Fire and evacuation plan to include and reflect fire safety management procedure
24 Fire and evacuation plan to include and reflect fire safety management procedure
Subsection (2) applies if building work for a building involved an alternative solution for a relevant performance requirement that includes a fire safety management procedure as a condition of the occupation and use of the building.
Examples of fire safety management procedures—
• a limitation on the use of finishes with fire hazard properties as defined under the BCA
• a prohibition on storing hazardous materials above a stated height
• a limitation on storing or using stated materials
• a requirement that all of a building’s final exit doors be unlocked before it is occupied on the start of any day
• a requirement to implement stated evacuation strategies or procedures
• a restriction on the number and the distribution of a building’s occupants
• a requirement that evacuation routes be kept clear of fittings and furnishings or be kept sterile
• a prohibition on carrying out any hazardous processes or storage mentioned in the BCA, part E1D13, paragraph (2)(a)
The occupier of the building must ensure that—
a record of the fire safety management procedure is included in the building’s fire and evacuation plan; and
the plan adequately reflects the procedure.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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