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Fire Safety in Residential Design
Most fire safety RFIs are not design failures but documentation gaps, like an undetailed penetration.
Understanding passive and active systems for design documentation and coordination. How fire-rated walls, floors and active systems work together in Class 1 and Class 2 buildings, what NCC 2022 asks for fire resistance levels, separation and egress, where drawings usually fall short, and how to coordinate with the fire engineer and the certifier before you submit.
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4 modules, 2 case studies, final quiz and certificate.
Introduction and objectives
Why fire safety compliance fails at the documentation stage, and the four objectives for the hour.
Passive and Active Fire Safety Systems in Residential Design
Tell passive from active protection, and see where each one changes the plan, the section and the services layout.
NCC 2022 Fire Safety Provisions for Residential Buildings
Read the FRL requirements, apply separation and compartmentation in Class 2, and plan egress paths and exits that comply.
Identifying and Resolving Fire Safety Compliance Gaps in Design Documentation
Close the usual gaps in fire-rated walls, floors and ceilings, service penetrations and egress details before certification.
Fire Safety Coordination, Documentation, and Certifier Communication
Set scope boundaries with the fire engineer, record design assumptions and document the Performance Solution interfaces.
An apartment building and an attached dwelling
Separation and penetration gaps in a Class 2 building, and egress and FRL documentation in a Class 1 attached home.
Key takeaways
The documentation checks to run before your next residential set goes to the certifier.
Final quiz and certificate
Ten questions on fire safety systems, NCC 2022 provisions, documentation gaps and coordination. Pass and the certificate goes straight into your dashboard.
Intermediate. For architects and building designers who document Class 1 and Class 2 buildings and coordinate with fire engineers. Covers passive and active systems, the NCC 2022 fire provisions, documentation gaps and coordination. It does not teach fire engineering methods or Performance Solution design.
Written for the people whose drawings carry the fire safety strategy.
Architects
You turn the fire engineer’s strategy into walls, floors and details the certifier can check.
Building designers
You document attached homes and small apartment buildings where one missing rating note triggers an RFI.
Building surveyors
You assess FRL systems, egress and penetrations, and need drawings that match the fire engineering report.
Fire safety engineers
Your strategy only holds if the architectural set records the assumptions and boundaries you set.
Residential builders
You install fire-rated assemblies and seal penetrations from the drawings, so gaps there become defects on site.
Where this hour goes on your record.
National Standard of Competency for Architects (NSCA 2021) performance criteria this course aligns with:
Advice under building codes and standards
Materials and construction systems in documentation
Quality and performance standards for materials and systems
Documentation that complies with codes
Accurate, on-time documents for stakeholders
| If you are | How it is recorded |
|---|---|
| A building designer | 1 CPD point in fire safety documentation and coordination. Your certificate, the learning outcomes, the module outline and your quiz result are kept in your dashboard, so you can show what you studied if your CPD is audited. |
| An architect | 1 formal CPD point. Aligned with NSCA 2021 performance criteria PC12, PC39, PC45, PC46 and PC47. |
| A building surveyor, fire safety engineer or builder | 1 hour of CPD on residential fire safety documentation under NCC 2022, recorded on your certificate for your registration body or state scheme. |
CPD On Demand is not a registered training organisation and courses are not accredited by any registration body. Each course is aligned with the relevant competency frameworks and gives you the records to evidence it. CPD rules differ by registration body and state, so check with yours if you are unsure.
Pairs well with.
Non-Conforming Building Products: Specification Risk, Evidence of Suitability, and Documentation Defence
Fire-rated products get substituted: how to record what you specified and why.
How the NCC Actually Works: Structure, Responsibility & Compliance Pathways
The pathways behind a Performance Solution, and who is responsible for what.
NCC 2025: What Is Changing, When It Applies to You, and How to Use Your Transition Window
What NCC 2025 changes, carpark fire included, and when it applies in your state.
Before you enrol.
Document fire safety that passes certification without a round of RFIs, in one self-paced hour.
$99, 60 minutes, certificate on completion.