Purpose of the Meeting:

• These meetings are preliminary in nature and are intended to occur prior to any formal lodgements.
• The advice provided by DFES at this stage is for early guidance only.
• More detailed advice will be provided following the submission of the DTS Plans.

Scope of the Meeting:

• This “Deemed to Satisfy & Fire Safety Systems” consultation meeting will be attended by DFES Building Fire Safety Officers only.
• Performance-based fire engineering solutions or deviations from the NCC will not be discussed during this meeting.
• If such matters need to be addressed, please submit a Fire Engineering & Deemed to Satisfy (DTS) Meeting Request instead.

Direct Brigade Alarm (DBA) Considerations:

• For comprehensive technical DBA connection performance matters, please contact the DBA team at dba@dfes.wa.gov.au to arrange a separate meeting.

Submission Requirements:

• This form must be completed and submitted to the DFES Built Environment Branch (BEB), along with all relevant plans, before a meeting can be scheduled.
• All submitted information and documentation must be accurate, complete, and up to date to ensure an effective and productive meeting.
• All plans relevant to the discussion – including, where applicable, the flow and pressure test report – must be submitted as part of this request. Incomplete submissions may result in limited or inaccurate advice.

Project Limit:

• Applicants may book up to two projects within the same time slot. Details for both projects must be included in the same meeting request form. 
• Adding a project at a later date is not permitted.
• Only plans submitted with the meeting request will be discussed. Additional or unrelated plans must not be presented during the meeting.

Meeting Minutes:

• Automated summaries, such as those generated by Read.ai, are not accepted as official meeting minutes.
• If the design team wishes to submit minutes, they must be prepared in a standard meeting minutes format and submitted within 10 working days to BEBadmin@dfes.wa.gov.au.
• Please note that any minutes submitted may not be reviewed or endorsed by the DFES attending officer(s). However, all submitted minutes will be retained for record-keeping purposes.

Confidentiality:

• All submitted materials will be treated as confidential and used solely for the purpose of assessing the project(s).

Please upload ALL relevant plans to this meeting request. Incomplete meeting requests will not be processed.