AFSS due date calculator
Enter the date of a building’s last annual fire safety statement. You get the next due date, the day the three-month inspection window opens, and a reminder schedule you can add to your calendar. Built for fire protection firms and strata managers who carry these dates for owners.
For a new or altered building, use the date of the fire safety certificate. The first statement is due within 12 months of it.
Enter a date to see the next due date and the reminder schedule.
How the dates are worked out
NSW councils describe the rules the same way. A new statement is due within 12 months of the last one. The assessment and inspection of the fire safety measures must happen within the three months before the statement is issued. The statement goes to council and Fire & Rescue NSW, and a copy is displayed in the building.
So the calculator counts 12 months from the last statement for the due date, and three months back from the due date for the start of the inspection window. The reminders work back from the due date so there is time to fix defects before anyone signs.
This is a planning aid, not advice. Some buildings also have critical measures that need a supplementary statement more often than once a year, and councils set their own processes and fees. Check the page for the council your building sits in, such as Hornsby Council’s fire safety page, and lodge through Fire & Rescue NSW.
Tracking more than a handful of buildings?
A calculator works for one building. For fifty, the dates belong in one place, with reminders drafted on schedule for your team to check and send, and defect quotes that get followed up. We wrote about how to stop missing AFSS dates, and we build CRMs for fire protection companies and for strata managers.
Each year, within 12 months of the previous statement. For a new or altered building, the first one is due within 12 months of the fire safety certificate. Each council runs its own process, so check your council’s page.
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