Our buildings are safer than ever before. We have equipment and systems installed that are essential to the safety of the occupants of the property. These give both Facilities Managers and the occupants peace of mind. They include fire protection systems like sprinklers and alarm detection systems, extinguishers, hose reels, mechanical systems like smoke spill […]
Hundreds of thousands of South Australians spend most of their days living, working and or shopping in our large buildings or complexes. Logistically the legal and safety requirements of managing such a facility is a huge task. In the past, owners of these buildings and their agents have not been required to declare and list […]
Happy New Year! Not only is this the 22nd year of the millennium, it is also the 22nd year of FESSA operating. […]
Give a brief overview of your company’s main business activities relevant to the membership with SCA. In 2000 the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service closed the division that inspected and tested fire equipment. Our founding Director Robert (Bob) Short worked there and his customers approached him and asked him to keep providing the service as […]
When the Strata Communities Association recently hosted their annual awards dinner, things were back to normal when it came to revealing the winner of the Strata Services Business Award. Fire and Emergency Services won the prestigious prize for the third time in four years. Only in 2020 did someone else win and for a good […]
Have changes been made to floor, wall and ceiling linings? […]
The new ‘Form 3 – ESP Maintenance Certificate’, which was introduced earlier this year […]
COVID forced FESSA to ask employees to work from home. It became such a success that the company no longer has a physical address. Lower costs, fewer interruptions, less noise, increased productivity, happier employees and management! It might sound almost too good to be true, but in short, that is the result of FESSA cancelling […]
A completely new Form 3 – ESP Maintenance Certificate calls for maintenance contractors to co-sign reduces building owners’ risk of legal liabilities The SA State Government has initiated a new planning reform which has updated the development application process for new buildings in metropolitan Adelaide. A major part of the reform is a new version […]
Fire Sprinkler Systems are one of the most effective ways of minimising property damage and the risk to life from a fire. In a future article we will talk about how they work, but this article will focus on what to do after a sprinkler system has been activated. There are two ways that this […]