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Logbook Audits: Fire Safety Installations: BFSR

Essential Property Services provides clients with a comprehensive fire safety installations Specialist Maintenance Contractor logbook audits service in accordance with the BFSR and MP6.1. This logbook audits service safeguards the interests of the building owner and manager by ensuring that the contractor's services are being provided in accordance with their fire safety installations contract.

Logbook Audits: Active & Passive Fire Safety Installations

Most building owners' and managers' buildings contain active and passive fire safety installations, which should require regular logbook audits. Active fire safety installations are inspected and maintained by the clients nominated specialist maintenance contractor, who performs the necessary tasks in accordance with their contract, logbook audits will safeguard the building owners interests. Some of these active fire safety installations can be sprinkler systems, emergency lighting, fire hydrants, hose reels, portable fire extinguishers and smoke control systems all needing logbook audits.

Logbook Audits: Australian Standards

Various Australian Standards are referenced in the Building Code of Australia for maintenance of active fire safety installations have reporting instructions, generally provided for by the requirement of an onsite logbook. EPS staff are experienced and aware of the various types of fire safety installations logbook audits, required for various fire safety installations. Our logbook audits will reveal the necessary information maintenance contractors have to provide in their specific logbooks for each inspection or maintenance routine.

Logbook Audits: Listing Fire Safety Installations

Clients should be aware that the following active fire safety installations require reporting systems or logbooks under MP6.1 to be provided, and logbook audits should be conducted regularly to safeguard the client's interests :

A number of the above fire safety installations appear in Australian Standard AS 1851-2005 Maintenance of fire protection systems and equipment which advocates the requirements for logbook audits. This Standard requires a reporting system for fire safety installations to verify that inspections and maintenance works have occurred, and logbook audits are recommended.