• Provider of Choice 
  • Why use a Provider of Choice?
  • Provider of Choice Categories
  • Disclaimer
  • Professional Member Register
  • NSW Fire Spinkler Provider List
  • NSW Interim Fire Safety Assessor Register
• Member Services 
  • Join NOW & Benefit
  • Platinum Membership
  • Workplace Relations
  • Renew Online
  • Membership Forms
  • Sales Centre
  • Professional Membership
  • Vouchers
• Training Services 
  • Fire Protection Maintenance Training
  • EAHL Training
  • Bushfire Training
    • Bushfire Attack Level Short Course
    • Building and Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas
  • Training discounts
• Accreditation & Licensing 
  • Fire Protection Accreditation Scheme (FPAS)
  • Bushfire Planning and Design (BPAD)
  • Cabling Registration
  • Workplace Emergency Response (WER)
• Member Engagement 
  • SPARK - An online discussion/engagement platform
  • State & Territory Membership Groups
  • Technical Committees
    • What do Technical Committees do?
    • How can I get involved?
    • Committee Structure
    • TACs
    • SIGs
    • NTAC
    • Standards Australia Committees
• Ozone  
• Technical 
  • Technical Documents
    • Position Statements
      • PS-01 V1.1 Selection of Residential Smoke Alarms
      • PS-02 V1.1 Roof Systems for Flame Zone Construction in Bushfire Prone Areas
      • PS-03 V1.1 Adoption and Use of AS 1851-2012
      • PS-04 V1.2 National Licensing - Fire Protection Work under the Plumbing & Gasfitting Occupations
      • PS-05 V1.1 Product Compliance & Evidence Of Suitability
      • PS-06 V1 Water Storage Tanks for Fire Protection Systems
      • PS-07 Vehicle System Service Technician Competency
      • PS-08 Routine Service of Aspirating Smoke Detectors (ASDs) with automated test facilities
    • Information Bulletins
      • IB-01 V1.1 Fire Pump Battery Failures
      • IB-02 V1.1 Use of Genuine Components: Pre-Engineered Fire Systems
      • IB-03 V1.1 Mandatory Safety Standards and Certification of Portable Fire Extinguishers
      • IB-04 V1.1 AS 3959-2009 - Amendment No. 3
      • IB-05 V1.1 Sprinkler System Component Fault Monitoring
      • IB-06 V2 Selection and Use of Firefighting Foams
      • IB-07 V1.1 Date of Manufacture Stamping of Portable Fire Extinguisher Cylinders
      • IB-08 V1.1 Safe Handling of Portable Fire Extinguishers During Servicing
      • IB-09 V1.1 Application of Primary and Secondary Reference Documents under the Building Code of Australia
      • IB-10 Consideration of Emergency Response in Alternative Solutions
      • IB-11 Evacuation Diagrams
      • IB-12 V2 Isolation Valves in Fire Sprinkler and Fire Hydrant Systems
      • IB-13 Frequently Asked Questions: Portable Fire Extinguishers
      • IB-14 Queensland Operational Policy: Environmental Management of Firefighting Foam
      • IB-16 Oxygen Reduction Fire Prevention Systems (ORFPS)
    • Technical Advisory Notes
      • TAN-01 V1.1 Requirement to Consider Simultaneous Draw from Water Supply
      • TAN-02 V1.1 AS1670.1 Occupant Warning System Primary Power Source Requirements
      • TAN-03 Maintenance of Aspirating Smoke Detectors (ASD)
    • Good Practice Guides
      • GPG-01 V1.1 Specification and Application of Intumescent Coating Systems for the Fire Protection of Structural Steel
      • GPG-02 V1.1 Completion Of Extinguisher Service Records When Not All Tasks Can Be Undertaken
      • GPG-04 V1.1 Annual Fire Safety Statements - New South Wales
      • GPG-03 V4 Adoption and Use of AS 1851-2012
      • GPG-05 Baseline Data for Routine Service of Fire Protection Systems
      • GPG-06 Fire Resistance
      • GPG-07 Protection of openings for service penetrations in fire resisting building elements
    • Reference Documents
      • RD-02 V1.1 Cylinder Safety (Transport) Caps
      • RD-03 V1.1 Gaseous Fire Suppression Systems Actuators
  • Other Documents
  • Technical Enquiries
  • Product Compliance
  • Technical Specifications

IB-15 Gaseous fire extinguishing systems: Cylinder hydrostatic testing requirements

The purpose of this Information Bulletin is to clarify the Australian Standard requirements and identify where the OEM service requirements are to be applied for the hydrostatic testing of gaseous fire extinguisher cylinders.

IB-15 Gaseous fire extinguishing systems: Cylinder hydrostatic testing requirements

(Adobe PDF file)

Published: 20/12/2017