NZS 4541为自动喷水灭火系统的设计、安装和维护提供了一套完整的规则，以便系统通过控制火灾（在指定区域内）可靠地防止生命损失，最大限度地减少火灾造成的财产损失，并允许在燃烧产生的有毒副产品威胁生命之前逃生。本标准广泛应用于消防行业。新西兰是消防喷淋系统成功运行记录最高的国家之一，这可以归功于严格的标准和系统安装和维护的相关立法。修订后的标准涉及以下领域:高层（>25米）和大型（>11000平方米）建筑的防火，管道工程的抗震约束，以符合NZS 1170.5结构设计行动； 第5部分地震行动——新西兰，包括汽车堆垛机和仓库货架内洒水系统的新技术，编辑标准，并包括自2013年上一次修订以来收集的勘误表。

NZS 4541 provides an integrated set of rules for the design, installation, and maintenance of sprinkler systems, so that systems reliably protect against the loss of life and minimise property damage from fire by controlling the fire: within a specified area, and to allow escape before levels of toxic by-products of combustion become life-threatening. This standard is used extensively across the fire protection industry. New Zealand has one of the highest recorded successful operations of fire sprinkler systems, which can be attributed to the rigorous standards and associated legislation to which systems are installed and maintained. The revised standard addresses the following areas: Fire protection of tall (>25 meters) and large (>11,000 square meters) buildings, Seismic restraint of pipework to align with NZS 1170.5 Structural design actions; Part 5 Earthquake actions - New Zealand,¿¿ Inclusion of new technologies for car stackers and in-rack sprinkler systems for warehouses, editing of the standard and inclusion of the errata collected since the last revision in 2013.