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Bushfire Performance

 
Are you building with timber in bushfire-prone areas in Victoria, Queensland or ACT?

 Click here for information about NEW Victorian, Queensland and ACT Requirements

 

ROOF SOLUTIONS

 

A technical data sheet for roof construction in the BAL-FZ is now available along with a supporting document.Click here for more information.

 

 

VIC, QLD and ACT

 
Information on the New Standard for building with timber in bushfire-prone areas (adopted by VIC and ACT) is available:

 

- Victorian, Queensland and ACT Requirements

- Download the Bushfire Bulletin for an overview of the new standard

- Register for your copy of Building with Timber in Bushfire-prone Areas AS3959 design and construction guide


 

NSW, TAS, SA, WA, NT

 
Industry will also develop a series of nationally focussed documents for use after 2010. Information on the existing standard for building with timber in bushfire-prone areas (AS3959 – 1999) which applies to NSW, TAS, SA, WA, NT is available:

 

- NSW, TAS, SA, WA, NT (AS3959-1999) Construction of timber in bushfire-prone areas

- Information about the existing standard and Technical Report No 4 available in Downloads

 

 

The following downloads have been developed to meet the immediate needs of designers, specifiers, builders, regulators and the community. 

 

 

 

Downloads
Exova Warringtonfire Report No: RIR 23626A-071.4 MBPDF
#04-1 Bushfire Flame Zone Resistant Sheet Metal Roofs datasheet661.6 KBPDF
Bushfire Bulletin - Timber Housing in Bushfire-prone areas1.2 MBPDF
Timber Framed Housing in Bushfire-prone Areas (Vic/Qld/ACT)682.0 KBPDF
Bushfire Standard - Timber Building Element Summary Table (Vic/Qld/ACT)256.9 KBPDF
Technical Report No 4 - Building with Timber in Busfire Prone Areas (Other States)1.4 MBPDF
Building with Timber in Bushfire-Prone Areas (Other States)297.3 KBPDF
Suitable Untreated Timber for use in Bushfire-prone Areas90.6 KBPDF
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