Fire Australia

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Active fire protection

Systems that detect or suppress a fire once it starts, such as automatic sprinklers, fire detection and alarm, gaseous suppression and pump-driven hydrant or hose reel installations. Much of the exhibition floor at Fire Australia is built around these product families.

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Passive fire protection

Compartmentation measures that work without power or activation: fire-rated walls and floors, fire doors and their hardware, penetration seals, structural steel protection and fire-rated board and cladding systems. Assessed against NCC and tested to Australian Standards.

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AS 1851

The Australian Standard for routine service and maintenance of fire protection systems and equipment. It sets inspection, test and record-keeping frequencies that building owners and maintenance contractors must follow across sprinklers, pumps, detection, emergency lighting and evacuation systems.

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NCC

The National Construction Code, the performance-based building code applied across Australia. Its fire safety provisions (contained in the Building Code of Australia volumes) cover fire resistance, egress, firefighting equipment and smoke hazard management.

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Performance solution

A fire safety design route that demonstrates compliance through engineering analysis rather than only the prescriptive deemed-to-satisfy provisions. Commonly used for large or unusual buildings and frequently discussed in the Fire Australia conference stream.

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EWIS

Emergency Warning and Intercommunication System. The system that delivers occupant warning tones and voice messages and provides warden intercom points and master emergency control panel functions in larger buildings.

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Fire indicator panel (FIP)

The main control and indicating equipment of a fire detection and alarm system. It displays alarm zones, controls brigade connections and interfaces with suppression, smoke control and EWIS equipment.

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Smoke hazard management

The suite of measures controlling smoke movement in a building: smoke exhaust and automatic smoke-and-heat vents, stair pressurisation, zone smoke control and smoke curtains. Typically engineered together with the egress strategy.

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BAL (Bushfire Attack Level)

A six-level rating under AS 3959 that expresses a building's exposure to bushfire attack, from BAL-LOW through BAL-FZ. It drives construction requirements for homes and assets in bushfire-prone areas, a recurring topic for Australian fire practitioners.

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Annual fire safety statement (AFSS)

The statutory document, used in New South Wales and equivalent regimes in other states, confirming that a building's essential fire safety measures have been assessed and are performing to their documented standard.

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Essential fire safety measures

The fire safety systems and features listed for a building in its fire safety schedule - for example sprinklers, fire doors, exit signage, emergency lighting and hydrants - each with a required performance standard.

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Fire hose reel (AS 2441)

Occupant-use first-attack equipment installed in hose reel cabinets. Its installation, hose length, nozzle and flow requirements are specified under the AS 2441 series.

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Fluorine-free foam

Firefighting foam formulations replacing PFAS-containing AFFF and fluoroprotein concentrates. The transition affects fixed foam systems, foam testing regimes and environmental approvals for airports, petrochemical sites and industrial storage.

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Lithium-ion battery fire risk

The ignition, thermal runaway and reignition hazards from lithium-ion cells in electric vehicles, scooters, energy storage and consumer devices. A live issue for fire engineers, insurers and emergency responders, and increasingly a topic at fire safety conferences.

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Competent fire safety practitioner

The assessor role behind maintenance and certification workflows - the person who inspects and declares essential fire safety measures under state-based registration and competency frameworks.