Dangerous Goods Fire Advice Applications

Who must request fire authority advice?

Premises that store Dangerous Goods (DGs) in quantities that exceed ‘manifest’ quantity must apply for written advice on their emergency plan from the state fire authority. Safety Action finds this requirement is frequently overlooked.

The authority may provide advice and recommendations on the site emergency plan, fire protection and DG emergency information book and DG manifest. We will provide more details about DG manifest and emergency information books in the next newsletter.

Fire Rescue Victoria Cyber Attack and Lost Applications

Premises in Victoria with DGs exceeding Dangerous Goods (DG) Manifest Quantity must apply to Fire Rescue Victoria for advice on their emergency plan:

• When changes to DG quantities occur; andor

• At least every 5 years

In December 2022 Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) experienced a widespread IT outage following a cyber-attack. As a result of this attack, application’s submitted before 9th January have been wiped with no way of FRV being able to recover them.

If you have recently applied for advice and not received written advice, FRV request you to please resubmit your application and attach any supporting documents.

More details here.