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Fire Safety in Class 2 to 9 Buildings for Architects
The fire strategy is fixed on your plan and section long before the fire engineer checks it.
How fire safety in Class 2 to 9 buildings is settled by architectural decisions. The Type of construction from classification and rise in storeys, compartments and fire resistance levels, egress as geometry you can resolve at concept, the active services and the Performance Solution pathway with the fire safety engineer, then the NCC 2025 carpark reforms, external walls and the documentation that makes the strategy defensible.
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4 modules, 2 case studies, final quiz and certificate.
Introduction and objectives
Why fire safety is woven through the plan from the first massing study, and which NCC edition binds your project.
Fire Resistance and Type of Construction
Work out the Type of construction from classification and rise in storeys, then set compartments, fire resistance levels and protected openings on the plan.
Access and Egress
Resolve exit numbers, aggregate width, travel distance, fire isolated stairs and accessible egress while the massing is still fluid.
Fire Services, Smoke and the Performance Pathway
Make room for hydrants, sprinklers and smoke control, and brief the fire safety engineer so the report matches the drawings.
NCC 2025 Carparks, Documentation and Risk
Apply the carpark reforms, treat facade materials as a fire decision, and keep a fire safety schedule that survives an edition change.
A carpark and an atrium
An open deck carpark caught by the NCC 2025 trigger, and a central atrium resolved by fire engineering.
Key takeaways
The decisions that are yours on the plan, and the record that proves them.
Final quiz and certificate
Ten project scenarios. Pass and the certificate goes straight into your dashboard.
Advanced. For architects who already design and document Class 2 to 9 buildings. Covers NCC Volume One Sections C, D and E, the Performance Solution pathway and the NCC 2025 carpark provisions, under both NCC 2022 and NCC 2025. It does not teach fire engineering analysis or replace the fire safety engineer, and houses under Volume Two are not covered.
Written for the people whose plans and sections decide how a building behaves in a fire.
Architects
You fix the Type of construction, the compartments and the exits when you set the form, long before anyone checks them.
Building designers
You document compartment boundaries, fire resistance levels and egress paths that must survive into construction.
Building surveyors
You decide whether a fire strategy is coherent, evidenced and assessed under the right edition.
Fire safety engineers
Your report only holds if its assumptions match the building the architect actually documents.
Licensed builders
You keep the rating of walls, floors and penetrations intact and build what the fire strategy assumed.
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
Coordinating consultant input
Performance standards for materials and systems
Documentation that complies with codes
Accurate documents for stakeholders
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If you are |
How it is recorded |
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An architect |
1 formal CPD point. Aligned with NSCA 2021 performance criteria PC12, PC41, PC45, PC46 and PC47. |
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A building designer |
1 CPD point. 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. |
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A building surveyor, fire safety engineer or builder |
1 hour of CPD on NCC Volume One fire safety, Sections C, D and E, 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.
Class 2 Apartment Design Compliance for Architects
Where fire meets sound and water at the separating element between apartments.
NCC 2025 for Architects: Commercial and Apartment Buildings
The rest of what the new edition changed in Volume One.
NCC 2025 Pipeline Protection: Managing Live Project Risk During the Transition
Protecting projects documented to one edition and certified under the next.
Before you enrol.
Set a fire strategy you can defend from the first plan to certification, in one self-paced hour.
$99, 60 minutes, certificate on completion.