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Fire Australia: Spring 2012 Spring 2012 voluntary accreditation for the fire protection induStry grass afaC & NatiONaL fire Bushfire CrC BurNiNg risks aNNuaL CONfereNCe repOrt xxxxxxxx 2 | Fire AustrAliA spring 2012 30 18 22 spring 2012 Joint editors Contents Joseph Keller (FpA Australia) Welcome Societal impact of tel +61 3 9890 1544 5 34 fire sprinklers emAil [email protected] News Fire development nathan maddock (Bushfire CrC) 6 38 in focus tel +61 3 9412 9605 Voluntary national Water—The Essential emAil [email protected] 14 accreditation—a future pathway 43 Extinguishant, part three: shesiedo ringdahl (AFAC) for the fire protection industry Water additives tel +61 3 9419 2388 Grass will again pose Value engineering passive fire emAil [email protected] the biggest fire risk this summer protection with sustainability 18 46 impacts Fire protection Association Australia National Burning Project (FpA Australia) ABn 30 005 366 576 progress report Young leaders in editoriAl pAnel Barry lee oam, 22 emergency management peter Johnson, graham Harris Safety and the new equivalent 50 nAtionAl president glenn talbot 24 carbon price on synthetic Calendar cHieF executive oFFicer scott Williams greenhouse gases 52 po Box 1049, Box Hill vic 3128, Australia Principles of fire safety, part 9: Blast from tel +61 3 9890 1544 Building Code of Australia the past FAx +61 3 9890 1577 26 54 emAil [email protected] Growing wildfire TAC & WeBsite www.fpaa.com.au 28 threats 57 SIG update Australasian Fire and Diverse country. Common Standards emergency service Authorities ground. The AFAC and Bushfire Australia Update Council (AFAC) ABn 52 060 049 327 30 58 president lee Johnson afsm CRC Annual Conference vice president greg mullins afsm cHieF executive oFFicer naomi Brown Advertiser listing level 5, 340 Albert street, About Fire Australia 2 Pertronic east melbourne vic 3002, Australia Fire Australia is a joint publication of the Fire 4 Fire Factory tel +61 3 9419 2388 Protection Association Australia (FPA Australia), 9 FireSense FAx +61 3 9419 2389 the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service 13 Brooks emAil [email protected] Authorities Council (AFAC) and the Bushfire 17 Bulbeck WeBsite www.afac.com.au Cooperative Research Centre (Bushfire CRC). 21 Alan Wilson Insurance Brokers Bushfire Cooperative research Centre We aim to bring the latest news, 37 Fire Australia developments and technical information to the (Bushfire CrC) ABn 71 103 943 755 39 Victaulic fire protection industry, emergency services cHAirmAn len Foster ao 41 Fire Protection Technologies and fire research organisations. Fire Australia is cHieF executive oFFicer gary morgan afsm 42 ADT Security produced quarterly and distributed throughout reseArcH director richard thornton 44 SRI Australia and New Zealand. communicAtions mAnAger david Bruce 49 Akzo Nobel/International paint Letters to the editor and editorial level 5, 340 Albert street, 52 Archer Testing submissions are welcome and can be sent to east melbourne vic 3002, Australia 53 FPA Australia [email protected]. tel +61 3 9412 9600 56 Tyco For more details on submitting a emAil [email protected] 59 Firebox contribution, please contact the editors. WeBsite www.bushfirecrc.com 60 Viking if you would like to advertise in Fire Australia, please contact: production And design coretext Joseph Keller, FpA Australia, pO Box 1049, tel +61 3 9670 1168 Box Hill ViC 3128, Australia WeBsite www.coretext.com.au tel 1300 731 922 emAil [email protected] Fire Australia magazine is printed by a printer with iso14001 environmental management system Accreditation using vegetable-based inks onto Disclaimer n the views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of FpA Australia, AFAc or Bushfire crc. Articles are published in good faith but Fire Australia magazine and its agents do not warrant the accuracy or currency of any information or data contained herein. Fire Australia magazine and its agents do not accept Fsc-certified paper. any responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the material in this publication. n it is not possible for FpA Australia to ensure that advertisements published in this magazine comply in all respects with the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and the provisions which apply to advertising. responsibility lies with the person, company or agency submitting the advertisement for publication. n material in Fire Australia magazine is subject to copyright. this publication may not be reproduced in printed or issn 1032-6529 (print) electronic form without permission. contact 1300 731 922. issn 2200-9221 (online) Fire AustrAliA spring 2012 | 3 in this edition Welcome to Fire Australia Spring 2012 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria. agencies. Power and gas utilities, water Many of these issues are relevant across managers, insurance companies, law- Australia and New Zealand, but there are makers, local government, regional many other important questions that still and urban planners, policy developers, need to be addressed. communications agencies and fire The Bushfire CRC is well advanced in protection agencies will all find the its planning to move towards a national research outcomes useful. research institute for fire and other natural Many representatives of these sectors hazards. This new research program were in Perth in August for the annual will expand current projects and branch conference, seeking ways to get more into new fields including engineering involved with the research program. In and aviation, legal and policy matters, recent weeks the Bushfire CRC has been economics, communications and media, involved in discussions with the power incident management, effects of global industry on long-term research into the By Gary Morgan climate change, carbon impacts, northern impact of bushfire on infrastructure. Chief executive officer savannah fire, indigenous burning, We are only scratching the surface with Bushfire CRC occupational and fatigue management, our current research program but the long- human physiology, epidemiology, history term vision is far broader than that. and cultural studies, data management and Fire Australia is a clear demonstration he breadth of topics at our three-day public health. of how the research sector, the emergency annual conference in Perth in August The research outcomes will be relevant to services agencies and the fire protection was quite astounding, even more many sectors beyond the traditional target industry can work together and benefit from tso considering no topics were repeated audience of fire and land management creating and promoting new knowledge. from last year’s conference in Sydney. In Melbourne in 2013, a whole new set of issues will be presented. This edition of Fire Australia reports on some of this activity at the Bushfire CRC and Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council annual conference at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. The conference attracted over 1300 participants, including more than 140 trade expo booths. This is the largest annual fire and emergency management conference in the southern hemisphere. In this edition, read about how you can get online access to the presentations and other outputs from the conference. Despite the amount of activity currently underway, it is still appropriate to stop and think about areas that are not being fully examined by our scientific research efforts. The Bushfire CRC was funded to examine the main issues arising from the the Bushfire CRC research posters at the annual Bushfire CRC and AFAC conference covered a range of topics. Fire AustrAliA spring 2012 | 5 newsxxxxxxxx Celebrating 25 years of ozone protection As the annual ozone hole forms over Antarctica this spring, it is worth reflecting on one of the international community’s most significant environmental success stories—the Montreal Protocol on Substances that storage at the national Halon Bank Deplete the Ozone Layer. This year is particularly important as 16 September marked the 25th anniversary of this historic National Halon Bank relocation agreement, which is on track to restore the ozone The National Halon Bank (NHB) is relocating to Laverton North, layer to 1980 levels by mid-century. Victoria. It will be managed by Agas (Australia) Pty Ltd on behalf of the Australia has been at the forefront of efforts to Australian Government. The move commenced mid-September and protect the ozone layer. Our scientific institutions is expected to be completed by December 2012. The present site continue to play key roles, especially in southern as well as the new site at Laverton North will operate until the move hemisphere ozone science. is completed. National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia But the success of Australia’s contribution has also (NATA) accredited certificates will still be sold to essential users. been based on strong support from key Australian The NHB laboratory will be unavailable for analytical services for industry sectors. Without this support and positive 12 weeks from 31 August 2012. The NHB freecall number remains approach, we would not now be completing our 1800 658 084 and halon collection will continue as usual. Destruction phase-out of ozone-depleting substances. will be carried out off-site. The fire protection industry has played a significant role in this success, which has included finding alternatives to halon and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) for most uses. However, these gases are still used in the aviation and maritime industries,
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