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S M O K E A L A R M I N Q U I R Y
Second Hearing | Parliament House, Canberra | 4 December 2015

CSIRO - Senate Inquiry Misrepresentations

Mr Mark Burgess

Senator Glenn Lazarus

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Second Hearing | Parliament House, Canberra | 4 December 2015

CSIRO Misrepresentations
World Fire Safety Foundation (WFSF) report providing evidence of misrepresentations
by the Mr Mark Burgess of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organization (CSIRO), to the Chairman of the Australian Senate Smoke Alarm Inquiry
Committee, Senator Glenn Lazarus on 04 December 2015.
-----------------------Background Information:
- The CSIROs ActivFire Certification Scheme:
www.ActivFire.gov.au
- Evidence of the flawed Australian Smoke Alarm Standard (AS3786-1993):
www.TheWFSF.org/sa
- Copies of communications with the CSIRO by the WFSF and Mr Chris Gulaptis MP
since 20 May 2009 including Open Letters, WFSF articles published in the Volunteer
Fire Fighter Association magazine, newspaper reports, Australian television news
reports and an Australian Senate Smoke Alarm Inquiry video:
www.SmokeAlarmWarning.org/csiro.html
- 'The Law & You' U.S. radio interview with WFSF Chairman Adrian Butler and
Standards Australia Committee member David Isaac, after CSIRO test data was
deposed in U.S. court case where three children died in a home fitted with ionization
alarms. The manufacturer settled out of court with a Protection Order and
Confidentiality Agreement keeping CSIRO test data from being released to the public:
www.SmokeAlarmWarning.org/ba.html#utc

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A U S T R A L I A N S E N AT E S M O K E A L A R M I N Q U I RY
Second Hearing | Parliament House, Canberra | 4 December 2015

THE SENATE

LEGAL AND CONSTI TUTI ONAL AFFAI RS REFERENCES COM M I TTEE

Use of smoke alarms to prevent smoke and fire related deaths

PUBLI C HEARI NG
Friday 4 December 2015
Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House, Canberra
Time

Witness

9.00 am

Panel:
M etropolitan Fire & Emergency Services Board (Submission 4)
Mr Adam Dalrymple, Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Director of Fire Safety
Mr Julian Yaxley, Manager of Economics and Strategic Projects
Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) (Submissi
on 5)
Commissioner Greg Mullins, President

10.00 am Fire Protection Association Australia (Submission 18)

Mr Matthew Wright, Chief Technical Officer and Deputy CEO
Mr Chris Orr, Technical Director
10.45 am Morning tea
11.00 am Fire Protection Association Australia (Submission 18)
Ms Carmel Coate, Executive Director
11.30 am Fire & Safety Technologies Pty (via teleconference) (Submission 27)
Mr David Isaac, Director
12.15 pm Housing I ndustry Association Ltd (Submission 22)
Mr Greg Weller, National Director of Communications
Mr Mike Harding, National Manager/Building Codes and Standards
12.45 pm Lunch
1.45 pm

CSI RO (Submission 2)
Dr Marcus Zipper, Director of CSIRO Services
Mr Mark Burgess, Executive Manager of CSIRO Services

2.15 pm

Australian Building Codes Board (Submission 21)

Mr Neil Savery, General Manager
Mr Matthew McDonald, Group Manager
Dr Brian Ashe, Director
Mr Ray Loveridge, Director

3.15 pm

Adjournment

Committee Chair: Senator Glenn Lazarus

Committee Secretary: Sophie Dunstone
PO Box 6100, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: +61 2 6277 3560 Fax: +61 2 6277 5794
Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au Internet:
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs

This program extracted from the public domain, i.e. the Australian Governments Senate Inquiry website on 05 December 2015:
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Fire_safety/Public_Hearings

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