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New Zealand experiences thousands of unwanted fires every year. They cause varying amounts of damage, injury, or even loss of life. Through partnership with industry organisations, such as the Fire Protection Association New Zealand and the New Zealand Fire Service, Standards New Zealand aims to incorporate the latest research to develop the most efficient and effective fire protection standards.

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• Draft for comment (2)

  • 24 August 2020

    • DR AS/NZS 4824:2020 Protective clothing for firefighters - Laboratory test methods and performance requirements for wildland firefighting clothing

      Comments are invited until 22/10/2020

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  • 17 August 2020

    • DZ 4514:2020 Interconnected smoke alarms for houses

      Comments are invited until 07/10/2020

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• Standards Published (1)

  • 06 May 2020

    • NZS 4541:2020 Automatic fire sprinkler systems

      NZS 4541 provides an integrated set of rules for the design, installation, and maintenance of sprinkler systems, so that systems reliably protect against the loss of life and minimise property damage from fire by controlling the fire: within a specified area, and to allow escape before levels of toxic by-products of combustion become life-threatening. This standard is used extensively across the fire protection industry. New Zealand has one of the highest recorded successful operations of fire sprinkler systems, which can be attributed to the rigorous standards and associated legislation to which systems are installed and maintained. The revised standard addresses the following areas: Fire protection of tall (>25 meters) and large (>11,000 square meters) buildings, Seismic restraint of pipework to align with NZS 1170.5 Structural design actions; Part 5 Earthquake actions - New Zealand,  Inclusion of new technologies for car stackers and in-rack sprinkler systems for warehouses, editing of the standard and inclusion of the errata collected since the last revision in 2013.

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• Withdrawals and Proposals to Withdraw (7)

  • 06 May 2020

    • NZS 4541:2003 Automatic fire sprinkler systems

      Superseded by NZS 4541:2020

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    • NZS 4541:2007 Automatic fire sprinkler systems

      Superseded by NZS 4541:2020

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    • NZS 4541:2013 Automatic fire sprinkler systems

      Superseded by NZS 4541:2020

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  • 06 March 2020

    • AS/NZS 60695.11.10:2001 Fire hazard testing - Part 11.10: Test flames - 50 W horizontal and vertical flame test methods

      Withdrawn 06 March 2020

  • 18 February 2020

    • AS/NZS 60695.11.5:2005 Fire hazard testing - Test flames - Needle-flame test method - Apparatus, confirmatory test arrangement and guidance

      Withdrawn 17 February 2020

  • 02 September 2019

    • AS/NZS 60695.11.10:2001 Fire hazard testing - Part 11.10: Test flames - 50 W horizontal and vertical flame test methods

      This standard was last updated at least 10 years ago. Standards New Zealand would like your feedback on whether this standard should be maintained. We would also like to know if any other standard sufficiently covers its content. If you wish to comment on this proposal to withdraw, please email AgedCatalogueReview@mbie.govt.nz by 14 October 2019.

    • AS/NZS 60695.11.5:2005 Fire hazard testing - Part 11.5: Test flames - Needle-flame test method - Apparatus, confirmatory test arrangement and guidance

      This standard was last updated at least 10 years ago. Standards New Zealand would like your feedback on whether this standard should be maintained. We would also like to know if any other standard sufficiently covers its content. If you wish to comment on this proposal to withdraw, please email AgedCatalogueReview@mbie.govt.nz by 14 October 2019.