AFSS scope
Annual fire safety statement coordination
In NSW the building owner must issue an annual fire safety statement confirming each measure on the schedule has been assessed by an accredited practitioner (fire safety) and performs to its standard. Coordination means sequencing the assessments, closing the gaps they find and lodging the statement with council and Fire and Rescue NSW on time.
Scope
What this covers
A dated plan working back from the statement due date
Assessment visits arranged with the accredited practitioner
Chasing and closing defects that would block sign-off
Preparation and lodgement of the statement, with copies displayed and filed as required
Timing
When it's needed
Every year, for every building with a schedule. Owners most often seek help after a lapsed statement, a change of managing agent, or a practitioner declining to endorse a measure: all recoverable positions, but each needs a sequence rather than a scramble.
Never wedge open a fire door, block an exit path or leave a fire system isolated after works without a plan to restore it. If a measure is found inoperative in an occupied building, treat it as urgent and escalate the defect the day it is found.
Quote variables
What shapes the scope
Number of measures requiring assessment and their condition
Any lapsed or overdue statements and the exposure that has accumulated
Availability of the original fire safety schedule: reconstructing one is a defined extra step
Coordination across multiple occupancies and stakeholders
In NSW, the assessments behind an annual fire safety statement must be carried out by an accredited practitioner (fire safety), accreditation currently operates under the Fire Protection Association Australia scheme, while rectification work must be done by appropriately licensed or qualified trades for each measure. Ask who is accrediting the assessment and who is doing the physical work, and verify both.
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