Code of Practice
To guide the fire protection industry in applying the legislation, the FPI (ODS & SGG) Board has prepared a code of practice for the reduction of emissions of ozone depleting and synthetic greenhouse gas fire extinguishing agents.
The objective of this Code of Practice is to guide practitioners in the fire protection industry in the handling, storage and disposal of ODS & SGG to reduce emissions into the environment and to ensure compliance with the provisions of the legislation.
This Code is not exhaustive, but covers many of the issues associated with managing ODS & SGG extinguishing agents. It should therefore be used as a guide to reducing emissions and complying with Commonwealth legislation.
It is also not a technical design document and must be used with other standards and codes of practice.
Compliance with this Code by those who manufacture, service, install and decommission fire fighting equipment using ODS & SGG is a prerequisite of the Fire Protection Industry (ODS & SGG) Board for any authorisation granted by the Board.
Compliance with this code is also a requirement of any person seeking approval to discharge a scheduled substance, other than where the approval allows for a variation.
The overriding obligation of this code it to prevent the unnecessary discharge of any ODS & SGG extinguishing agent.
The Code of Practice for the Reduction of Emissions of Ozone Depleting & Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Fire Extinguishing Agents was developed by the Fire Protection Industry (ODS & SGG) Board. Click here (file: 132KB) to download a copy of the Code of Practice.