Fire Wardens play an important role in their community. They help manage the land before fires start, which can reduce how often and how severe wildfires can be.
In rural Queensland, the volunteer Fire Warden network administers the Permit to Light Fire system and provides advice to landholders on managing fire risk. If you live in an urban or rural fringe community, the Fire Warden could be your local fire station.
The Fire Warden’s role includes:
For further information contact your local Community Safety and Resilience Branch.
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Our Scope Reduction Initiative (SRI) began on 1 January 2015. The SRI has identified a number of types of building work where we will provide a response before an application is made to the Assessment Manager.
Under Section 57 of the Planning Act 2016, we are able to give a referral agency response on matters within our jurisdiction about a development before an application for the development is made to the Assessment Manager.
Our e-lodgement is a state-wide web-based portal for the electronic lodgement and processing of Queensland Fire Department referrals under the Planning Act 2016.
Alarm isolation is when the fire panel is prevented from sending signals to the Fire Monitoring Centre (FMC) through utilising the features of the Fire Indicator Panel (FIP) or the Alarm Signalling Equipment (ASE). There are two main ways that isolation can be carried out;
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Do all premises need to be connected directly to the brigade?
Fire alarm monitoring for a premises may be prescribed under legislation through the Building Code of Australia. If your premises is deemed to require monitoring under the code, failure to be monitored may make the building unlawful to occupy.
How does a premises owner apply for alarm monitoring?
This test is conducted by us and is applicable to any Class 2 or 3 building served by an Automatic Fire Detection and Alarm System required to comply with AS1670.1.
In addition to other alarm testing, and prior to the issuing of a final approval, we must be satisfied that the system will achieve specified performance (SPA Regs. Sch. 8).
The minimum test will include or simulate:
Reducing unwanted alarm activation is your responsibility. Below is a checklist which may assist with the reduction of unwanted alarms: