Fire Safety Schedule (FSS) template

Purpose of the Fire Safety Schedule (FSS)

The FSS helps make sure that a building’s fire safety measures are installed and maintained to meet minimum performance standards.

It lists essential fire safety measures that apply to a building (both existing and proposed). It must include essential and critical fire safety measures and be tailored to the specific use and risk profile of the building.

The FSS must deal with a building as a whole and include the minimum standard of performance for each fire safety measure. This is the standard to which each measure must be designed, installed and capable of operating.

When is an FSS required?

An FSS must be issued by a council, registered certifier or other authority when:

• granting development consent for a change in building use, other than by a complying development certificate, where there are no proposed building works,
• issuing a complying development certificate for building work or a change of building use,
• issuing a construction certificate for building work, or
• giving a relevant order or accepting an undertaking in relation to the premises.

Using the FSS standard template

All FSS must be issued using the standard template form published by the NSW Government. This requirement commenced 1 August 2023.

This template must be used when issuing a new FSS, as well as when reissuing an existing FSS due to corrections or missing documentation. This applies to certifiers, councils, building owners and practitioners.

If you encounter any issues using the template, please contact us at: CertifierStrategy@customerservice.nsw.gov.au