This  Standard  incorporates  Amendment  No. 1  (June  2007).  The  changes  required  by  the  
Amendment are indicated in the text by a marginal bar and amendment number against the clause, note, table, figure or part thereof affected.

The changes to the previous edition of this Standard comprise the following:

(a) A stated objective.
(b) Clarification of intent.
(c) A restructure of the document into more user friendly equipment-specific sections.
(d) Incorporation  of  all  revisions  contained  in  Amendment  No. 1,  which  expanded  the  
requirements  for  fire  hydrant  system  design,  acceptable  sources  of  water  supply,  
water supply capacities and general revisions to account for advances in technology
for materials, methods of installation and firefighting requirements.
(e) Inclusion of a commentary to some clauses.

This  Standard  will  be  referenced  in  the  Building  Code  of  Australia  2006;  thereby  
superseding  AS 2419.1—1994,  which  will  be  withdrawn  12  months  from  the  date  of  
publication of this Standard.

Commentary is for information only and does not need to be followed for compliance with
the Standard.

Notes  to  the  text  contain  information  and  guidance.  They  are  not  an  integral  part  of  the  Standard.

Illustrations in this Standard are purely diagrammatic and are intended to show functional
requirements only, not methods of construction.

The  terms  ‘normative’  and  ‘informative’  have  been  used  in  this  Standard  to  define  the  
application  of  the  Appendix to  which  they  apply.  A  ‘normative’  Appendix is  an  integral  
part  of  a  Standard,  whereas  an  ‘informative’  Appendix is  only  for  information  and  
guidance. 

Originated as AS 2419-1980. Revised and redesignated AS 2419.1-1988.