2.6, H1.3 |
| Proscenium walls (including proscenium curtains) | H1.3 |
| Safety Measure | BCA provisions for determining standard of performance |
|---|---|
| Paths of travel to exits | D1.6 |
| Discharge from exits (including paths of travel from open spaces to the public roads to which they are connected) | D1.7, D1.9 to D1.11, D2.12, G4.3, G4.6, G4.7 |
| Exits (including fire-isolated stairways and ramps, non-fire-isolated stairways and ramps, stair treads, balustrades and handrails associated with exits, and fire-isolated passageways) | D2.2, D2.3, D2.8 to D2.11, D2.13, D2.16, D2.17 |
| Smoke lobbies to fire-isolated exits | D1.7, D2.6 |
| Open access ramps or balconies for fire-isolated exits | D2.19 to D2.23 |
| Doors (other than fire or smoke doors) in a required exit, forming part of a required exit or in a path of travel to a required exit, and associated self-closing, automatic closing and latching mechanisms | D1.6, D2.19 to D2.21, D2.23 |
| Safety Measure | BCA provisions for determining standard of performance |
|---|---|
| Exit signs (including direction signs) | Specification D1.12, E4.5, E4.6, E4.8 |
| Signs warning against the use of lifts in the event of fire | E3.3 |
| Warning signs on sliding fire doors and doors to non-required stairways, ramps and escalators. | C3.6, Specification D1.12 |
| Signs, intercommunication systems, or alarm systems on doors of fire isolated exits stating that re-entry to a storey is available | D2.22 |
| Signs alerting persons that operation of doors must not be impaired | D2.23 |
| Signs required on doors in alpine areas, alerting people that they open inwards | G4.3 |
| Fire order notices required in alpine areas | G4.9 |
| Safety Measure | BCA provisions for determining standard of performance |
|---|---|
| Emergency Lighting | E4.2, E4.4 |
| Safety Measure | BCA provisions for determining standard of performance |
|---|---|
| Fire hose reel system | E1.4, AS2441 |
| Fire hydrant system (including on-site pump set and fire-service booster connection) | E1.3, AS 2419.1 |
| Automatic fire sprinkler system | E1.4, AS2441 |
| Portable fire extinguishers | E1.6, AS 2444 |
| Fire control centres (or rooms) | E1.8 |
| Provisions for special hazards | E1.8 |
| Safety Measure | BCA provisions for determining standard of performance |
|---|---|
| Smoke hazard management systems; - Automatic air pressurization for fire isolated exits - Zone smoke control system - Automatic smoke exhaust system - Automatic smoke and heat vents - Air handling systems (which may contribute to smoke spread) - Miscellaneous air handling systems covered by sections 5 and 11 of AS/NZS 1668.1 serving more than one fire compartment | E2.2 |
| Carpark mechanical ventilation system | F4.11 |
| Atrium smoke control system | Specification G3.8 |
| Safety Measure | BCA provisions for determining standard of performance |
|---|---|
| Smoke and heat alarm system | Clause 3 of specification E2.2a, AS 3786 |
| Smoke and heat detection system | Clause 4 of specification E2.2, AS 1670.1 |
| Atrium fire detection and alarm systems | Clause 4 of specification G3.4, AS 1670.1 |
| Safety Measure | BCA provisions for determining standard of performance |
|---|---|
| Emergency warning and intercommunication system | E4.9, Clause 6 of specification G3.8 |
| Building occupant warning system | Clause 8 of specification E1.5, Clause 6 of specification E2.2a |
| Safety Measure | BCA provisions for determining standard of performance |
|---|---|
| Stretcher facility in lifts | E3.2 |
| Emergency lifts | E3.4 |
| Passenger lift fire service controls | E3.7 |
| Safety Measure | BCA provisions for determining standard of performance |
|---|---|
| Standby power supply systems | E3.4, Clause 6 of specification G3.8 |