PART 3:
ESTABLISHING THE RESCUE SCENE

 

BUILDING CLASSIFICATIONS
Class 1(a) Class 1a - a single dwelling being-
     (i) a detached house; or
     (ii) one or more attached dwellings, each being a building, separated by a fire-resisting wall, including a row house, terrace house, townhouse or villa unit; or
(b) Class 1b - a boarding house, guest house, hostel or the like with a total floor area not exceeding 300 m2 and in which not more than 12 persons would ordinarily be resident, which is not located above or below another dwelling or another Class of building other than a private garage.
Class 2A building containing 2 or more sole occupancy units, each being a seperate dwelling.
Class 3A residential building, other than a building of Class 1 or 2, which is a common place of long term or transient living for a number of unrelated persons, including
  (a) a boarding house, guest house, hostel, lodging house or backpackers accommodation; or
   (b) a residential part of an hotel or motel; or
   (c) a residential part of a school; or
   (d) accommodation for the aged, children or people with disabilities; or
   (e) a residential part of a health-care building which accommodates members of staff; or
   (f) a residential part of a detention centre.
Class 4A dwelling in a building that is Class 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 if it is the only dwelling in the building.
Class 5An office building used for professional or commercial purposes, excluding buildings of Class 6, 7, 8 or 9.
Class 6A shop or other building for the sale of goods by retail or the supply of services direct to the public, including
   (a) an eating room, cafe, restaurant, milk or soft-drink bar; or
   (b) a dining room, bar, shop or kiosk part of a hotel or motel; or
   (c) a hairdresser's or barber's shop, public laundry, or undertaker's establishment; or
   (d) market or sale room, showroom, or service station.
Class 7A building which is
   (a) Class 7a - a carpark; or
   (b) Class 7b - for storage, or display of goods or produce for sale by wholesale.
Class 8A laboratory, or a building in which a handicraft or process for the production, assembling, altering, repairing, packing, finishing, or cleaning of goods or produce is carried on for trade, sale, or gain.
Class 9A building of a public nature
    (a) Class 9a - a health-care building; including those parts of the building set aside as a laboratory; or
   (b) Class 9b - an assembly building, including a trade workshop, laboratory or the like in a primary or secondary school, but excluding any other parts of the building that are of another Class; or
   (c) Class 9c - an aged care building.
Class 10
A non-habitable building or structure
   (a) Class 10a - a non-habitable building being a private garage, carport, shed, or the like; or
   (b) Class 10b - a structure being a fence, mast, antenna, retaining or free-standing wall, swimming pool, or the like.