Australian Standard Preface
- AS 4655-2005
The Standard was prepared by Standards Australia Committee FP-021, Fire Safety Audits, to supersede AS 4655(Int)-2002.
The objective of the Standard is to set out a structured process of auditing fire safety against audit criteria to enable stakeholders to adequately gauge, to differing levels of confidence, the efficacy and suitability of fire safety measures in facilities and to ensure that adequate fire safety records are generated and retained. Stakeholders include facility owners, occupiers, managers, the authority having jurisdiction and other interested parties.
This edition of the Standard outlines the process and framework for audits aligned with ISO 19011, Guidelines for quality and/or environmental management systems auditing, adapted for fire safety auditing. The Standard enhances the previous edition by re-defining the categories of audit into three levels that offer varying degrees of confidence that the audit criteria have or have not been met. Audit team member roles have been clarified and additional guidance is given for audit team member competence and audit criteria.
The 2008 edition includes informative requirements and its application has been broadened from buildings to all facilities where fire safety needs to be managed on an ongoing basis.
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