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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Establish relevant project management details and protocols.

Range Statement

This section specifies work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below.

Special hazard fire systems design projects must include:

at least one of the following systems:

foam systems

gaseous agent systems

water spray systems

projects developed as a fire risk solution preventing business interruption by providing fire protection to specific equipment or a special facility, where the performance-based principles are not covered by the NCC

compliance with the requirements specified by the client or the client’s insuring body, including the application of Australian and international standards for fire systems.

File storage must include:

accurate naming and filing of drawings

formal document control and amendments, including:

history

transmittal notices.

Project documentation must include:

construction drawings and plans detailing the specific equipment or special facility requiring the special hazard fire system

fire engineer’s design concepts and recommendations

specific layout plans for other services, including plumbing, electrical and air conditioning.

Structural characteristics of building or facility must include:

fabrication materials and methods used

size and layout of building or facility.

Special hazard site must include at least two different sites from the following list:

aeroplane hangars

computer rooms

chemical factories

data centres

documents and other collections in buildings, including libraries, archives storage, art galleries and museums

electrical substations

fuel and gas storage and refineries

warehouses containing highly volatile materials

any other storage facility for very high value individual items that would be destroyed by water-based fire suppression systems.

Regulatory requirements and applicable standards must include at least one standard from the following list:

Australian standards:

AS ISO 14520.1 Gaseous fire-extinguishing systems - Physical properties and system design - General requirements

AS1670 Fire detection, warning control and intercom systems - System design, installation and commissioning

AS1940 The storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids

AS2118 Automatic fire sprinkler systems Parts 1 to 6

AS2941 Fixed fire protection installations - Pumpset systems

AS4360 Risk management

AS4487 Condensed aerosol fire extinguishing systems - Requirements for system design, installation and commissioning and test methods for components

AS4587 Water mist fire protection systems

United States National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards:

NFPA 2001 Clean Agent Fire Extinguishing Systems

NFPA 11 Low, Medium and High Expansion Foam Systems

NFPA 13 The Installation of Sprinkler Systems

NFPA 15 Water Spray Fixed Systems for Fire Protection

NFPA 16 Deluge Foam-Water Sprinkler and Foam-Water Spray Systems

NFPA 750 Water Mist Fire Protection Systems.

Documentation for risk assessment must include drawings that detail:

layout

section

detail

external references

freezing layers.