Fire Doors – focus area this month In the past week or two, we\’ve been checking out new premises, and of course, continuing our routine service for existing clients and in many places fire doors seem to be a special focus this July. Some are more beautiful than others. Image 1 in a stylish entrance […]
Fire alarms for business apartments and commercial buildings. Melbourne Fire And Electrical specialise in installing business fire alarms, smoke detectors and evacuation systems in the Melbourne Metro Area. We love installing new fire alarms in buildings. Whether you need a modification to an existing system, need a complete new system install or are building a
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VBA – Practice Note 23 – 2016 Essential services maintenance The VBA Practice Note 23 Essential Services Measures offers a vital guide from the Victorian Building Authority (VBA). It focuses on maintaining essential services in buildings. This guide outlines the key services and safety measures needed to keep the building safe and compliant with current
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Last week we focused on discovery visits with new clients, and fire extinguisher, hose reel, hydrant checking. . Here is a bit more. Fire extinguisher Maintenance Melbourne One thing to check is the pressure gauge – it\’s small and simple, but gives a helpful indication that your extinguisher is ready to perform when you need
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Initiating your Fire Equipment Inventory When taking a new client on board, or a new building, an important task is to confirm the Fire Equipment inventory provided by the Facility Manager. Where this list doesn\’t exist, a discovery exercise is required. Some times the client looks for us to identify what they should have. Last
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Block plans or block diagrams Designers and engineers create drawings during the design phase for planning, review, approval and then construction of a building. Once these documents have served their prime purpose, and the occupancy permit is issued, the key drawings remain important for a number of reasons. These reasons include locating facilities and equipment
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Hydrant boost testing Melbourne Last week saw another hydrant boost test. This site has terrific mains pressure and supply rate, but the on-site fire water pipe system was found to have a leak. This prevented the system achieving the full test pressure. Our plumber will do a repair visit, along with the necessary refurbishment of
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Early fire warning You often hear about the importance of smoke detectors in the media, especially in saving lives through early fire detection. However, not every area of your home, apartment block, or business premises is suitable for smoke detectors. For example, areas where dust is present may trigger false alarms. In such cases, the
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Avoid Trouble with Week-13-No-1-Trouble-VBA Earlier this year, we were asked to provide a quote for the routine maintenance of Essential Safety Measures at an apartment block, which later turned into a week-13-no-1-trouble-vba situation. During our inspection, we uncovered several non-compliance issues that had been present since the building’s construction. Although our expertise is in new
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This blog has previously mentioned our work amongst fine old dames of the Melbourne CBD. Greater Melbourne has many fine heritage buildings as well. Some have undergone major face-lifts or have been re-purposed, but we headed to Healesville to carry out regular maintenance activities on two iconic hotels that have continuously served both local and
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