Home, sweet ……… workplace

Home, sweet ……… workplace

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...
COVID-19 Fire Maintenance Decision Model

COVID-19 Fire Maintenance Decision Model

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there are a number of constraints on getting the fire equipment maintained in your building. At Fire & Emergency Services SA we use the following decision making model to help. Our goal is to achieve as close to possible 100%...
COVID-19 …. Our Response

COVID-19 …. Our Response

As COVID-19 continues to disrupt life and business Fire & Emergency Services SA has given careful consideration to how we can maintain services to our clients. This is especially important as many of our services are to ensure life safety fire systems will work...
Why care about accreditation?

Why care about accreditation?

Australian Standards for testing fire equipment requires that the testing be completed by a competent person. So how do you, the client, know if someone is competent? Licenses There are some equipment that you are required to be licensed to test, they include: Fire...
Apples and Oranges

Apples and Oranges

Getting a new price for the maintenance of your fire equipment could mean your comparing apples with oranges. What does that mean? The saying goes that you cannot compare apples to oranges, why, because they are different fruit. The same goes when buying a product or...
How does a fire extinguisher work?

How does a fire extinguisher work?

Fire extinguishers are a portable piece of equipment designed to extinguish small fires. They are hand held and designed for first attack fire fighting. They are often used by the Fire Service to extinguish small fires so as to minimize damage from fire hoses. There...