Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The occupier of a building must maintain each monitored system for the building to ensure an unacceptable number of unwanted alarms are not signalled from the system.
(2) For subsection (1), the number of unwanted alarms signalled from a monitored system is unacceptable if the number signalled since the end of the last financial year is—
(a) more than 4; and
(b) more than the average number for the last financial year published under subsection (4).
(3) However, the commissioner may decide that, despite subsection (2), the number of unwanted alarms signalled from a monitored system is acceptable, having regard to—
(a) the size and other characteristics of the building; and
(b) how the building is used; and
(c) the number of detector heads in the building; and
(d) whether the system also relates to other buildings.
(4) As soon as practicable after 30 June each year, the commissioner must calculate, and notify in the gazette, the average number of unwanted alarms for monitored systems for the last financial year.
(5) The number must be calculated by dividing the total number of unwanted alarms signalled from all monitored systems during the last financial year by the total number of monitored systems in operation during the last financial year.
(6) In this section—
detector head means a part of a monitored system that detects smoke or heat and sends a signal to another part of the system.
emergency means a situation in which there is danger of harm to persons or property from a fire or hazardous materials emergency.
emergency alarm means an alarm, from a monitored system for a building, signalled to the service to attend the building.
maintain, a monitored system, includes—
(a) ensure the system is in good repair; and
(b) ensure each part of the system is properly installed and appropriately located; and
(c) ensure the system is able to distinguish between a fire and normal conditions in the building; and
(d) implement measures for avoiding unwanted alarms from the system.
Examples of implementing measures for paragraph (d)—
establishing requirements for persons working near the system to isolate the system while using tools that may cause an unwanted alarm
giving information sheets to guests in the building about the sensitivity of the system and how to avoid causing an unwanted alarm
for a building used to provide residential accommodation that has a high level of unwanted alarms, installing an alarm acknowledgement facility under AS1670.1—2004
monitored system, for a building, means an automatic smoke detection and alarm system—
(a) that is a prescribed fire safety installation for the building; and
(b) that is monitored by the service.
unwanted alarm means an emergency alarm signalled at a time when the commissioner is satisfied there was no emergency requiring the attendance of the service.