AS 5062:2016

Specifies fire risk management procedures and the minimum requirements for fire protection system design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance for use on mobile and transportable equipment. The requirements for listing of fire protection systems and the testing requirements for pre-engineered foam-water spray systems are also specified.

This Standard specifies fire risk management procedures and the minimum requirements for fire protection system design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance for use on mobile and transportable equipment. The requirements for listing of fire protection systems and the testing requirements for pre-engineered foam-water spray systems are also specified.NOTE: Mobile and transportable equipment is generally referred to in this Standard as ‘equipment’.This Standard may be applied to the following equipment and industries:(a) Commercial and recreational vehicles, including the following:(i) Buses.(ii) Four-wheel drives.(iii) Road haulage.(iv) Motor homes.(v) Forklifts.(vi) Road registered plant.(vii) Pleasure craft.NOTE: National Standard for Commercial Vessels, Part C—Design and Construction, Section 4—Fire Safety covers the requirements for commercial marine applications.(b) Mobile and transportable equipment, including but not limited to the following industry sectors:(i) Mining and quarrying.(ii) Forestry.(iii) Waste management.(iv) Construction.(v) Railway.(vi) Agriculture.(vii) Defence.This Standard is intended for new equipment however, it is recommended that the Standard be applied to existing equipment.NOTE: For existing equipment, the fire risk assessment may identify the need for further risk reduction measures or modification of existing reduction measures (see Section 3).

First published as AS 5062-2006.
Second edition 2016.
Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 1 (April 2017).