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Victoria's New Maintenance Regulations
 
FES have detailed below a summary of some of the changes to the Building Regulations 2006, Part 12 - Maintenance of Buildings and Places of Public
Entertainment which have now been adopted in Victoria.
 
The changes are made to assist building owners and property managers efficiently manage their buildings.
  • Nominating buildings as Division 1 or 2 has been deleted, with all buildings being treated equally and requiring an Annual Report.
  • Exemption for smoke alarms in Class 3 buildings removed.
  • Owners of buildings constructed prior to 1 July 1994 (old division 2) must prepare an annual report, owners have until 13 June 2009 to comply.
  • New definition of 'maintenance schedule'.
  • A building surveyor can consolidate the essential safety measures contained in occupancy permits and/or determinations for a building.
  • Annual reports and records are to be made available on the premises within 24 hours of notice of an inspection rather than being kept on the premises.
  • Annual reports can be consolidated into one.
  • Annual reports are no longer required to be displayed, however are to be provided within 24 hours of a request.
  • A new single 'combined' annual report exist for all buildings.
Information about maintaining essential safety measures in your building can be found on the Building Commissions website via the link below:
 

Fes Van.giff

 

Fire Equipment Services has been in the fire protection industry for over a century and as a commercial department of the Metropolitan Fire & Emergency Services Board, FES is well positioned to cater for all of your portable fire equipment needs.

In order to guarantee that all portable fire equipment is tested, maintained and serviced in accordance with Australian Standards AS1851, FES strives to maintain the following operational objectives;
 

·      All FES technicians hold Certificate II in Asset Management (Portable Fire Equipment Service Operations) - FPAA (Fire Protection Association Australia).
 

·      All FES Technicians utilise a PDA encompassing the Firecode© Asset Management System.
 

·      FES is quality assured to AS/NZS ISO 9001:2000 Reg No: QEC24996., and inturn conducts systematic quality audits of work carried out by our Technicians.


With portable fire equipment being your first line of defence, it is imperative that you employ a company with the credentials of FES, to be responsible for ensuring that your fire equipment will work the very first time it is needed.     

In addition to guaranteeing your fire equipment will work when required, FES can organise on-site demonstrations so that you and your staff will be more confident when handling portable fire equipment.  

 

Should you have any further questions, please contact our office on 1300 855 163 or you can click here to email us.

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