Generate your Fire Safety Schedule, manage the Annual Fire Safety Statement (AFSS), and run BAL, egress and NCC 2025 Section J - all aligned to New South Wales requirements.
New South Wales regulates essential fire and life-safety measures under the Environmental Planning & Assessment Regulation 2021 (cl. 187). New and altered buildings need a Fire Safety Schedule listing every required measure and its performance standard, and building owners must lodge an Annual Fire Safety Statement (AFSS) each year confirming those measures have been inspected and maintained to AS 1851.
The Fire & Building Compliance Suite handles the full Sydney and New South Wales workflow - from the initial fire-system assessment and Fire Safety Schedule, through construction-phase passive fire tracking, to ongoing essential safety measure management and the Annual Fire Safety Statement (AFSS).
This page summarises how the software supports New South Wales compliance. Always verify outputs against the current National Construction Code, the Environmental Planning & Assessment Regulation 2021 (cl. 187) and the relevant Australian Standards, and have them certified by a suitably qualified practitioner.
New South Wales uses a Fire Danger Index of 100 under AS 3959:2018, so the separation distance needed to achieve a given Bushfire Attack Level differs from states on a different FDI. These are the distances the BAL Calculator returns for NSW on a flat site – measured from classified vegetation to the building.
| Vegetation | BAL-FZ | BAL-40 | BAL-29 | BAL-19 | BAL-12.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Class A | 10 m | 17 m | 25 m | 35 m | 100 m |
| Woodland Class B | 8 m | 14 m | 20 m | 29 m | 50 m |
| Shrubland Class C | 7 m | 12 m | 18 m | 26 m | 50 m |
| Scrub Class D | 6 m | 10 m | 14 m | 20 m | 37 m |
| Grassland Class E | 6 m | 8 m | 12 m | 17 m | 50 m |
| Rainforest Class F | 5 m | 8 m | 12 m | 17 m | 29 m |
| Plantation Class G | 8 m | 14 m | 20 m | 29 m | 50 m |
Indicative output of the BAL Calculator on a flat site; downslope increases every distance. Always verify against AS 3959:2018, the current National Construction Code and your consent authority.
In New South Wales, the statutory document is the Fire Safety Schedule, issued under the Environmental Planning & Assessment Regulation 2021 (cl. 187). Building owners must then provide an Annual Fire Safety Statement (AFSS) each year confirming the essential safety measures have been inspected and maintained.
Yes. The ESM Manager tracks every essential safety measure, schedules its AS 1851 inspections and flags defects, then helps you produce the Annual Fire Safety Statement (AFSS) for New South Wales. The Fire Safety Schedule tool generates the Fire Safety Schedule for Construction Certificate submissions.
The BAL Calculator runs AS 3959:2018 assessments using New South Wales's Fire Danger Index of 100, accounting for vegetation class, separation distance and effective slope to determine the Bushfire Attack Level and its construction requirements.
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