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Logbook Audits - Fire Safety Measures

Essential Property Services provides clients with a comprehensive fire safety measures Specialist Maintenance Contractor logbook audits service. 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 measures contract.

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

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

Clients should be aware that the following active fire safety measures require reporting systems or logbooks to be provided. Logbook audits should be conducted to safeguard the clients' interests.

Logbook Audits List

A number of the above Fire Safety Measures appear in Australian Standard AS 1851-2005 Maintenance of fire protection systems and equipment. This Standard requires a reporting system for fire safety measures to verify that inspections and maintenance works have occurred; logbook audits are recommended.