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MINISTER FOR URBAN SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 1260
Bushfire Protection Systems
Ms Szuty - asked the Minister for Urban Services
In relation to water-based bushfire protection systems such as the Hayes Bushfire Protection System
(1) Has the Minister or the Department of Urban Services made inquiries or requested information about this system or similar systems.
(2) Will the Minister seek to have such systems evaluated by building and development approval authorities as well as fire authorities of the ACT.
(3) Will the Minister arrange for information about this system and other like systems to be made available to interested members of the ACT community.
(4) Is the Minister willing, in particular, to ensure that this information is made available to the ACT rural community and to householders in the urban/rural interface areas of the ACT.
(5) Are there other measures that householders can take, without significant cost to the ACT budget and without detracting from the garden city/bush capital character, to protect themselves from the threat of bushfire.
Mr Lamont - the answer to the Members question is as follows:
(1) The ACT fire authorities attempt to keep abreast with changes in technology and equipment necessary for fire prevention and suppression. In doing this, the Rural Fire Service has obtained information on the Hayes Bushfire Protection System, as well as several other systems commercially available.
(2) It is not the role of the ACT fire or building and development authorities to
evaluate such systems. Evaluations in Australia are done by agencies such
as the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and
the Scientific Standards Laboratories. -
The Australian Fire Authorities Council Inc, the body representing fire authorities throughout Australia, has developed (on an interim basis) a Code of Practice for the installation of domestic life safety sprinkler systems . in one and two family dwellings.
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