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- Lithium-ion battery safety: take charge What are lithium-ion batteries?Lithium-ion batteries power many everyday rechargeable devices, such as mobile phones, laptops, vapes, power tools, e-scooters, e-bikes and electric vehicles. However, if not used, stored or disposed of correctly, these batteries can pose a serious fire risk. To keep…
- Building occupiers, owners, lessees and bodies corporate If you are an owner, business, individual, or part of a body corporate involved in occupying, leasing, or managing a building in Queensland, you hold the status of an 'occupier' under the Fire Services Act 1990. This status brings with it the important legal responsibility of ensuring the…
- Hazardous chemicals emergency planning Emergency planningQueensland’s Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (section 43) stipulates that all workplaces must have a written emergency plan.There are additional obligations if hazardous materials are used, handled or stored at a workplace.If the quantity of schedule 11 hazardous chemicals exceeds…
- Renewable Energies Sites with augmented grid power supply and storage infrastructure are being constructed in Queensland, including battery storage facilities, solar farms and wind farms.The rapid advancement of renewable energy technology means that these sites present unique hazards for fire service response, such as live electricity,…
- Community Safety Resilience Office contacts We are involved in building fire safety in the following ways:providing Referral Agency Advice under the Planning Act 2016 on building work assessable against the Building Act 1975ensuring building owners and occupiers are aware of their obligations regarding the fire safety of their building…
- Alarm monitoring The Alarm & Financial Management teams provide services and advice to us, our customers and the broader community regarding the management and monitoring of automatic fire alarms, including unwanted alarm activations.Alarm monitoring is a service to ensure buildings that are either prescribed under legislation or have…
- Unwanted alarm activation An unwanted alarm is defined as an emergency alarm signalled at a time when we are satisfied there was no emergency requiring the attendance of the fire service.We respond to around 18,000 unwanted alarm activations from monitored fire alarm systems per year. This creates a high burden on the community in the form…
- Preventing unwanted alarms checklist Reducing unwanted alarm activation is your responsibility. Below is a checklist which may assist with the reduction of unwanted alarms:Always liaise with your fire alarm specialist.Ensure the fire alarm system is regularly maintained and tested to the appropriate Australian Standard.Seek advice from your…
- Pragmatic cooking and shower test 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…