Protocols for Mitigating Cladding Risk (PMCR) – Part F: PMCR Interventions for Combustible Cladding Risk Mitigation in Victoria – Cladding Safety Victoria

This record contains Part F of the Protocols for Mitigating Cladding Risk (PMCR): the PMCR Interventions 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 F comprises:

• F.01 – Interventions to Suppress Fires
• F.02 – Interventions to Reduce Cladding Fuel
• F.03 – Interventions for Energy Ignitions
• F.04 – Interventions to Detect and Alert
• F.05 – Interventions to Assist Egress

These documents identify and describe the interventions that may be used to mitigate life safety risks associated with combustible cladding. They outline intervention categories directed at suppressing fires, reducing cladding fuel, addressing ignition sources, improving fire detection and alert systems, and assisting safe egress from buildings.

Part F supports the broader PMCR document set by translating the PMCR’s risk-based methodology, policy settings and technical evidence into practical intervention options, 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 E – CSV Cladding Risk Policy, which establishes key CSV policy positions in relation to 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 F explains intervention options relating to sprinkler protection, cladding removal or reduction, ignition source control, fire detection and alert systems, occupant warning, egress protection, and other measures that may be applied to reduce combustible cladding risk to an acceptable level.

The documents should be read as intervention guidance 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 describe the intervention options that may be considered as part of Victoria’s broader combustible cladding risk mitigation program.