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Specifies requirements for the design, development, installation, inspection, maintenance and operation of playgrounds, including playground equipment and surfacing, to ensure a continuing level of functionality and safety.

Sets out test procedures and criteria for the determination of fire-resistance of elements of building construction.

AS 4023.3 specifies the minimum requirements for field-testing, maintenance and replacement of thermostatic mixing valves, tempering valves, thermostatically controlled taps and end-of-line temperature-actuated devices

Sets out requirements for the safety aspects, construction, testing and certification, operation and maintenance of non-flammable medical gas pipeline systems used for patient care, operating surgical tools, and therapeutic and diagnostic purposes; the supply of oxygen from pressure swing absorption, oxygen concentrators and similar techniques is not covered in this Standard; the supply of synthetic air from proportioning units is not covered in the Standard.

AS 3786:2022 adopts and modifies ISO 12239:2021 for Australia which specifies requirements, test methods, performance criteria, and manufacturer’s instructions for smoke alarms that operate using scattered light, transmitted light, or ionization, and are intended for household or similar residential applications.

Sets out a hot smoke test methodology by means of which a specified quantity of smoke may be generated, at a safe temperature, within a building.

Specifies a test method for determining the combustibility of building materials and is one of a series of test methods of evaluating the potential fire hazard of building products; the test is for building materials other than coated, faced or laminated materials which, although not completely inert, produce only a limited amount of heat and flame when exposed to temperatures of approximately 750 °C.

Provides methods for determining the performance of external construction elements when exposed to radiant heat, burning embers and burning debris.

The 2018 edition of AS 1530.8.1 is amended as follows; the amendments should be inserted in the appropriate places.

Provides a glossary of terms to be used in connection with fire testing; also refers to deprecated terms which should not be used in connection with fire testing.