Campbelltown Arts Centre has been identified as a building that may contain combustible cladding.
Campbelltown Council, along with Fire and Rescue NSW and the Cladding Task Force will now conduct an audit of the building.
The cladding audit is being done across NSW in response to the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in London last year which claimed almost 80 lives.
The inter-agency Fire Safety and External Wall Cladding Task Force (the Cladding Task Force) was established last year as part of the NSW Government’s ongoing work to address fire safety risks associated with external wall cladding.
Fire & Rescue NSW has now assessed more than 1,500 sites across the state.
In its March 22 statement, the Cladding Task Force said: “It is important to remember that just because the buildings requiring further assessment have cladding does not mean that they are unsafe.
“The Cladding Taskforce takes fire safety very seriously and has worked to address concerns over fire safety risks arising from the use of aluminium cladding on buildings in NSW.’’
An audit of residential flat buildings in the Campbelltown local government area has concluded that no buildings of the category identified by the NSW Department of Finance, Service and Innovation pose a significant risk to occupiers of those buildings.
Across NSW, 412 buildings have been identified as requiring further assessment as a high priority because they have cladding in a quantity, location and/or arrangement which potentially increases fire risks.
A total of 170 of the 412 buildings are residential buildings and 53 high-rise (more than 8 storeys).
Where Fire & Rescue NSW identified sites with cladding requiring further assessment, it has written to all local councils requesting their authorised fire officers inspect each affected building, and to report back on the outcome of their inspections.
