Guidelines for Documenting Fire Safety Designs

The Guidelines for Documenting Fire Safety Designs have now been published as IPENZ Practice Note 22. The Guidelines provide guidance about how fire design should be communicated and documented, including providing evidence of design methodology.

This document is available from this website. Download here. 

Or download from the IPENZ or Department of Building & Housing's website.

This guidance:

  • describes the regulatory requirements as they apply to fire design 
  • recommends the type of fire design documentation required 
  • identifies who is responsible for providing plans and specifications for building consent 

It is relevant for designs that are prepared either in compliance with the acceptable solutions or by specific design. 

Good quality design documentation makes building consent processes easier for the applicant, their designers and Building Consent Authorities (BCAs). 

The Department of Building & Housing recommends that fire designers, BCAs and other interested parties become familiar with the guidance in this Practice Note.