Protocols for Mitigating Cladding Risk (PMCR) – Part E: CSV Cladding Risk Policy for Combustible Cladding in Victoria – Cladding Safety Victoria

This record contains Part E of the Protocols for Mitigating Cladding Risk (PMCR): the CSV Cladding Risk Policy documents developed by Cladding Safety Victoria (CSV) as part of Victoria’s risk-based framework for addressing combustible cladding risk on relevant Class 2 and Class 3 buildings.

Part E comprises:

• E.01 – Trivial and Tolerable Cladding Risk
• E.02 – Sprinkler Protection

These documents establish key CSV policy positions in relation to cladding risk. They explain how CSV considers trivial, tolerable and acceptable cladding risk, and how sprinkler protection may affect the assessment and mitigation of combustible cladding risk.

Part E supports the broader PMCR document set by providing policy settings for cladding risk assessment and remediation decision-making, including:

• Part A – Authorisation, which codifies the Victorian Government decisions that enable PMCR activation;
• Part B – CRPM Methodology, which specifies the Cladding Risk Prioritisation Model used to assess cladding risk and assign buildings to risk levels;
• Part C – PMCR Foundation, which defines the PMCR method, objectives and key design tasks;
• Part D – Support Packages, which capture the risk knowledge and science-based findings used to systemise and calibrate PMCR application;
• Part F – PMCR Interventions, which identifies the interventions that may be used to mitigate combustible cladding risk; and
• Part G – Implementation, which specifies the standards and procedures that guide PMCR application.

CSV’s cladding fire testing program also forms part of the broader technical evidence base informing the PMCR. The test reports provide practical evidence of cladding and wall-system fire behaviour under defined conditions, supporting a risk-based approach grounded in observed fire performance.

Separately published peer review material and CSV responses provide additional assurance for the PMCR methodology. These reviews considered the methodology, reasoning, risk approach and proposed interventions, with CSV responses showing how feedback was considered in refining the document set. This supports transparency and provides further confidence in the technical basis and practical application of the PMCR.

In particular, Part E explains policy considerations relating to trivial cladding risk, tolerable cladding risk, acceptable cladding risk, sprinkler protection, risk tolerance, cladding retention, and the circumstances in which risk-based remediation pathways may be considered.

The documents should be read as policy documents within the PMCR framework. They should not be read as standalone building assessments, compliance determinations, remediation approvals or universal risk ratings for any individual building. Rather, they establish CSV’s policy positions for how combustible cladding risk is interpreted and addressed through Victoria’s broader PMCR framework.