In 2019, the National Construction Code of Australia accepted an integrated domestic drinking water-fire sprinkler system as a Deemed to Satisfy solution for mandatory automatic fire sprinklers in identified mid-rise shared residential accommodation buildings. The solution – known as 101D – was approved as safe, reliable, cost-effective and fit-for-purpose, and seen a major improvement for community and building fire safety.
More than five years later, what has changed? The ‘Why?’ remains a compelling story – on average, more than one Australian each week becomes a preventable fire fatality, the overwhelming majority occurring in Class 1 homes. So what has been achieved, what’s happening right here and now, and what does the future hold in Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Australia’s quest to have fire sprinklers mandated in all Australian homes?
