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Section E Services and equipment

Section E Services and equipment

Part E1 Fire fighting equipment

Delete references to Class 3 building used as a residential care building and Class 9a health-care building used as a residential care building. Add references to residential care building (Vic) and shared accommodation building in Table E1.5 and substitute Note 4 of Table E1.5 as follows:
Vic Table E1.5 Requirements for sprinklers
Occupancy Where sprinklers are required
Residential care building (Vic) Throughout the building.
Shared accommodation building Throughout the building.

Notes to Vic Table E1.5:

  1. For the purposes of this Table, occupancies of excessive fire hazard comprise buildings which contain—
    1. hazardous process risks including the following:
      1. Aircraft hangars.
      2. Electrical/electronic manufacturing and assembly (predominantly plastic components).
      3. Fire-lighter manufacturing.
      4. Fireworks manufacturing.
      5. Flammable liquid spraying.
      6. Foam plastic goods manufacturing and/or processing.
      7. Foam rubber goods manufacturing and/or processing.
      8. Hydrocarbon based sheet product manufacturing and/or processing.
      9. Nitrocellulose and nitrocellulose goods manufacturing.
      10. Paint and varnish works, solvent based.
      11. Plastic goods manufacturing and/or processing works.
      12. Resin and turpentine manufacturing.
      13. Vehicle repair shops.
    2. combustible goods with an aggregate volume exceeding 2000 m3 and stored to a height greater than 4 m such as the following:
      1. Aerosol packs with flammable contents.
      2. Cartons and associated packing material excluding cartons with densely packed non-combustible content.
      3. Electrical appliances where the components are predominantly plastic.
      4. Foamed rubber or plastics including wrappings or preformed containers.
      5. Paper products.
      6. Plastic, rubber, vinyl and other sheets in the form of offcuts, random pieces or rolls.
      7. Textiles raw and finished.
      8. Timber products.
Substitute Clause 2 of Specification E1.5 as follows:

Vic Specification E1.5 Fire sprinkler systems

2.
Application of automatic fire sprinkler standards

Subject to this Specification, an automatic fire sprinkler system must comply with—

(a)

for a Class 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9b building: AS 2118.1; or

(b)

for a Class 2, 3, 4, 9a or 9c building: AS 2118.1, except clause 5.9.10 of AS 2118.1 does not apply and is replaced with 'Covered balconies shall be sprinkler protected.'; or

(c)

for a Class 2 or 3 building with an effective height of not more than 25 m and a rise in storeys of 4 or more: Specification E1.5a and the relevant provisions of this Specification as applicable; or

(d)

for Class 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9a (other than a residential care building (Vic)) or 9b parts of a building less than 25 m in effective height, which also contains Class 2 or 3 parts: a sprinkler system in accordance with Specification E1.5a as for a Class 2 or 3 building and the relevant provisions of this Specification except—

(i)

a FPAA101D sprinkler system cannot be used where the Class 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9a (other than a residential care building (Vic)) or 9b parts—

(A)

contain more than 2 storeys;

(B)

are more than 25% of the total floor area of the building;

(C)

are located above the fourth storey; and

(ii)

an FPAA101D or FPAA101H sprinkler system cannot be used where the Class 7a part (other than an open deck carpark) accommodates more than 40 vehicles; or

(e)

for a Class 2 or 3 building with a rise in storeys of not more than 3: AS 2118.4 as applicable; or

(f)

for a combined sprinkler and fire hydrant system: AS 2118.6; or

(g)

for a Class 9a health-care building used as a residential care building (Vic): AS 2118.4 as applicable; or

(h)

for a Class 9c building: AS 2118.4 as applicable.

Substitute Clause 2(a) of Specification E1.5a as follows:

Vic Specification E1.5a Class 2 and 3 buildings not more than 25 m in effective height

2. System requirements

(a)

A required automatic fire sprinkler system installed in a Class 2 or 3 building with an effective height of not more than 25 m and a rise in storeys of 4 or more must comply with—

(i)

AS 2118.1 except clause 5.9.10 of AS 2118.1 does not apply and is replaced with 'Covered balconies shall be sprinkler protected'; or

(ii)

AS 2118.4, as applicable; or

(iii)

FPAA101D—

(A)

except for residential care buildings (Vic); and

(B)

except that clause 2.2.1 of FPAA101D applies as if the first paragraph is replaced with 'Covered balconies shall be sprinkler protected'; or

(iv)

FPAA101H—

(A)

except for residential care buildings (Vic); and

(B)

except that clause 3.5.2.8 of FPAA101H applies as if the first paragraph is replaced with 'Covered balconies shall be sprinkler protected'; and

(C)

except that clause 3.5.3 of FPAA101H applies as if it is replaced with—

"3.5.3 Class 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 parts of the building

The location and spacing of sprinklers in Class 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9b parts of the building shall be in accordance with Section 5 of AS 2118.1:2017.

The location and spacing of sprinklers in Class 9a and 9c parts of the building shall be in accordance with Section 5 of AS 2118.1:2017 except that clause 5.9.10 of AS 2118.1 does not apply and is replaced with 'Covered balconies shall be sprinkler protected'.".

Substitute Clause 4(d) of Specification E2.2a as follows:

Vic Specification E2.2a Smoke detection and alarm systems

4.
Smoke detection system
(d)

In a Class 9c building—

(i)

if the building accommodates more than 20 residents, manual call points must be installed in paths of travel so that no point on a floor is more than 30 m from a manual call point; and

(ii)

indication of the zone where the smoke detection system has actuated must be achieved by one of the following:

(A)
(aa)

remote automatic indication of each zone must be given in each smoke compartment; and

(bb)

indication of (aa) must be indicated on remote annunciator panels with alpha-numeric displays with a minimum of 20 characters of 9 mm minimum height; or

(B)
(aa)

indication of the zone where the smoke detection system has actuated must be communicated via a suitable interface with the fire indicator panel to a portable remote communication device; and

(bb)

at least one such portable remote communication device per smoke compartment must be provided to staff nominated by the owner or operator and properly instructed as to the duties and responsibilities involved; and

(cc)

the portable remote communication device may be a pager with alpha-numeric display or portable telephone handset with capability of receiving alpha-numeric display.

Substitute Clause 8(b) and (c) of Specification E2.2a as follows:

8.
System monitoring
(b)

A smoke detection system in a Class 9a health-care building, if the building accommodates more than 20 patients, unless the building is sprinklered and the sprinkler system is permanently connected to a fire station, or other approved monitoring service with a direct data link to a fire station, in accordance with Practice Note 07-2018.

(c)

(deleted).