Title Page

  • Site conducted

  • Conducted on

  • Location

Building Description

  • Address
  • Building Name

  • Actual Building/s Use and BCA Classifications

  • Council Ref:

Building Details

  • BCA Classification

  • Rise in storeys

  • Storeys contained

  • Volume

  • Type of construction

  • Number of occupants

  • Staff

Permit Details

  • Is there records of Building Permits

  • Building Permit Number

  • Date of Issue

  • Relevant Building Surveyor

  • Has an OP been issued?

  • OP/CofO No

  • Issue date

  • Is there an Occupancy Permit ESM Schedule / Maintenance Determination

  • Occupation and use in accordance with Occupancy Permit/s:

OP & AESMR

  • Is the OP/determination displayed

  • ESM Annual Report prepared by owner (or agent) [r.223(1)]:

  • Is the ESM Annual Report in accordance with the VBA template

  • ESM Annual Report been completed correctly

  • ESM Annual Report signed and dated

  • Does the AESM report list all relevant ESMs

  • ESM Annual Report Date:

Part 1—Building fire integrity

  • Are there Building Elements that are required to satisfy prescribed fire-resistance levels required to be installed in the building?

  • Have the Building Elements been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Are materials and assemblies within the building required to have fire hazard properties?

  • Have the correct materials and assemblies been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Are elements required to be non-combustible, provide fire protection, compartmentation or separation required to be installed in the building?

  • Have the required to be non-combustible elements been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Are wall-wetting sprinklers (including doors and windows required in conjunction with wall-wetting sprinklers) required to be installed in the building?

  • Have the wall-wetting sprinklers been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Are fire doors (including sliding fire doors and their associated warning systems) and associated self-closing, automatic closing and latching mechanisms required to be installed in the building?

  • Have the fire doors been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Are fire windows (including windows that are automatic or permanently fixed in the closed position) required to be installed in the building?

  • Have the fire windows been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Are fire shutters required to be installed in the building?

  • Have the fire shutters been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Are solid core doors and associated self-closing, automatic closing and latching mechanisms required to be installed in the building?

  • Have the solid core doors and associated closing and latching mechanisms been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Are fire-protection at service penetrations through elements required to be fire-resisting with respect to integrity or insulation, or to have a resistance to the incipient spread of fire required to be installed in the building?

  • Have the service penetration fire-protection been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Are fire protection associated with construction joints, spaces and the like in and between building elements required to be fire-resisting with respect to integrity and insulation required to be installed in the building?

  • Has the construction joints fire protection been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Are smoke doors and associated self-closing, automatic closing and latching mechanisms required to be installed in the building?

  • Have the smoke doors and associated closing and latching mechanisms been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Are proscenium walls (including proscenium curtains) required to be installed in the building?

  • Have the proscenium walls been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

Part 2—Means of egress

  • Paths of travel to exits

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Discharge from exits (including paths of travel from open spaces to the public roads to which they are connected)

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Exits (including fire-isolated stairways and ramps, non fire-isolated stairways and ramps, stair treads, balustrades and handrails associated with exits, and fire-isolated passageways)

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Smoke lobbies to fire-isolated exits

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Open access ramps or balconies for fire-isolated exits

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Doors (other than fire or smoke doors) in a required exit, forming part of a required exit or in a path of travel to a required exit, and associated self-closing, automatic closing and latching mechanisms

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

Part 3—Signs

  • Are exit signs (including direction signs) required to be installed in the building?

  • Has the exit signs been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Are warning signs on sliding fire doors and doors to non-required stairways, ramps and escalators required to be installed in the building?

  • Have the warning signs been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Signs, intercommunication systems, or alarm systems on doors of fire-isolated exits stating that re-entry to a storey is available

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Signs alerting persons that the operation of doors must not be impaired

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

Part 4—Lighting

  • Emergency Lighting

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

Part 5—Fire fighting services and equipment

  • Fire hydrant system (including on-site pump set and fire-service booster connection)

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Fire hose reel system

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Sprinkler system

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Portable fire extinguishers

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Fire control centres (or rooms)

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

Part 6—Air-handling systems

  • Smoke hazard management systems—

  • (a) automatic air pressurisation systems for fire-isolated exits;

  • (b) zone smoke control system;

  • (c) automatic smoke exhaust system;

  • (d) automatic smoke-and-heat vents (including automatic vents for atriums);

  • (e) air-handling systems that do not form part of a smoke hazard management system and which may unduly contribute to the spread of smoke;

  • (f) miscellaneous air-handling systems serving

  • more than one fire compartment to which Sections 5 and 6 of AS/NZS 1668.1 The use of ventilation and air conditioning in buildings—Part 1: Fire and smoke control in buildings, as in force or as re-issued or as published from time to time;

  • (g) other air-handling systems

  • Car park mechanical ventilation system

  • Atrium smoke control system (see item 1(d) for smoke and heat vents)

Part 7—Automatic fire detection and alarm systems

  • Smoke and heat alarm system

  • Smoke and heat detection system

  • Atrium fire detection and alarm system

Part 8—Occupant warning systems

  • Is an Occupant Warning Systems required to be installed in the building?

  • Which system is required?

  • Has the Sound System and Intercom System been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

  • Has the Building Occupant Warning System been installed in the building?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Has the system been inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the requirements specified in the maintenance determination?

Part 9—Lifts

  • Are there Lifts in the building?

  • Stretcher facilities in lifts

  • Emergency lifts

  • Passenger lift fire service controls

  • Are the Signs warning against the use of lifts in the event of fire being displayed and maintained?

Part 10—Standby power supply system

  • Is there a standby power supply system required in the building

  • Has the standby power supply system been installed?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

  • Are there log books available for the system?

Part 11—Building clearance and fire appliances

  • Open space around large isolated buildings

  • Vehicular access around large isolated buildings

Part 12—Mechanical ventilation and hot, warm and cooling water systems

  • Mechanical ventilation systems incorporating cooling tower systems (other than a system serving only a single sole-occupancy unit in a Class 2 or 3 building or a Class 4 part of a building)

  • Mechanical ventilation systems incorporating hot and warm water systems (other than a system serving only a single sole-occupancy unit in a Class 2 or 3 building or a Class 4 part of a building)

  • ESM Satisfactorily Maintained by Owner/s [r.226]:

  • File Reference: BCS

  • Prepared by:

  • Inspection Time:

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