Generate your Schedule of Essential Safety Provisions, manage the Annual Statement of Compliance, and run BAL, egress and NCC 2025 Section J - all aligned to South Australia requirements.
South Australia regulates essential fire and life-safety measures under the Planning, Development & Infrastructure Regulations. New and altered buildings need a Schedule of Essential Safety Provisions listing every required measure and its performance standard, and building owners must lodge an Annual Statement of Compliance each year confirming those measures have been inspected and maintained to AS 1851.
The Fire & Building Compliance Suite handles the full Adelaide and South Australia workflow - from the initial fire-system assessment and Schedule of Essential Safety Provisions, through construction-phase passive fire tracking, to ongoing essential safety measure management and the Annual Statement of Compliance.
This page summarises how the software supports South Australia compliance. Always verify outputs against the current National Construction Code, the Planning, Development & Infrastructure Regulations and the relevant Australian Standards, and have them certified by a suitably qualified practitioner.
South Australia uses a Fire Danger Index of 80 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 SA 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 | 8 m | 14 m | 20 m | 28 m | 80 m |
| Woodland Class B | 6 m | 11 m | 16 m | 23 m | 40 m |
| Shrubland Class C | 6 m | 10 m | 14 m | 21 m | 40 m |
| Scrub Class D | 5 m | 8 m | 11 m | 16 m | 30 m |
| Grassland Class E | 5 m | 6 m | 10 m | 14 m | 40 m |
| Rainforest Class F | 4 m | 6 m | 10 m | 14 m | 23 m |
| Plantation Class G | 6 m | 11 m | 16 m | 23 m | 40 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 South Australia, the statutory document is the Schedule of Essential Safety Provisions, issued under the Planning, Development & Infrastructure Regulations. Building owners must then provide an Annual Statement of Compliance 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 Statement of Compliance for South Australia. The Fire Safety Schedule tool generates the Schedule of Essential Safety Provisions for Construction Certificate submissions.
The BAL Calculator runs AS 3959:2018 assessments using South Australia's Fire Danger Index of 80, accounting for vegetation class, separation distance and effective slope to determine the Bushfire Attack Level and its construction requirements.
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