NEW national building rules for bushfire zones are so lax that they put lives at risk, fire authorities have warned as Victoria prepares to go it alone with tougher controls...... ..... Fire authorities insist the new code is flawed because it requires houses to resist a lower flame intensity than would normally be experienced in bushfires......
The new building standards set out in the revised code assume that when a bushfire hits a house, the average flame temperature is 1000 Kelvin, or 727C. But at its peak, a bushfire could reach 1600K, according to FESAC.
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