Au str ali a n Building Cod e s Boar ds ( ABCB)

resp ons e t o t h e
Worl d Fi re Sa fe t y F oun d at ions ( W FSF)
C. A. N . r epo r t
0 9 M ar ch 2007

What we discovered to our horror, as the Australian

Standards Committee doing some enquiries into
test data, was that the ionisation smoke alarms
are allowed to go to 50-60% (smoke) obscuration
per metre, dangerously high, totally unacceptable.
David Isaac, Australias leading fire safety expert and
member, Standard Australias committee FP002, from
page 8 of the C.A.N. report.
February 2007

David Isaac

See page 4.

It is not clear to the Board from the evidence

available that ionisation detectors do not
achieve the level of performance required
for warning occupants in the event of a fire.
Extract from ABCBs Chairman of the Board,
Mr Graham Huxleys letter to the WFSF, after
sending the C.A.N. report by registered mail, to
11 senior staff and all 15 ABCB Board members.
March 2007

Graham Huxley

See page 3.

AM

FRNSW does NOT support the fitting and

installation of ionisation alarms. We ONLY
recommend photoelectric alarms.
Commissioner Greg Mullins message to all Fire and
Rescue New South Wales staff after 60 Minutes
special investigation into ionisation smoke alarms.
October 2014

Greg Mullins

AFSM

from page 11 of the WFSFs.

Smoke Alarm Warning report.
See below.

C.A.N. & Smoke Alarm Warning reports

February 2007

October 2014
See page 4.

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2007: A B C B - P l e a s e C h a n g e t h e B u i l d i n g C o d e

Hard copies of the World Fire Safety

Foundations C.A.N. report, were sent
by registered mail, to 11 ABCB senior
staff and all 15 ABCB Board Members
in February 2007. The report addressed
concerns with life-safety and legal
issues with the ABCBs ongoing failure
to adopt a critical amendment to
Australias smoke alarm standard
AS3786-1993, into the Building Code of
Australia.

Feb 2007 The C.A.N. report

www.theWFSF.org/can
2014: Why Wont the ABCB Change the Code?

The Smoke Alarm Warning report was

published after the 60 Minutes special
investigation into ionisation smoke
alarms aired across Australia and New
Zealand in October and November
2014. Page 6 of this report is dedicated
to the ABCB and is headed, Why Wont
the ABCB Change the Code?

Oct 2014 Smoke Alarm Warning

www.SmokeAlarmWarning.org/wfsf.html
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