- Author
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Merry, A.
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Spearpoint, M.
- Title
- Building Act 2004 and the New Zealand Fire Service.
- Coporate
- New Zealand Fire Service, Christchurch, New Zealand
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Book or Conf
- Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, 7th International Conference. Sky is the Limit. Proceedings and Case Studies. April 16-18, 2008,
Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Bethesda, MD,
Auckland, New Zealand,
47-58 p.,
2008
- Keywords
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performance based codes
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fire safety
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safety engineering
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regulations
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fire departments
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building design
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design applications
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statistics
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fire protection engineering
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questionnaires
- Identifiers
- new Building Act (December 1991); replacing the existing prescriptive fire safety code, NZ Standard 1900, Chapter 5; New Zealand Fire Service (NZFS) under the Fire Service Act; engineering function within the NZFS; Design Review Unit (DRU); total number of consents for New Zealand by month; summary of DRU work and fire engineering reports received by the DRU; review of professional associations and technical qualifications