Not the site you meant? Similar-named AFSS sites explained

Three NSW fire safety businesses have very similar names. Here is what each one actually is, so you land on the site you were looking for.

If a search for an annual fire safety statement brought you here and this does not look like the site you meant, you are probably not wrong. At least three separately run NSW businesses use very similar names: this site (annualfiresafety.com.au), annualfiresafetystatements.com.au and annualfiresafetystatement.com. As far as the public information on each site shows, none of the three is owned by or affiliated with either of the others. The overlap is the shared industry term "annual fire safety statement," not a shared business.

If you meant annualfiresafetystatements.com.au

That business trades as FireSafe Western Sydney, based in Chipping Norton. Its own site describes it as a Western Sydney FPAS and FSA accredited AFSS provider: it carries out AFSS site inspections and certification itself, plus council lodgement guidance and fire extinguisher servicing, across Sydney and Greater Sydney, including Western Sydney, the Inner West, Canterbury-Bankstown, Parramatta, Blacktown, Liverpool and Penrith.

This business already has a listing in our own directory, added independently of this page. If you were looking for it specifically, that listing is the fastest way to find it on this site; its own site is linked in the Sources section below.

If you meant annualfiresafetystatement.​com

That business trades as Annual Fire Safety Statement Sydney (also shown on its own site as AFSS Sydney). Its own site lists its services as annual fire safety statements, fire maintenance and testing, fire safety repairs and rectification, fire safety certificates, emergency lighting inspection and testing, and commercial fire audits, servicing Sydney Wide, NSW.

We do not currently have a directory listing for this business. That reflects the order we have added listings in, not anything about this business: our directory is a growing sample of NSW providers we have found and described from public sources, not a full import of the FPAA register, and a business being absent from it is not a signal about its accreditation or quality. Its own site is linked in the Sources section below.

What this site is

Annual Fire Safety NSW is an independent information and directory resource. We publish general guidance on the AFSS process and, where a public source lets us verify a detail, show it on the relevant listing. We do not carry out AFSS inspections or certifications ourselves and we are not a provider. More on how this site works is on the About page.

Frequently asked questions

Is Annual Fire Safety NSW the same business as annualfiresafetystatements.com.au or annualfiresafetystatement.com?

No. As far as the public information on each site shows, all three operate independently. The similar names reflect the shared industry term "annual fire safety statement," not a shared owner or business.

Does a listing in this site's directory mean a provider's accreditation has been independently verified?

No, for any listing on this site. We don't independently confirm accreditation; use the FPAA register for a practitioner's current FPAS status before engaging.

Why isn't every AFSS provider in NSW listed here?

We add listings as we find and confirm them from public sources, so at any point the directory covers only part of NSW's AFSS providers rather than the FPAA's full register. Being missing from it is not a comment on a provider's accreditation or quality; check the FPAA register directly for that.

Sources

• annualfiresafetystatements.com.au (FireSafe Western Sydney).
• annualfiresafetystatement.com (Annual Fire Safety Statement Sydney).

This is general information, not legal or compliance advice. Check requirements and figures with your council and the FPAA register.

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