E1.3 Fire hydrants (a) A fire hydrant system must be provided to serve a building--
(i) having a total floor area greater than 500 m2; and
(ii) where a fire brigade is available to attend a building fire.
(b) The fire hydrant system--
(i) must be installed in accordance with AS 2419.1, except a Class 8 electricity network substation need not comply with clause 4.2 of AS 2419.1 if--
(A) it cannot be connected to town main supply; and
(B) one hour water storage is provided for firefighting; and
(ii) where internal fire hydrants are provided, they must serve only the storey on which they are located except that a sole-occupancy unit--
(A) in a Class 2 or 3 building or Class 4 part may be served by a single fire hydrant located at the level of egress from that sole-occupancy unit; or
(B) of not more than 2 storeys in a Class 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 building may be served by a single fire hydrant located at the level of egress from that sole-occupancy unit provided the fire hydrant can provide coverage to the whole of the sole-occupancy unit.
E1.4 Fire hose reels (a) E1.4 does not apply to--
(i) a Class 8 electricity network substation; or
(ii) a Class 9c aged care building; or
(iii) classrooms and associated corridors in a primary or secondary school.
(b) A fire hose reel system must be provided--
(i) to serve the whole building where one or more internal fire hydrants are installed; or
(ii) where internal fire hydrants are not installed, to serve any fire compartment with a floor area greater than 500 m2, and for the purposes of this clause, a sole-occupancy unit in a Class 2 or 3 building or Class 4 part is considered to be a fire compartment.
(c) The fire hose reel system must--
(i) have fire hose reels installed in accordance with AS 2441; and
(ii) provide fire hose reels to serve only the storey at which they are located, except a sole-occupancy unit--
(A) in a Class 2 or 3 building or Class 4 part may be served by a single fire hose reel located at the level of egress from that sole-occupancy unit; and
(B) of not more than 2 storeys in a Class 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 building may be served by a single fire hose reel located at the level of egress from that sole-occupancy unit provided the fire hose reel can provide coverage to the whole of the sole-occupancy unit.
(d) Fire hose reels must be located internally, externally or in combination, to achieve the system coverage specified in AS 2441.
(e) In achieving system coverage, one or a combination of the following criteria for individual internally located fire hose reels must be met in determining the layout of any fire hose reel system:
(i) Fire hose reels must be located adjacent to an internal fire hydrant (other than one within a fire-isolated exit), except that a fire hose reel need not be located adjacent to every fire hydrant, provided system coverage can be achieved.
(ii) Fire hose reels must be located within 4 m of an exit, except that a fire hose reel need not be located adjacent to every exit, provided system coverage can be achieved.
(iii) Where system coverage is not achieved by compliance with (i) and (ii), additional fire hose reels may be located in paths of travel to an exit to achieve the required coverage.
(f) Fire hose reels must be located so that the fire hose will not need to pass through doorways fitted with fire or smoke doors, except--
(i) doorways in walls referred to in C2.5(a)(v) in a Class 9a building and C2.5(b)(iv) in a Class 9c building, separating ancillary use areas of high potential fire hazard; and
(ii) doorways in walls referred to in C2.12 or C2.13 separating equipment or electrical supply systems; and
(iii) doorways in bounding construction in a Class 2 or 3 building or Class 4 part referred to in C3.11; and
(iv) doorway openings to shafts referred to in C3.13.
(g) Where the normal water supply cannot achieve the flow and pressures required by AS 2441, or is unreliable--
(i) a pump; or
(ii) water storage facility; or
(iii) both a pump and water storage facility,
must be installed to provide the minimum flow and pressures required by clause 6.1 of AS 2441.
E1.5 Sprinklers
A sprinkler system must--
(a) be installed in a building or part of a building when required by Table E1.5; and
(b) comply with Specification E1.5.
NT Table E1.5
Vic Table E1.5Table E1.5 REQUIREMENTS FOR SPRINKLERS Occupancy When sprinklers are required All classes— Throughout the whole building if any part of the building has an effective height of more than 25 m. (a) including an open-deck carpark within a multi-classified building; but (b) excluding— (i) an open-deck carpark being a separate building; and (ii) a Class 8 electricity network substation, with a floor area not more than 200m2, located within a multi-classified building. Class 6 In fire compartments where either of the following apply: (a) A floor area of more than 3 500 m2. (b) A volume more than 21 000 m3. Class 7a, other than open-deck carparks In fire compartments where more than 40 vehicles are accommodated. Class 9c aged care building Throughout the building and any fire compartment containing a Class 9c part. Class 9b theatres, stages & public halls see Part H1 Atrium construction see Part G3 Large isolated buildings see Clause C2.3 Occupancies of excessive hazard (see Note 3) In fire compartments where either of the following apply: (a) A floor area of more than 2 000 m2. (b) A volume of more than 12 000 m3. Notes: 1. See Specification C1.1 for use of sprinklers in Class 2 buildings and carparks generally. 2. See Part E2 for use of sprinklers to satisfy Smoke Hazard Management provisions. 3. For the purposes of this Table, occupancies of excessive fire hazard comprise buildings which contain— (a) hazardous processes or storage including the following: (i) Aircraft hangars. (ii) Cane furnishing manufacture, processing and storage. (iii) Fire-lighter and fireworks manufacture and warehousing. (iv) Foam plastic and foam plastic goods manufacture, processing and warehousing, eg, furniture factory. (v) Hydrocarbon based sheet product, manufacture, processing and warehousing, eg, vinyl floor coverings. (vi) Woodwool and other flammable loose fibrous material manufacture. (b) Combustible Goods with an aggregate volume exceeding 1000 m3 and stored to a height greater than 4 m including the following: (i) Aerosol packs with flammable contents. (ii) Carpets and clothing. (iii) Electrical appliances. (iv) Combustible compressed fibreboards (low and high density) and plywoods. (v) Combustible cartons, irrespective of content (vi) Esparto and other fibrous combustible material. (vii) Furniture including timber, cane and composite, where foamed rubber or plastics are incorporated. (viii) Paper storage (all forms of new or waste) eg, bales, sheet, horizontal or vertical rolls, waxed coated or processed. (ix) Textiles raw and finished, eg, rolled cloth, clothing and manchester. (x) Timber storage including sheets, planks, boards, joists and cut sizes. (xi) Vinyl, plastic, foamed plastic, rubber and other combustible sheets, offcuts and random pieces and rolled material storage, eg, carpet, tar paper, linoleum, wood veneer and foam mattresses. (xii) All materials having wrappings or preformed containers of foamed plastics.
E1.8 Fire control centres
A fire control centre facility in accordance with Specification E1.8 must be provided for--
(a) a building with an effective height of more than 25 m; and
(b) a Class 6, 7, 8 or 9 building with a total floor area of more than 18 000
(i) having a total floor area greater than 500 m2; and
(ii) where a fire brigade is available to attend a building fire.
(b) The fire hydrant system--
(i) must be installed in accordance with AS 2419.1, except a Class 8 electricity network substation need not comply with clause 4.2 of AS 2419.1 if--
(A) it cannot be connected to town main supply; and
(B) one hour water storage is provided for firefighting; and
(ii) where internal fire hydrants are provided, they must serve only the storey on which they are located except that a sole-occupancy unit--
(A) in a Class 2 or 3 building or Class 4 part may be served by a single fire hydrant located at the level of egress from that sole-occupancy unit; or
(B) of not more than 2 storeys in a Class 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 building may be served by a single fire hydrant located at the level of egress from that sole-occupancy unit provided the fire hydrant can provide coverage to the whole of the sole-occupancy unit.
E1.4 Fire hose reels (a) E1.4 does not apply to--
(i) a Class 8 electricity network substation; or
(ii) a Class 9c aged care building; or
(iii) classrooms and associated corridors in a primary or secondary school.
(b) A fire hose reel system must be provided--
(i) to serve the whole building where one or more internal fire hydrants are installed; or
(ii) where internal fire hydrants are not installed, to serve any fire compartment with a floor area greater than 500 m2, and for the purposes of this clause, a sole-occupancy unit in a Class 2 or 3 building or Class 4 part is considered to be a fire compartment.
(c) The fire hose reel system must--
(i) have fire hose reels installed in accordance with AS 2441; and
(ii) provide fire hose reels to serve only the storey at which they are located, except a sole-occupancy unit--
(A) in a Class 2 or 3 building or Class 4 part may be served by a single fire hose reel located at the level of egress from that sole-occupancy unit; and
(B) of not more than 2 storeys in a Class 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 building may be served by a single fire hose reel located at the level of egress from that sole-occupancy unit provided the fire hose reel can provide coverage to the whole of the sole-occupancy unit.
(d) Fire hose reels must be located internally, externally or in combination, to achieve the system coverage specified in AS 2441.
(e) In achieving system coverage, one or a combination of the following criteria for individual internally located fire hose reels must be met in determining the layout of any fire hose reel system:
(i) Fire hose reels must be located adjacent to an internal fire hydrant (other than one within a fire-isolated exit), except that a fire hose reel need not be located adjacent to every fire hydrant, provided system coverage can be achieved.
(ii) Fire hose reels must be located within 4 m of an exit, except that a fire hose reel need not be located adjacent to every exit, provided system coverage can be achieved.
(iii) Where system coverage is not achieved by compliance with (i) and (ii), additional fire hose reels may be located in paths of travel to an exit to achieve the required coverage.
(f) Fire hose reels must be located so that the fire hose will not need to pass through doorways fitted with fire or smoke doors, except--
(i) doorways in walls referred to in C2.5(a)(v) in a Class 9a building and C2.5(b)(iv) in a Class 9c building, separating ancillary use areas of high potential fire hazard; and
(ii) doorways in walls referred to in C2.12 or C2.13 separating equipment or electrical supply systems; and
(iii) doorways in bounding construction in a Class 2 or 3 building or Class 4 part referred to in C3.11; and
(iv) doorway openings to shafts referred to in C3.13.
(g) Where the normal water supply cannot achieve the flow and pressures required by AS 2441, or is unreliable--
(i) a pump; or
(ii) water storage facility; or
(iii) both a pump and water storage facility,
must be installed to provide the minimum flow and pressures required by clause 6.1 of AS 2441.
E1.5 Sprinklers
A sprinkler system must--
(a) be installed in a building or part of a building when required by Table E1.5; and
(b) comply with Specification E1.5.
NT Table E1.5
Vic Table E1.5Table E1.5 REQUIREMENTS FOR SPRINKLERS Occupancy When sprinklers are required All classes— Throughout the whole building if any part of the building has an effective height of more than 25 m. (a) including an open-deck carpark within a multi-classified building; but (b) excluding— (i) an open-deck carpark being a separate building; and (ii) a Class 8 electricity network substation, with a floor area not more than 200m2, located within a multi-classified building. Class 6 In fire compartments where either of the following apply: (a) A floor area of more than 3 500 m2. (b) A volume more than 21 000 m3. Class 7a, other than open-deck carparks In fire compartments where more than 40 vehicles are accommodated. Class 9c aged care building Throughout the building and any fire compartment containing a Class 9c part. Class 9b theatres, stages & public halls see Part H1 Atrium construction see Part G3 Large isolated buildings see Clause C2.3 Occupancies of excessive hazard (see Note 3) In fire compartments where either of the following apply: (a) A floor area of more than 2 000 m2. (b) A volume of more than 12 000 m3. Notes: 1. See Specification C1.1 for use of sprinklers in Class 2 buildings and carparks generally. 2. See Part E2 for use of sprinklers to satisfy Smoke Hazard Management provisions. 3. For the purposes of this Table, occupancies of excessive fire hazard comprise buildings which contain— (a) hazardous processes or storage including the following: (i) Aircraft hangars. (ii) Cane furnishing manufacture, processing and storage. (iii) Fire-lighter and fireworks manufacture and warehousing. (iv) Foam plastic and foam plastic goods manufacture, processing and warehousing, eg, furniture factory. (v) Hydrocarbon based sheet product, manufacture, processing and warehousing, eg, vinyl floor coverings. (vi) Woodwool and other flammable loose fibrous material manufacture. (b) Combustible Goods with an aggregate volume exceeding 1000 m3 and stored to a height greater than 4 m including the following: (i) Aerosol packs with flammable contents. (ii) Carpets and clothing. (iii) Electrical appliances. (iv) Combustible compressed fibreboards (low and high density) and plywoods. (v) Combustible cartons, irrespective of content (vi) Esparto and other fibrous combustible material. (vii) Furniture including timber, cane and composite, where foamed rubber or plastics are incorporated. (viii) Paper storage (all forms of new or waste) eg, bales, sheet, horizontal or vertical rolls, waxed coated or processed. (ix) Textiles raw and finished, eg, rolled cloth, clothing and manchester. (x) Timber storage including sheets, planks, boards, joists and cut sizes. (xi) Vinyl, plastic, foamed plastic, rubber and other combustible sheets, offcuts and random pieces and rolled material storage, eg, carpet, tar paper, linoleum, wood veneer and foam mattresses. (xii) All materials having wrappings or preformed containers of foamed plastics.
E1.8 Fire control centres
A fire control centre facility in accordance with Specification E1.8 must be provided for--
(a) a building with an effective height of more than 25 m; and
(b) a Class 6, 7, 8 or 9 building with a total floor area of more than 18 000