Draft fire sprinkler Standard NZS 4541 – available for public comment
Issue 41 – August 2012
The New Zealand Standard for automatic fire sprinklers, NZS 4541, is undergoing a limited technical revision. Standards New Zealand is seeking feedback on the proposed changes.
NZS 4541:2007 Automatic fire sprinkler systems covers the design, installation, and maintenance of sprinkler systems so that systems reliably achieve their fire control functions – that the fire should be controlled within a specified area and that control should be achieved before levels of toxic by-products of combustion become life threatening.
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Issue 41 – August 2012
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DZ 4541 Automatic fire sprinkler systems
NZS 4541:2007 Automatic fire sprinkler systems covers the design, installation, and maintenance of sprinkler systems so that systems reliably achieve their fire control functions – that the fire should be controlled within a specified area and that control should be achieved before levels of toxic by-products of combustion become life threatening. NZS 4541 is referenced in the Fire Safety and Evacuation of Buildings Regulations 2006 and in Acceptable Solutions C/AS1 to C/AS7 for New Zealand Building Code Clauses C1-C6 Protection from Fire and Acceptable Solution F7/AS1 Warning Systems of the Compliance Documents to the New Zealand Building Code, and is used extensively across the fire protection industry.
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[more]STANDARDS IN DEVELOPMENT
Issue 41 – August 2012
Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems
Committee: P4541
Project Manager: Jono East
Estimated Publication Date: March 2013
Comments: Standards New Zealand has managed the P4541 committee through the development of the limited technical revision to NZS 4541:2007. The fourth and final development meeting took place in May 2012, where the committee reviewed the final changes of the limited revision and agreed for Standards New Zealand to progress the draft towards public comment. DZ 4541 was released for its public comment period on 19 July and is scheduled to close on September 13, with the 2-day public comment review meeting to be scheduled for late September 2012.