Compliance should be easy…a series of ticks and flicks, like following a legislative paint by number and ending up with a masterpiece. Unfortunately this is far from a reality as our compliance framework is complicated, drawing from a raft of Acts, Regulations, Codes of Practice and Australian Standards to piece together a ‘compliance’ solution that befits your context. There is no one-size-fits-all approach here, although many will tell you there is! Our aim at BFSA is to piece together a practical compliance solution for your workplace, one that not only meets the substantive requirements of law, but that zeros in on resilience and exposure-mitigation as a result of our industry-leading statutory interpretation capabilities.
Our company founder and Principal Consultant is a qualified lawyer, and these insights have filtered into our practicing methodologies, resulting in unrivalled quality of advice to our clients.
As a minimum Queensland Law requires all “high occupancy” buildings to have a Fire Safety Advisor. High Occupancy is determined using 1 of 2 tests:
- Overall height (greater than 25m) and/or
- General occupancy greater than 30 persons.
The second of those tests applies equally to Primary and Secondary Occupiers, meaning that the Landlord has an obligation to engage an FSA to represent any high occupancy building. Additionally if you represent a tenancy in the building, and you have more than 30 staff within your employ, you must also retain the services of a qualified Fire Safety Advisor.
The Fire Safety Advisor’s role is to ultimately guide you on your compliance journey, ensuring you meet your milestones and to assist you in the development of Emergency Planning and Training schemes to suit your workplace environment.
