Fire Safety Certificates and Statements

The building owner or their representative must regularly provide paperwork to both Council and NSW Fire and Rescue to confirm they’re meeting fire safety standards.

These documents must also be prominently displayed in the building.

The paperwork below must be signed by the owner or their representative, and the competent fire safety practitioner.

You must complete your fire safety certificate or statement using the format and compulsory wording from the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000. Council may reject statements or certificates that are not completely correctly.

Registration fees for fire safety statements and certificates can be found in the Fees section of this page.

A Fire Safety Certificate must be submitted by the building owner for:

a new building, before it is used
changed use of a building, before the building is used, or
fire safety upgrade works required by Council.

Use the form below to submit a Fire Safety Certificate, and return it to Council and NSW Fire and Rescue with a copy of the Fire Safety Schedule.

Fire Safety Certificate form DOCX, 165.53 KB

After the Fire Safety Certificate has been issued, you will need to submit an Annual Fire Safety Statement every 12 months.

This annual statement must be submitted within 12 months of the date of issue of the Fire Safety Certificate or the previously given annual fire safety statement.

The Annual Fire Safety Statement form must be completed and returned to Council and NSW Fire and Rescue with a copy of the Fire Safety Schedule.

The NSW Government has published an updated standard template form which must be used when issuing fire safety statements from Monday 1 March 2021.

The form has been amended following the commencement of the Government approved Fire Protection Accreditation Scheme for accredited practitioners (fire safety) under section 59 of the Building and Development Certifiers Act 2018.

You can download a copy of the form below,

Fire Safety Statement form DOCX, 157.19 KB

You can also download a copy of the form from the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment’s website

This statement only applies to critical fire safety measures. These are measures that are important enough to need inspection more often than once a year.

The fire safety schedule will list any measures that are considered critical, and how often they need to be inspected.

Annual / Supplementary Fire Safety Statement form DOCX, 157.19 KB

It is an offence not to provide an Annual Fire Safety Statement by the due date. Heavy and continuing weekly penalty notices apply.

1 week late: $1000
2 weeks late: $2000
3 weeks late: $3000
4+ weeks late: $4000

These penalties can also apply if your statement or certificate is not prepared in line with the state regulation.

Failure to submit an Annual Fire Safety Statement could also lead to legal proceedings in the Land and Environment Court, with penalties up to $110,000.

Council may consider requests for small extensions of time to lodge fire safety statements in extenuating circumstances.

If you cannot lodge a complete annual statement by the due date, you must notify us using the form below. We will invoice you for the approved fee (shown below) which must be paid before your application for an extension is assessed.

Extension of Time Request Form PDF, 132.49 KB

If you have a history of making late submissions, we are unlikely to support an application for an extension.

Fees for extension of time requests

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Parent HierachyArea	Fee NameFee Name	GSTGST	Current Fee (incl. GST)Current Fee (incl. GST)
Parent HierachyDevelopment Assessment \| Fire Safety	Fee NameAnnual Fire Safety Statement - Request to stay penalty infringement notice	GSTN	Current Fee$109.00

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Parent HierachyArea	Fee NameFee Name	GSTGST	Current Fee (incl. GST)Current Fee (incl. GST)
Parent HierachyDevelopment Assessment \| Fire Safety	Fee NameRenewal administration service fee for first licence – S608 of LGA	GSTY	Current Fee$117.00
Parent HierachyDevelopment Assessment \| Fire Safety	Fee NameRenewal administration service fee for second and subsequent licences associated with the same property – S608 of LGA	GSTY	Fee Description50% of above fee
Parent HierachyDevelopment Assessment \| Fire Safety	Fee NameBoarding House & Fire Safety Non-compliance Inspections – first inspection	GSTY	Current Fee$308.00
Parent HierachyDevelopment Assessment \| Fire Safety	Fee NameBoarding House & Fire Safety – Follow-up Inspections	GSTY	Current Fee$228.00
Parent HierachyDevelopment Assessment \| Fire Safety	Fee NameAnnual Fire Safety Statement - Request to stay penalty infringement notice	GSTN	Current Fee$109.00
Parent HierachyDevelopment Assessment \| Fire Safety	Fee NameCompliance Cost Notice - In respect of any costs or expenses relating to the preparation or serving of the notice of intention to give an order pursuant to the EP&A Act 1979 issued under Schedule 5 Development Control Orders - Part 2 Fire Safety Orders and a Building Product Rectification Order pursuant to the Building Products (Safety) Act 2017	GSTN	Current Fee$455.00
Parent HierachyDevelopment Assessment \| Fire Safety	Fee NameCompliance Cost Notice - In respect of any costs or expenses relating to an investigation that leads to the giving of an order pursuant to the EP&A Act 1979 issued under Schedule 5 Development Control Orders - Part 2 Fire Safety Orders and a Building Product Rectification Order pursuant to the Building Products (Safety) Act 2017	GSTN	Current Fee$910.00

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