Once a FPAS Accredited Practitioner has completed the Annual Fire Certificate, can section 8 and 9 be signed by the chairperson / lot owner?
We are a complex of 3 townhouses with minimal fire safety requirements. We employed an FPAS Accredited Practitioner to complete the Annual Fire Certificate and the chairperson owner signed sections 8 and 9 accordingly. However, at our AGM, our Strata Manager said that we are not qualified to sign and that we need to employ a specialist Fire Engineer to check the work was done correctly and sign sections 8 and 9 accordingly.
Apart from the additional cost, it seems illogical to employ an accredited contractor and then employ someone to check their work. Is this correct?
Sections 8 and 9 are to be signed by the owners or their agent.
Here is the latest version of the Fire Safety Statament. Sections 8 and 9 are to be signed by the owners or their agent. The person can be an engineer and the owners could choose to engage someone to sign it; however, they do not need to be an engineer.
The owners need only check that the practitioner(s) listed in sections 4, 5 and 6 are actually accredited for all measures they are endorsing. You can check the public register here: FPAS Accredited Practitioner Search.
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Rob Broadhead, CEO of 2020 Fire Protection.
I've been involved in strata since 2001, spoken at events, written training courses and been involved in committees. I am a regular contributor to SCA, FMA, OCN, LookUpStrata and Your Strata Property.
I’ve been in fire protection since 1992, a graduate of the Institute of Fire Engineers and an Accredited Practitioner (Fire Safety).
I’ve served voluntarily as VP of FPA Australia and on SCA’s NSW State Committee. I've represented FMA on the Building Commission’s Fire Safety Steering committee, and listed in the 2021 report into Fire Safety Reform. I am co-chair of the Strata sector of the Fire Safety Industry Reference Group.
I bring timely fire and related legislative knowledge transparently to the strata industry.
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