Fire Safety Infrastructure Unit

The Fire Safety Infrastructure Unit provides consultation services to industry and agencies on fire safety performance-based design for:

  • State significant infrastructure (SSI) and State significant development (SSD).
  • Developments classified as Crown building work
  • Private school and private hospital developments.

The Fire Safety Infrastructure Unit is responsible for:

  • Undertaking PBDB consultation and provision of technical advice on performance solutions
  • Consultation with stakeholders and negotiation on proposed performance solutions for a project
  • Assessment of a performance solution report for the purpose of issuing a written report or initial fire safety report
  • Attendance at consultation meetings with project stakeholders
  • Undertaking inspections of SSI for the purpose of issuing a written report.
+ Infrastructure FAQ
+ All guidelines and tech info sheets
+ All position statements

Business process overview

+ State significant infrastructure or development
+ Crown development
+ Private schools and hospitals

Services

+ Performance-based design brief (PBDB)
+ Request a FRNSW meeting
+ Initial fire safety report (IFSR)
+ Written report - Other
+ Final fire safety report (FFSR)
+ General fire safety inspection or assessment

Related documents

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