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ND

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TL

ET

S

AT

MA

JO

R E

VE

NT

S

Even

t

Bu

sin

ess n

am

e

Lo

catio

n a

t even

t

Nam

e o

f re

sp

on

sib

le p

ers

on

Co

nta

ct

ph

on

e n

um

ber

Nam

e o

f p

ers

on

co

mp

letin

g c

hecklis

t

TIC

K B

OX

Ge

ne

ral

Yes

No

Do

sta

ff k

no

w w

hat

to d

o in

an e

merg

ency?

Is t

here

a s

uitab

le fi

re e

xting

uis

her

hand

y?

Has s

om

eo

ne b

een t

rain

ed

to

chang

e g

as c

ylin

ders

?

TIC

K B

OX

Ap

plia

nc

es

Yes

No

Only

cert

ified

ap

plia

nces in

use?

Serv

ice h

isto

ry a

vaila

ble

?

In g

oo

d w

ork

ing

co

nd

itio

n?

Safe

ty d

evi

ces n

ot

tam

pere

d w

ith?

No

t o

n a

co

mb

ustib

le s

urf

ace?

In a

well

ventila

ted

locatio

n?

Cle

ara

nces fro

m L

PG

as c

ylin

der

are

met?

Exte

rnal a

pp

liances n

ot

in a

n in

tern

al l

ocatio

n?

Ap

plia

nce p

ressure

do

es n

ot

exceed

3 k

Pa?

Ap

plia

nce id

entific

atio

n d

eta

ils a

re r

eco

rded

on

ap

pro

priate

sup

ply

cyl

ind

er

(e.g

. N

um

ber)

Tap

s a

nd

kno

bs in

go

od

co

nd

itio

n a

nd

mark

ed

CH

EC

K L

IST

Co

nt.

Cate

rers

usin

g L

iquefie

d P

etr

ole

um

Gas (LP

G) at

an o

utd

oo

r eve

nt

must

co

mp

lete

a c

heck li

st

befo

re

the e

vent

sta

rts.

This

is a

req

uirem

ent

of th

e e

vent

org

anis

er

and

the g

as s

afe

ty r

eg

ula

tor, E

nerg

y S

afe

Vic

toria (E

SV

).

It s

ho

uld

be n

ote

d t

hat

the e

vent

org

anis

er

has t

he r

ight

to r

em

ove

fro

m t

he s

ite a

ny

pers

on u

sin

g o

r in

tend

ing

to u

se g

as w

ho

fails

to

co

mp

lete

the c

hecklis

t, m

akes

a fals

e d

ecla

ratio

n o

r kno

win

gly

uses a

n u

nsafe

gas

insta

llatio

n.

The r

easo

ns fo

r re

quirin

g a

check li

st

to b

e

co

mp

lete

d a

re:

— P

ub

lic s

afe

ty

— G

as s

afe

ty

— T

he s

afe

ty o

f sta

ff a

t th

e e

vent

If t

here

is u

ncert

ain

ty o

ver

the s

afe

ty o

f a g

as

insta

llatio

n,

an E

SV

Gas Insp

ecto

r can b

e r

eq

ueste

d

to a

dvi

se o

n w

hat

imp

rove

ments

are

req

uired

.

Eve

nt

org

anis

ers

and

cate

rers

must

dem

onstr

ate

a

duty

of care

to

the p

ub

lic a

nd

sta

ff a

t all

tim

es d

uring

the s

ett

ing

of an e

vent,

thro

ug

ho

ut

its d

ura

tio

n a

nd

at

its c

onclu

sio

n

Th

is fl

ye

r sh

ou

ld b

e r

ea

d in

co

nju

nc

tio

n w

ith

th

e

“Sa

fe U

se

of

LP

Ga

s a

t P

ub

lic

Eve

nts

in

Vic

tori

a

Co

de

of

Pra

cti

ce

” a

nd

th

e “

Pu

blic

Eve

nts

:

Ca

teri

ng

Ve

nd

ors

In

form

ati

on

Pa

ck

”. C

op

ies a

re

ava

ila

ble

at

ES

V o

r c

an

be

do

wn

loa

de

d f

rom

th

e

we

bsit

e a

t w

ww

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u

On

co

mp

leti

on

of

ch

ec

k lis

t

The c

om

ple

ted

check li

st

must

be r

eta

ined

by

the

cate

rer

or

sta

llho

lder

for

the d

ura

tio

n o

f th

e e

vent

to

be s

ub

mitte

d s

ho

uld

there

be a

site s

afe

ty a

ud

it.

Gu

ide

to

Ga

s I

nsta

lla

tio

n

Fix

ed

gas a

pp

liances a

nd

pip

e-w

ork

must

only

be

insta

lled

by

an a

uth

orised

pers

on s

uch a

s a

licensed

/

reg

iste

red

plu

mb

er

and

gasfit

ter. S

uch p

ers

ons m

ust

sub

mit a

sta

rt w

ork

and

co

mp

liance c

ert

ificate

to

ES

V a

nd

sho

uld

pro

duce t

heir r

eg

istr

atio

n/lic

ence

on r

eq

uest.

If a

gas le

ak is

susp

ecte

d:

— T

urn

off t

he c

ylin

der

— T

urn

off t

he a

pp

liance

— D

o n

ot

use a

ny

ignitio

n s

ourc

e

— S

eek a

ssis

tance

INT

RO

DU

CT

ION

RE

QU

IRE

D C

LE

AR

AN

CE

S

TIC

K B

OX

Cylin

de

rsYes

No

In t

est

date

?

In g

oo

d c

ond

itio

n?

Co

nnectio

ns c

hecked

fo

r le

aks?

Cyl

ind

ers

are

secure

d?

Cyl

ind

er

ho

se a

ssem

bly

in g

oo

d c

ond

itio

n?

Lo

cate

d a

way

fro

m fl

am

mab

le m

ate

rial?

Cyl

ind

er

no

t b

lockin

g p

ath

of exit?

Cyl

ind

er

quantity

no

t exceed

ed

?

Cyl

ind

er

siz

e n

ot

exceed

ed

?

T

ICK

BO

X

Re

gu

lato

r a

nd

ho

se

co

nn

ec

tio

nYes

No

Reg

ula

tors

in g

oo

d c

ond

itio

n?

Ho

ses o

f ap

pro

ved

mate

rial?

Ho

ses in

go

od

co

nd

itio

n?

Pro

tecte

d fro

m a

ccid

enta

l dam

ag

e?

Ho

ses le

ss t

han 3

m in

leng

th (N

o J

oin

ers

)?

CH

EC

K L

IST

Ap

plia

nc

es

Rin

g/p

ort

ab

le w

ok b

urn

ers

are

no

t accep

ted

at

eve

nts

unle

ss t

he b

urn

er

is b

uilt

into

a s

tab

le,

stu

rdy

sta

nd

.

All

gas a

pp

liances m

ust

be c

ert

ified

. T

he o

pera

ting

instr

uctio

ns s

ho

uld

be faste

ned

to

the a

pp

liance.

If

no

t, t

he m

anual f

or

the a

pp

liance o

r th

e in

str

uctio

ns

on h

ow

to

op

era

te it

must

be r

ead

ily a

vaila

ble

.

For

Op

en G

rid

dle

s, B

arb

eq

ues a

nd

Char

Grille

rs

(ie: op

en fla

mes w

ith p

ote

ntial f

or

flare

-up

)

· 1350m

m t

o a

n O

verh

ead

Com

bustib

le

For

Hot

Pla

te a

nd

Range R

ing B

urn

ers

(ie o

pen fla

me w

ith li

ttle

pote

ntial f

or

flare

-up

)

· 1050m

m t

o a

n O

verh

ead

Com

bustib

le

For

Deep

Fry

ers

and

Solid

Grill

Pla

tes

· 600 m

m t

o a

n O

verh

ead

Com

bustib

le

For

Sid

es O

r B

ack o

f A

pp

liance

· 250m

m t

o a

n C

om

bustib

le S

urf

ace

· 500m

m is

recom

mend

ed

fro

m c

anva

s o

r m

arq

uee s

ides

Com

bustib

le S

urf

ace

(eg W

alls

, C

anva

s, etc

)G

as

Ap

plia

nce

· This

dim

ensio

n is m

easure

d fro

m t

he t

op

of any c

ylin

der

valv

e

1.5

*0.5

0.5

Gro

und L

evel

Cylin

de

rs

Exchang

e c

ylin

der

cle

ara

nces fro

m s

ourc

e o

f ig

nitio

n

Mo

bile

Ca

teri

ng

Ve

hic

le

Vehic

les u

tilis

ing

LP

Gas t

hat

are

either

self-

pro

pelle

d

or

tow

ed

in w

hic

h:

— fo

od

is p

rep

are

d.

It s

hall

be fi

tted

with a

fire

bla

nket

and

a s

uitab

le p

ort

ab

le e

xting

uis

her, o

r

— h

ot

wate

r ab

lutio

n s

erv

ices a

re p

rovi

ded

.

Mo

bile

cate

ring

vehic

les m

ust

have

an E

nerg

y S

afe

Vic

toria c

om

plia

nce p

late

fitt

ed

or

its in

ters

tate

eq

uiv

ale

nt.

If co

mp

liance p

late

s a

re n

ot

fitte

d,

eve

nt

org

anis

ers

must

no

t allo

w v

ehic

les t

o o

pera

te a

t

an e

vent.

A m

ob

ile c

ate

ring

vehic

le,

in a

gro

up

of

tem

po

rary

str

uctu

res,

is c

ounte

d a

s a

str

uctu

re

for

the p

urp

ose o

f th

e r

eq

uired

exclu

sio

n z

one.

Th

e c

ove

r o

f th

e e

ve

nts

Co

de

of

Pra

cti

ce

To a

ccess t

hese d

ocum

ents

clic

k o

n w

ww

.esv.

vic.g

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au

Th

e c

ove

r o

f th

e P

ub

lic

Eve

nts

: C

ate

rin

g V

en

do

rs

Info

rma

tio

n P

ac

k

Pu

blic

Eve

nts

Ca

teri

ng

Ve

nd

ors

In

form

ati

on

Pa

ck

Co

de

of

Pra

cti

ce

fo

r

Th

e S

afe

Use

of

LP

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t P

ub

lic

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