Victorian Numbered Regulations

BUILDING AMENDMENT (NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CODE) REGULATIONS 2014 (SR NO 51 OF 2014) - REG 8

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SCHEDULE 9

Regulation 1202

ESSENTIAL SAFETY MEASURES

PART 1—BUILDING FIRE INTEGRITY

Column 1	Column 2
Item	Safety Measure
1	Building elements required to satisfy prescribed fire-resistance levels
2	Materials and assemblies required to have fire hazard properties
3	Elements required to be non-combustible, provide fire protection, compartmentation or separation
4	Wall-wetting sprinklers (including doors and windows required in conjunction with wall-wetting sprinklers)
5	Fire doors (including sliding fire doors and their associated warning systems) and associated self-closing, automatic closing and latching mechanisms
6	Fire windows (including windows that are automatic or permanently fixed in the closed position)
7	Fire shutters
8	Solid core doors and associated self-closing, automatic closing and latching mechanisms
9	Fire-protection at service penetrations through elements required to be fire-resisting with respect to integrity or insulation, or to have a resistance to the incipient spread of fire
10	Fire protection associated with construction joints, spaces and the like in and between building elements required to be fire-resisting with respect to integrity and insulation
11	Smoke doors and associated self-closing, automatic closing and latching mechanisms
12	Proscenium walls (including proscenium curtains)

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PART 2—MEANS OF EGRESS

Column 1	Column 2
Item	Safety Measure
1	Paths of travel to exits
2	Discharge from exits (including paths of travel from open spaces to the public roads to which they are connected)
3	Exits (including fire-isolated stairways and ramps, non fire-isolated stairways and ramps, stair treads, balustrades and handrails associated with exits, and fire-isolated passageways)
4	Smoke lobbies to fire-isolated exits
5	Open access ramps or balconies for fire-isolated exits
6	Doors (other than fire or smoke doors) in a required exit, forming part of a required exit or in a path of travel to a required exit, and associated self-closing, automatic closing and latching mechanisms

PART 3—SIGNS

Column 1	Column 2
Item	Safety Measure
1	Exit signs (including direction signs)
2	Signs warning against the use of lifts in the event of fire
3	Warning signs on sliding fire doors and doors to non-required stairways, ramps and escalators
4	Signs, intercommunication systems, or alarm systems on doors of fire-isolated exits stating that re-entry to a storey is available
5	Signs alerting persons that the operation of doors must not be impaired
6	Signs required on doors, in alpine areas, alerting people that they open inwards
7	Fire order notices required in alpine areas

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PART 4—LIGHTING

Column 1	Column 2
Item	Safety Measure
1	Emergency Lighting

PART 5—FIRE FIGHTING SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT

Column 1	Column 2
Item	Safety Measure
1	Fire hydrant system (including on-site pump set and fire-service booster connection)
2	Fire hose reel system
3	Sprinkler system
4	Portable fire extinguishers
5	Fire control centres (or rooms)

PART 6—AIR HANDLING SYSTEMS

Column 1	Column 2
Item	Safety Measure
1	Smoke hazard management systems— (a)     automatic air pressurisation systems for fire-isolated exits; (b)     zone smoke control system; (c)     automatic smoke exhaust system; (d)     automatic smoke-and-heat vents (including automatic vents for atriums); (e)     air-handling systems that do not form part of a smoke hazard management system and which may unduly contribute to the spread of smoke; (f)     miscellaneous air handling systems covered by Sections 5 and 11 of AS/NZS 1668.1 serving more than one fire compartment; (g)     other air-handling systems.
2	Carpark mechanical ventilation system
3	Atrium smoke control system (see item 1d for smoke and heat vents)

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PART 7—AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION AND ALARM SYSTEMS

Column 1	Column 2
Item	Safety Measure
1	Smoke and heat alarm system
2	Smoke and heat detection system
3	Atrium fire detection and alarm system

PART 8—OCCUPANT WARNING SYSTEMS

Column 1	Column 2
Item	Safety Measure
1	Sound system and intercom system for emergency purposes
2	Building occupant warning system

PART 9—LIFTS

Column 1	Column 2
Item	Safety Measure
1	Stretcher facilities in lifts
2	Emergency lifts
3	Passenger lift fire service controls

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PART 10—STANDBY POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

Column 1	Column 2
Item	Safety Measure
1	Standby power supply system

PART 11—BUILDING CLEARANCE AND FIRE APPLIANCES

Column 1	Column 2
Item	Safety Measure
1	Open space around large isolated buildings
2	Vehicular access around large isolated buildings

PART 12—MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND HOT, WARM AND COOLING WATER SYSTEMS

Column 1	Column 2
Item	Safety Measure
1	Mechanical ventilation systems incorporating cooling tower systems (other than a system serving only a single sole-occupancy unit in a Class 2 or 3 building or a Class 4 part of a building)
2	Mechanical ventilation systems incorporating Hot and Warm water systems (other than a system serving only a single sole-occupancy unit in a Class 2 or 3 building or a Class 4 part of a building)

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