Fire safety

Fire Safety: AVCB, ART and Fire Compliance for Companies in Brazil

Fire safety compliance with technical execution, correct documentation and follow-up through to the agency's decision — including when the operation involves electric vehicle charging points.

Compliance before the Fire Department depends on consistency between the design, the fire load report, technical responsibility and the building's actual condition. That is what safely clears construction, operation, continuity and AVCB renewal — including when the property adds electric vehicle charging systems.

Fire Department (Corpo de Bombeiros)Technical committeeFire brigadeApproved designFire load reportIT-41 and Portaria CCB-003/970/2026Electric vehicle charging systems (SAVE)
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The central formalization

AVCB

Approval and renewal must start from a coherent design, fire load report and technical responsibility, aligned with the building's critical installations.

Charging points in scope

SAVE

Electric vehicle charging installations now require specific technical analysis of protection, emergency shutoff, integration with fire systems and impact on compliance.

Handling official requirements

FAT

Requirements and adjustments need fast technical analysis so they do not stall the schedule, the renewal or the operation.

Professional accountability

ART/RRT

Designs, reports, special installations and technical committees require formal responsibility that is properly tied together.

Regulatory pressure

The fire safety process has to align field conditions, design and formal approval.

When the design, fire load report, ART, fire brigade, documentation and critical installations — such as electric charging points — do not move together, the operation loses time, faces official requirements and puts continuity, construction, AVCB renewal or day-to-day operation at risk.

How Unity works

Unity conducts the approval, renewal and technical response process for fire safety, integrating the design, fire load report, ART, fire brigade, special installations such as electric vehicle charging points, and the formal filing with the agency.

Technical and regulatory execution for fire safety compliance, with document preparation, technical adequacy of SAVE and charging points, and follow-up through to the formalization required by the Fire Department.

Pace of approval

The most common bottlenecks appear between inspection, construction and renewal.

Technical and regulatory execution for fire safety compliance, with document preparation, technical adequacy of SAVE and charging points, and follow-up through to the formalization required by the Fire Department.

Step 1

Before the inspection

Inconsistency between the design, the fire load report, the ART and the site's actual condition usually pushes the process into an official requirement.

Step 2

During construction or expansion

Physical changes without regulatory coordination create rework, rejection and delays in clearance.

Step 3

At renewal

Losing the record of interventions, fire brigade and technical documents weakens the case for continuity.

Step 4

When installing a charging point

When a building installs SAVE without a dedicated circuit, adequate protection, emergency shutoff, integration with the alarm system or formal technical responsibility, the impact can land directly on compliance and AVCB renewal.

Scope delivered

Deliverables that sustain the fire safety front.

AVCB — Fire Department Inspection Certificate
Issuance of technical attestations and ARTs
Fire brigade registration
Assessment and issuance of the fire load report
FAT — Technical Service Form
Full project approval
Support before the technical committee
Adequacy assessment of electric charging points (SAVE)
Verification of dedicated circuits, electrical protection and emergency shutoff
Analysis of integration with fire alarm and detection systems
Guidance on standardized signage and the use of certified chargers
Technical responsibility with ART/RRT for the applicable installations

Technical documents that usually decide the outcome

AVCB and renewals
FAT and responses to official requirements
Fire load report
Full project approval
Fire brigade registration and management
ARTs and technical attestations
Technical analysis of charging points and SAVE
Verification of circuit breakers, RCDs and emergency shutoff switches
Assessment of integration with alarm and detection systems
Standardized signage and installation criteria
When to prioritize

When fire safety stops being an adjustment and becomes a critical front.

When the operation needs to obtain a license, renew it or respond to official requirements
When construction, expansion or day-to-day operation depend on the correct approval
When technical documentation and agency filings must move together
When the building already has, or plans to install, electric vehicle charging points
When AVCB renewal starts to require changes in garages, parking areas or commercial spaces with SAVE
Practical warnings

Signs that the operation is exposed

When fire safety is treated as a critical front, the operation gains predictability for inspection, construction, expansion, AVCB renewal and regular operation — including in scenarios with electric mobility and charging points inside the building.

Construction carried out without being reflected in the approved design
Technical documentation fragmented across suppliers
Fire brigade treated as an isolated item
Reactive responses to the agency, without reading the process as a whole
Charging point installed with a standard socket, an adapter or no dedicated protection
No periodic maintenance of SAVE systems
Reduces failures in document preparation
Integrates technical analysis with the regulatory process
Supports construction, expansion and regular operation with greater predictability
Organizes responses to official requirements without losing history or accountability
Helps anticipate the impact of IT-41 and new AVCB requirements for charging points
Connects fire safety, electrical installation and technical responsibility in a single compliance effort
Step by step

How does the Fire Safety service work?

Each step is carried out with technical and documentary rigor to ensure compliance and predictability.

01

Technical survey of the building

Assessment of the facilities, firefighting systems, fire brigade, emergency exits, existing documentation and any electric charging points, to map the current regulatory status and identify what must be prepared or corrected.

02

Documentary and technical preparation

Preparation or review of the fire safety design, fire load report, ART for technical responsibility, fire brigade registration and other documents required by the Fire Department for the building's type and use. Where SAVE is present, this stage also covers electrical protection, emergency shutoff, signage and technical responsibility for the installation.

03

Filing and processing with the agency

Formal submission of the documentation to the Fire Department, with follow-up of the process, dialogue with the technical officer in charge and monitoring of the review queue.

04

Responding to technical requirements

Identification of and structured response to any technical or documentary requirement issued by the agency during the review, coordinated between the technical team and the company's schedule. In scenarios with charging points, this includes addressing requirements related to IT-41, SAVE and fire safety.

05

Obtaining the AVCB or final act

Follow-up through to issuance of the Fire Department Inspection Certificate (AVCB), the FAT or the formal document that concludes the regulatory process and brings the operation into compliance with the agency.

Technical glossary

What do the technical terms in Fire Safety mean?

Acronyms and regulatory terms that appear in this service, explained plainly.

SAVE

Sistema de Abastecimento de Veículos Elétricos (Electric Vehicle Charging System). The set of equipment, electrical infrastructure, protections and signage intended for charging electric vehicles inside a building.

AVCB

Auto de Vistoria do Corpo de Bombeiros (Fire Department Inspection Certificate). Issued by the Fire Department to certify that a building meets fire and panic safety standards after a technical inspection. It is mandatory for certain categories of use and occupancy.

ART

Anotação de Responsabilidade Técnica (Technical Responsibility Annotation). A record filed with CREA or CFT formalizing a licensed professional's responsibility for the technical execution of a project, service or construction work. It is required for engineering, architecture and agronomy activities.

Fire brigade

A team trained to act in prevention, area evacuation, first response and support during emergencies inside the building, in line with the applicable Fire Department requirements.

FAT

Formulário de Atendimento Técnico (Technical Service Form) of the Fire Department. Used to register requests, technical service demands or project reviews before the Fire Department, and is the formal entry point for some processes with the agency.

RRT

Registro de Responsabilidade Técnica (Technical Responsibility Record). Issued by CAU, it formalizes an architect and urban planner's technical responsibility for a project, execution, report or technical service subject to regulatory requirements.

IT-41

Instrução Técnica nº 41 (Technical Instruction No. 41) of the São Paulo State Fire Department. The technical standard used as a reference for visual inspection of low-voltage electrical installations and, following a recent update, also for electric vehicle charging systems.

Technical committee

A technical body of the Fire Department, or attached to the regulatory process, that reviews specific situations, exceptional requirements or cases calling for supplementary technical assessment.

Fire load report

A technical document that calculates and describes the fire load of a building or space, forming the basis for sizing and assessing fire safety measures.

Portaria CCB-003/970/2026

An ordinance issued by the São Paulo State Fire Department on March 17, 2026, updating IT-41 to include requirements for electric vehicle charging systems (SAVE).

Standardized signage

The visual identification required to communicate use, risk, emergency procedures and the location of systems or equipment, in line with technical and regulatory standards.

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