- Author
- Merry, A. | 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
- performance based codes | fire safety | safety engineering | regulations | fire departments | building design | design applications | statistics | fire protection engineering | 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