AS1851 CL.1.10 · FPAS · NSW FAIR TRADINGMUST PROVE
FPAS-accredited individuals
From 01/08/2025 only FPAS-accredited individuals may sign Fire Safety Certificates and AFSS. A company ABN and an invoice are not evidence of individual accreditation.
AS1851-2012 · Compliance intelligence for strata
The liability is yours.
The knowledge gap is common.
Precura is the compliance verification layer that sits between strata managers and fire contractors — producing a structured, audit-ready record automatically, with every service.
NSW · EP&A Reg s81/81A
$33,000
On-the-spot. Up to $110K in court.
QLD · BFSR 2008
$8,250
Per offence. Up to $165K where deaths result.
Building Fire & Safety Reg 2008
"A 'yes' without documentation is still a no."
480×
Contractor attendances/yr at 40 buildings under monthly inspection
7 yrs
Minimum on-site retention for service records (AS1851 cl.1.16.6)
3
Defect types — Critical, Non-critical, Non-conformance
±5 days
Service tolerance window. Outside it = mandatory NCR
The gap
Signing the statement is signing the liability.
Most strata and body corporate managers know fire compliance is important. Very few can describe what AS1851-2012 actually requires them to verify, document, and produce on demand.
The Annual Fire Safety Statement in NSW and the Annual Occupier's Statement in QLD are legal declarations. Signing either without the underlying Yearly Condition Reports in hand — for every class of installation, at every building — is a false attestation.
That's the gap Precura is built to close. We don't replace your fire contractors. We verify them, structure their output, and produce the compliance record the regulator now requires you to have on-site.
The regulatory map
What you must prove. By state.
Each obligation below maps to a specific clause. A 'yes' without documentation is still a no.
Under SL 2025-17 (effective 13 February 2026), owners corporations — and their strata managers — must maintain essential fire safety measures in strict accordance with AS1851-2012. Enforced with on-the-spot fines and Land & Environment Court liability.
AS1851 CL.1.16.6MUST PROVE
7-year on-site records
Records must be retained and immediately accessible on-site for a minimum of 7 years. PDFs buried in an inbox do not satisfy the 'readily accessible' threshold.
AS1851 CL.1.17.1 · FIG 1.5.6MUST PROVE
Defect classification in writing
Critical defects: verbal before the technician leaves site, written within 24 hours. Non-critical: within one week. A generic service report does not satisfy this.
AS1851 TABLES 1.11(A) & 1.11(B)MUST PROVE
±5 working day tolerance
Monthly services completed outside the ±5 working day window trigger mandatory Non-Conformance logging. These liabilities compound silently across a portfolio.
AS1851 CL.1.17.2MUST KNOW
Yearly Condition Reports
A structured Yearly Condition Report — separate from invoices — is required per fire protection system, confirming approved design and listing all outstanding defects.
AS1851 CL.1.12 · TABLE 1.12MUST KNOW
Systems interface testing
Annual end-to-end interface testing across sprinklers, HVAC, smoke exhaust and door release — one of the most frequently missed requirements.
The platform
What if this checklist ran itself — automatically?
Precura is the compliance verification layer built specifically for managers who carry AS1851 liability across a strata portfolio.
01
Accreditation verification
Before a technician attends, Precura verifies their FPAS (NSW) or QBCC licence class (QLD) against the live register — and matches it to the work being performed.
02
AFSS / AOS-ready reports
Every service visit generates a structured AS1851-formatted attendance record. By statement time, your Annual Condition Reports per installation class are already compiled.
03
Portfolio-wide compliance
See which buildings are current, which are overdue, and which carry open defects — across your entire NSW and QLD portfolio in one view. Not 40 contractor conversations.
04
Defect timelines, enforced
Critical defects trigger immediate notifications. The AS1851 timeline — verbal same-day, written within 24h — is enforced by the platform, not by memory.
You should know
Four exposures that don't appear on a contractor invoice.
- 01
Unaccredited technicians invalidate AFSS sign-off and expose every building they attended.
- 02
Missing or lost on-site records spanning 7 years are an unrecoverable, reportable non-conformance.
- 03
Services completed outside AS1851's ±5 working day window trigger mandatory NCR logging — multiplying silently across schemes.
- 04
Critical defects must be reported verbally before the technician leaves site and confirmed in writing within 24 hours. If the contractor skips this, the liability is yours.
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