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- Unwanted alarms charging We charge for attendance at unwanted alarm activations to encourage building owners/occupiers to be continually proactive in managing fire alarm systems, thus reducing unwanted alarm activations.They are empowered to do so under the Fire Services Act 1990 Part 6 Charges for services.Under the conditions of…
- Transfer of ownership Invoicing requirementsIt is our requirement that the owner of a monitored premises is invoiced for all alarm management charges as per Section 128, Fire Services Act 1990.As an owner of monitored premises you may require the occupier or tenant to be responsible for paying the alarm management charge. Financial…
- Alarm Signalling Equipment What is an Alarm Signalling Equipment (ASE)?Fire Indication Panel and Upgraded ASE unitAn ASE is the device inside your fire panel that enables us to monitor your building's fire equipment. The ASE will send signals to the fire monitoring centre to advise of any changes in status of your fire equipment e.g.…
- Fire safety systems generally and performance solutions IntroductionThe purpose of this guide is to communicate our expectations of referred performance solutions to facilitate effective stakeholder engagement with us and encourage desirable referral agency advice response outcomes.A building development application that is Assessable…
- Performance solutions referral process Performance solutions must satisfy the requirements of NCC clause A2.2 with the mandatory requirement for consultation of the performance-based design brief (PBDB) to occur and obtain agreement from the relevant stakeholders of the performance solution. We are a relevant stakeholder in our role as a…
- General advice for performance solutions Building development applications are often building code focussed however, some generalised advice is provided below that should be considered in association with the building code solutions.On this page:General considerations for operational response and intervention (NACE)Unwanted Alarms …
- Inspection, testing and commissioning of performance solutions Queensland legislation imposes obligations on several parties to ensure that a performance solution is installed, tested and commissioned as intended by the approval documentation.On this page:Inspection of special fire services and performance solution aspectsInspection feesFire…
- National Construction Code (NCC) compliance The National Construction Code (NCC) has identified the mandatory compliance for performance solutions. Under the NCC, performance solutions are to be prepared with the relevant stakeholders. We are a referral advice agency and also undertake the fire brigade intervention role written in the…