Fire

Fire safety design & compliance

• 🇳🇿Background Paper for the Building Code Fire Safety Review 2024Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) · October 2024An MBIE discussion paper for the 2024 Building Code fire-safety review — the issues identified in the fire-safety provisions of the Building Code regulations.
• 🇳🇿Compliance Schedule HandbookMinistry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) · February 2014MBIE's handbook on compliance schedules and building warrants of fitness — how specified systems (including fire-safety systems) in buildings are listed, inspected and maintained.
• 🇳🇿Design Guide — Fire Safety in Residential Community HousingMinistry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE)A draft MBIE design guide for fire safety in residential community housing — how to design fire safety for supported-living and community-care residential buildings. (Draft version.)
• 🇳🇿Designing for Fire Safety and Passive Fire Safety (BRANZ Bulletin 692)BRANZ · July 2024A BRANZ bulletin on passive fire safety design in new homes — key design and specification requirements (fire ratings and separations) to meet Building Code clauses C1–C6, sometimes going beyond the minimum.
• 🇳🇿Fire Engineering Design for New Zealand Public Hospitals (Design Guidance Note)Health New Zealand · July 2024Health New Zealand's design guidance note (endorsed by MBIE and FENZ) on fire engineering design for public hospitals — how to meet fire-safety requirements specific to hospital buildings.
• 🇳🇿Fire Engineering Guidelines — Supplement to Health NZ Public Hospitals DGNSFPE (Fire Engineers) NZ · November 2024An SFPE supplement to Health NZ's public-hospital fire-engineering design guidance note — additional fire-engineering guidance for designing hospital buildings.
• 🇳🇿Fire Safety Design Guide for Residential Community HousingMinistry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) · APRIL 2018An MBIE design guide for fire safety in residential community housing (such as supported-living and care settings) — how to design fire safety for these residential-care building uses.
• 🇳🇿Fire Station Design ManualFire and Emergency New Zealand · February 2016Fire and Emergency NZ's design manual for fire stations — the specialist operational and building requirements for fire stations, over and above the minimum Building Code fire provisions.
• 🇳🇿Health NZ Building Services Engineering Guide — Vol 2.4 Fire Protection and DetectionHealth New Zealand · December 2024Volume 2.4 (Fire Protection and Detection) of Health New Zealand's Building Services Engineering Guide — design guidance for fire protection and detection systems in healthcare facilities. Draft for consultation.
• 🇳🇿Practice Note 22 — Documenting Fire Safety DesignsMinistry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) · SEPTEMBER 2011IPENZ/MBIE Practice Note 22 — guidelines for documenting fire safety designs, so a fire design is recorded clearly and consistently for review and construction.