No response was received from you, as expected.

Your professionalism is on display.
 
An update worth sharing:

Fire inspection extract from January 2013 proves that BCS Strata Management and maintenance staff knew about failed inspections for many years.

Nevertheless, BCS Strata Management and maintenance staff continued to submit compliance statements to City of Ryde and NSW Fire and Rescue.

Photos tell how well the complex is maintained:

http://www.nswstratasleuth.info/Macquarie-Gardens-photos/gallery/

On 11/04/16 19:15, SP52948 owner wrote:

Hello,

A notice was dropped under my door about rectification of defective fire protection and essential services today.

I called Firemanagement Solutions to discuss the reasons for it.

It turns out that for number of years, my fire door was not properly certified after its replacement, making my safety and others endangered.

It never had a fire door compliance tag and the gap in various areas exceeds the prescribed values (although the previous checks "assured" us that it was relatively OK!?)

In certain places between our fire door and the frame at the head and the stiles, the clearance is 7-8mm. In other areas, it drops down to 2-3mm.

I will insist on full report and replacement of the fire door on 20 April if the information about the manufacturer's name, the year the door was manufactured, fire rating, and the item's serial number cannot be found with 100% accuracy and the door is not meeting Australia standards. To prove that you have it, I will need a copy from original strata files in that regard, which probably goes back at least 12 years.

I also require that BCS Strata Management provides me with full report of current fire audit.


1. All fire doors must be installed in compliance with the current national standards and requirements set out by the Building Code of Australia and the relevant Australian Standards (AS 1905.1 and AS1530.4). Failure to adhere to these codes can result in penalties, as well as additional costs in having to upgrade or fix your doors or installation faults.

Some of the items to be recorded on the tag: the manufacturer's name, fire rating/resistant level, owner's name, certifier's name, the year the door was manufactured and the item serial number.

A Compliance Tag must remain on the door for the life of the door.

Correctly installing fire doors is a significant component of our building's fire safety plan and is essential in saving lives and preventing extensive damage in the event of a fire.

2. The information on the tags informs the history of the fire door. It must show the manufacturer and the date the fire door was made. It will also show the certifier and that the door complies to the Australian Fire door and fire door frame standards.

This Standard of performance should be in accordance with AS1905 Part 1.

3. That means, under the provisions of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 (EP & A Reg.), owners corporation failed to meet legal obligation to supply the local council and the Commissioner of the NSW Fire Brigades with a copy of the current Fire Safety Statement listing the fire safety measures applicable to our building and the Performance Standard relative to each.

4. A copy of the Fire Safety Statement must be supplied as soon as possible after being issued to the owner. Together with copies of certificates and statements, owners must also supply the Commissioner with a copy of the current Fire Safety Schedule issued to the owner by the consent authority specifying the fire safety measures that should be implemented in the building premises.

5. A copy of the Fire Safety Statement together with a copy of the current fire safety schedule must be prominently displayed in the building. This has never been done in SP52948.

The owner corporation, to which an essential fire safety measure is applicable by virtue of a Fire Safety Schedule, must not fail to maintain each essential fire safety measure in the building premises.

Owners and agents are responsible for the accuracy of details on the form and must sign the form. However, without supporting evidence compiled by a properly qualified competent person, it may be that the signatory leaves himself or herself open to challenge.

6. Some of the requirements from the Australian standards:

* Only 3mm of clearance must be evident between the fire door and the frame at the head and the stiles; if more than a 3mm gap exists, the fire door will be non-compliant,

* No more than 10mm and no less than 3mm of clearance must be evident between the fire door and finished floor; if more than a 10mm gap exists between the door and floor, the door will not comply with Australian standards
 
* The sill of the opening must be made from a non-combustible product, such as concrete,

* The locks or closing mechanisms on each door have been fire tested and certified (remember, all fire doors must be self-latching); all furniture, handles and any other fixture fitted to the door leaf with must be tested/ and certified locks must have a 127mm back set,

* No deadbolts (or similar locks) are installed on any fire door; this goes against the Building Codes of Australia is contrary to the Australian Standards and will result in non-compliance.