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FRNSW Smoke Alarm Research

Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has released a research report into the efficacy of residential smoke alarms. The report details […]

Fire Extinguisher Corrosion Test

In March 2017, the Fire Systems Laboratory in conjunction with the Materials Durability Laboratory, conducted a corrosion test on a […]

Glazing boil test

Most people boil hotdogs, vegetables or lollies but at Infrastructure Technologies we boil full sized train windows. AS 2080 (2006) […]

Smoke Alarm fire sensitivity testing

CSIRO Fire Systems has completed commissioning of the standardised test fires that are used for evaluating fire sensitivity of residential smoke alarms and […]

New SO2 corrosion chamber

June 2016 CSIRO Fire Systems has successfully commissioned the new SO2 corrosion chamber and completed full 21 day cycles of […]

Crane being used in the construction of a high-rise building

Fire safety for external walls of buildings

We’ve developed a guideline to help the construction industry better understand how to ensure compliance with the relevant codes and […]

Non-compliant use of External Cladding Products on Buildings, Consultation RIS

The ABCB have released a consultation impact statement on the non-compliant use of external cladding on high rise Type A […]

Fire performance of external walls and cladding

The Australian Building Codes Board have published an advisory note on the fire performance of external wall cladding. Developed in […]

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