The Maintenance Partners blog is where the team write about AS 1851 cycles, compliance operations, and what we learn building fire protection software. We would rather publish one useful piece a month than a calendar of filler.
Plain-language writing on the standards, frameworks, and operating realities that govern Australian fire protection businesses.
What ESMs are, the annual essential safety measures report (AESMR) and who signs it, what records it rests on, and an ESM checklist for building managers. 9 min read.
The logbook, tags and yearly condition report AS 1851 requires, baseline data, the defect notification clock, retention by state, and a checklist to adopt. 9 min read.
Six-monthly, yearly and five-yearly: the whole extinguisher schedule, what each service checks, the service tag, and the fire blankets and hose reels on the same visit. 9 min read.
Emergency lighting sits outside AS 1851 but on every fire run. The six-monthly discharge test, the yearly inspection, the per-fitting logbook, and where it sits in each state. 9 min read.
Every record comes with you. The four that keep the cycle continuous on day one, how to time the cutover around the AS 1851 cycle, a four-week plan, and what to tell building owners. 9 min read.
Which barcodes scan first time on a phone in the field — Code 128, QR, Data Matrix — which to avoid, and why an asset tag should carry nothing but the asset number. 7 min read.
The eight tests that separate a compliance platform from a job-booking tool, the vendors on every Australian shortlist, and the exact questions to ask each one. 10 min read.
We exhibited at the first Australian trade expo dedicated to fire protection, 2–4 September at ICC Sydney. What we brought, and why the event mattered. 4 min read.
What records the standard expects, who owns the logbook, the six ways paper fails at audit, and what actually changes when the service record goes digital. 8 min read.
The certificate, the evidence, and how both frameworks interact across NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, and the rest of Australia. 8 min read.
Critical, non-critical, and non-conformance defects — classification, the 24-hour notification rule, interim safety measures, NSW specifics, and audit trails. 11 min read.
What the AFSS is, who is allowed to sign it, when it is due, and what records the statement actually rests on under the EP&A Regulation 2021. 8 min read.
Five themes we took home from the FPA Australia conference in Melbourne — BESS risk, performance-based code, ESM reforms, passive fire, and systems integration. 6 min read.
Service cycles, asset classes, documentation requirements, defect classification, state-by-state implementation, and the gaps that catch fire businesses at audit. 12 min read.
Sixty minutes with the team who live the industry. No sales funnel.