SESSIONS

AS1851 the journey has commenced

The Fire Protection market is estimated to have generated $4.0 billion in revenue in 2024, and maintenance of fire protection systems and equipment represents approx. 40% of this of this revenue.

Standards Australia has commenced through their committee FP-001 the revision project of AS1851-2012. AS1851 underpins the day to day activities of maintaining these essential safety measures in the built environment across Australia.

Over 700 comments for improvements were received by the various stakeholders, practitioners, fire service contractors, and no doubt these comments will be invaluable in producing a new AS1851 that provides clarity on the tasks that need to be performed, and meeting community expectations on building safety.

But where is it all heading? In this presentation and update on the progress to date of FP-001 meetings, details on the 700 comments received by the committee and what stage the project has progressed within Standards Australia’s six step process.

PRESENTER(S)
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John Lynch

General Manager Business Services, Wormald

John has been working in the fire Industry for 26 years, with the last 23 years working at Wormald.

In his current role at Wormald his areas of responsibility cover, Australian Standards representation, TAC representation by Wormald team members, CEO of the Wormald Registered Training Organisation, Fleet, Marketing, Distribution Services and Procurement.

He is currently the Chair of TAC 1 which covers the maintenance area of fire protection systems and equipment (AS1851) and is the current FPA Australia representative on the Standards Australia FP 001 Committee. He has also been a member of TAC 3/7 (extinguishers, fire blankets, and fire hose reels) for the last 15 years.

He has previously been a co-opted Director of the Fire Protection Association of Australia, and also was a member of the Federal Department of Communications and the Arts – Fire alarm and lift phone migration committee (migration to the NBN), and also the Fire alarm migration (migration to the NBN) working group.

John also holds qualifications in Marketing, and Business Administration.