Owners and occupiers have responsiblities to plan for the potential for fire under the Fire and Rescue Service Act 1990(FRSA) and the Building Fire Safety Regulations 2008 (BFSR).

These include:

• having clear evacuation routes
• conducting fire evacuation planning and instruction
• maintaining fire safety installations

This document (PDF 91kb) from the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service provides more detail.

Other documents which you may find useful are

• Sample Critical Defect document (PDF 86kb)
• Maintenance of Fire Protection Systems and Equipment (Australian Standard 1851 – 2005 including amendment 2) (PDF 53kb)
• Commissioning and Maintenance of Fire Safety Installations QDC MP 6.1 (PDF 71kb)