5-Yearly Hydrant & Fire Pump Testing, Plenty Road Preston

5-Yearly Hydrant & Fire Pump Testing, Plenty Road Preston

Five-yearly testing is the big one in the AS 1851 maintenance calendar, and this Plenty Road, Preston site had both due at once: the 5-yearly hydrant system test and the 5-yearly fire pump test. Doing them together makes sense — one visit, one set of flow equipment, one comprehensive picture of how the whole system actually performs under load.

The Hydrant Side

Full flow testing of the hydrant system with calibrated equipment — verifying the required flow and residual pressures at the most disadvantaged hydrants, checking booster connections, block plans and signage, and proving the system does what the occupancy permit says it must.

The Fire Pump Side

The pump set was run under real flow conditions and tested against its rated duty — not just started and stopped. Churn, duty point and overload flows, pressure readings across the curve, and all the AS 2941 auxiliary checks: batteries, chargers, jacking pump operation and controller alarms.

Results You Can Hand to an Auditor

Everything documented for the site’s Essential Safety Measures records — exactly what building surveyors and auditors want to see.

Got 5-yearly tests coming due in Preston, Reservoir, Thornbury or anywhere in Melbourne’s north? See our fire pump services or call 1300 134 971 to book ahead of your due date.