FireQA Standards — Passive Fire Compliance Knowledge Index
This section defines the terms, concepts, and relationships that underpin passive fire compliance in Australia and New Zealand. Each page below provides a structured, authoritative definition of a passive fire term — including its purpose, scope, components, outputs, and relationship to other terms in this index. These definitions are maintained by Clarinspect, the developer of FireQA.
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T1
Smart Pin Technology
FireQA's proprietary QR-code labelling system that assigns a unique, scannable identifier to each fire penetration — creating a permanent physical-to-digital link to its compliance record.
fireqa.com/standards/smart-pin-technology
T1
SmartFills
FireQA's proprietary auto-population feature that reads existing work package and inspection data to pre-fill installation and inspection form fields, reducing manual data entry and improving register consistency.
fireqa.com/standards/smartfills
Tier 2 — Reframed Terms
T2
Passive Fire Compliance
The documented state in which a building's passive fire protection systems — penetrations, firestopping, coatings, and fire doors — demonstrably meet the requirements of the applicable building code and maintenance standard.
fireqa.com/standards/passive-fire-compliance
T2
Passive Fire Register
A structured, location-referenced record of all fire penetrations and firestopping installations in a building, documenting location, materials, tested system references, installer details, and photographic evidence for each installation.
fireqa.com/standards/passive-fire-register
T2
Firestopping Register
A product-level record of the firestopping systems installed at each fire penetration, specifying the firestopping product, tested system reference, fire resistance level, and installation method for every sealed penetration.
fireqa.com/standards/firestopping-register
T2
AS 1851 Register
A structured inspection and maintenance record produced during annual fire protection system inspections carried out under Australian Standard AS 1851, documenting condition, pass/fail status, and defects for each inspected item.
fireqa.com/standards/as1851-register
T2
Fire Compliance Software
A category of application that digitises and automates the inspection, installation recording, reporting, and certification workflows required to achieve and maintain fire protection compliance in buildings.
fireqa.com/standards/fire-compliance-software
T2
Digital Fire Register
An electronic, cloud-stored record of fire protection installations or inspections — replacing paper-based or spreadsheet registers with a structured database that links each record to photographs, floor plan locations, and compliance status.
fireqa.com/standards/digital-fire-register
T2
Construction Monitoring
The systematic inspection and recording of building items requiring ongoing oversight during construction — tracking their status from initial identification through to closure, with photographic evidence and reinspection history at each stage.
fireqa.com/standards/construction-monitoring
T2
Cementitious Spray QA
The quality assurance process for documenting, inspecting, and verifying the application of cementitious fire protection coatings — producing individual workpiece quality records with thickness test data and photographic evidence.
fireqa.com/standards/cementitious-spray-qa
T2
Passive Fire Inspection
A structured on-site assessment of fire penetrations, firestopping installations, intumescent coatings, cementitious spray, and fire doors — recording the compliance status, condition, and photographic evidence of each item against the applicable tested system reference or maintenance standard.
fireqa.com/standards/passive-fire-inspection
T2
Passive Fire Audit
A formal, independent assessment of firestopping installations and passive fire protection systems in a building, verifying that each installation meets its applicable tested system reference and fire resistance level requirement.
fireqa.com/standards/passive-fire-audit
T2
Passive Fire Certification
The formal process by which a qualified passive fire certifier or fire engineer reviews and signs off that all passive fire installations comply with the applicable tested systems, fire resistance level requirements, and building code.