Class 2 or 3 and more than 25 metres in height.
Licensed premises that have been identified by the Commissioner as at risk of overcrowding.
QFES is empowered to enforce compliance with the legislated fire safety standards which ensures an appropriate level of fire safety is maintained for occupants of buildings and firefighters who attend these buildings under emergency conditions. QFES through appropriately qualified officers will work with occupiers of buildings to achieve compliance in set timeframes with the issuing of Notice by Commissioner or Requisition by Commissioner which clearly state the areas of non-compliance and the actions to be taken to achieve compliance. Where more serious breaches of the fire safety standard occur, QFES can issue Infringement Notices (fines). QFES will utilise all options to ensure compliance including prosecution in the Magistrates Court and or a Supreme Court Injunction.
Under Section 104D of the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990 the occupier of a building must maintain every prescribed fire safety installation to a standard of safety and reliability in the event of fire. Fire doors are one such fire safety installation. Fire doors must be maintained in accordance with Queensland Development Code (QDC) MP 6.1 which requires building fire safety installations to be maintained by an appropriately qualified person at adequate intervals to ensure the building’s fire safety installations perform to a standard no less than what they were originally required to meet. Schedule 1 of the QDC MP 6.1 schedule 1 provides specific maintenance schedules for each building class. Penalties may apply for failure to maintain fire doors. Visit the Department of Housing and Public Works website at www.hpw.qld.gov.au for more information.
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