Overview

Smart Fire provides Fire-safety reports nationwide, which is obligatory to show compliance for protection from fire with the New Zealand Building Code on:

1

New Buildings

Have you got a new building?
2

Additions

Planning an addition?
3

Change of Use

Repurposing a building?
4

Earthquake Strengthening

Need to comply?

A Fire Safety Report is a document containing detailed information for compliance of Fire-safety for a building (NZ Building Code C1 – C6). Protection from fire NZBC clauses C1 – C6 provide the code’s performance requirements for protection from Fire. There are three main objectives for fire-safety design:

1

LIFE SAFETY

Safeguard people from an unacceptable risk of injury or illness caused by fire
2

PROPERTY PROTECTION

Protect other property from damage caused by fire
3

FIREFIGHTING OPERATIONS

Facilitate firefighting and rescue operations

Clauses C2 – C6 contain the requirements for achieving these objectives, by:

Fire Safety Report
  • PREVENTING FIRE OCCURRING (C2)
  • LIMITING FIRE SPREAD (C3)
  • ASSISTING THE EVACUATION OF OCCUPANTS (C4)
  • SAFEGUARDING FIREFIGHTERS (C5)
  • MAINTAINING STRUCTURAL STABILITY (C6)

So whether it’s a general enquiry about fire safety you would like some direction on or you have a project in development, feel free to connect:

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