Essential Safety Measures
Safety measures are at the heart of your property’s operational compliance. Functioning safety measures ensure your building is safe for all stakeholders and meets its legislative requirements. Our safety measures experts help you understand and mitigate your risk.
We test, audit and assess your safety measures against their design criteria, state regulatory requirements and the Australian Standards. Working with you and your stakeholders to help you understand and address your compliance requirements. With end-to-end services across every stage in a building’s lifecycle.
OUR SERVICES
Australians know to protect our people and places from fire. Our essential safety measure services assist with your building compliance. Most importantly, Hendry helps to keep your buildings, staff and occupants safe.
Select a building lifecycle stage to discover how we can help.
- Certify & Commission
- Maintain & Operate
Annual Compliance Reporting
We assess your annual compliance reporting against state-specific requirements and regulations. Additionally, we assist with the production, sign off and issue of this documentation. Documentation can include the Annual Fire Safety Statement and Annual Certification Statements.
Applicable legislations and standards
NSW
Essential Fire Safety Measures
(AFSS)
VIC
Essential Safety Measures
Annual Essential Safety Measures Report (AESMR)
SA
Essential Safety Provisions
(Form 3)
QLD
Fire Safety Installations & Special Fire Services
Annual Occupiers Statement
WA
Safety Measures
Adopt Best Practice
NT
Safety Measures
Adopt Best Practice
ACT
Active Fire Safety Systems
Adopt Best Practice
TAS
Essential Safety & Health Measures
Adopt Best Practice
Active Systems: Visual Defect Inspection
We inspect visual defects in your building and potential hazards. Our resulting report will reflect relevant legislation and best practices.
Comprehensive Defect Reports
Our comprehensive defect reports detail the inspection’s findings. Additionally, the report details any issues identified.
Contractor Compliance Reporting
Our safety measure logbooks ensure you meet statutory obligations. Logbooks also comply with your state/territory-specific legislation.
Contractor Logbook Audits
We audit maintenance contractor logbooks and assess documents against the frequency of testing required to ensure compliance.
Contractor Management
Access our maintenance contractors monitoring service. We use logbooks specific to your state/territory. Additionally, we ensure contractors provide annual compliance statements to the relevant inspection standards.
Fire & Smoke Door Inspections
We provide a comprehensive fire and smoke door inspection and reporting service to AS 1851 (2012) compliance requirements.
Maintenance Schedules
Our registered building surveyors can develop maintenance schedules through a process of inspection and collection of baseline data. Additionally, our digital solutions help track your maintenance performance to the requirements of the schedule.
Online Portal Reporting
View safety measure inspections, reports, audits and recommendations. You can access your reports via a customised dashboard.
Performance Auditing
Manage your contractors and meet your compliance obligations. Our software shows trends in how your systems perform over time.
Systems Interface Testing
We independently witness the system interface test (FFFT), including coordination of contractors and reporting of testing results.
Need advice about your building's safety measures?
OUR REPORTING
Hendry Client Portal gives you a customised, risk-consolidated view across all your buildings’ safety measures. Features include:
WHY CHOOSE US?
Holistic approach to compliance
Holistic approach to compliance
National team, local experts
National team, local experts
Dedicated systems / processes
Dedicated systems / processes
testimonials from our clients
Hendry has consistently provided Australia Pacific Airports Melbourne (APAM) with proficient essential safety measures and system interface testing services across our many terminals and assets. Over the past three years as our essential safety measures partner, Hendry have always provided leading compliance advice.
Hendry has consistently provided Monash Health with accurate and concise essential safety measures and system interface testing advisory over the past four years. I recommend Hendry for thorough and timely service, as well as leading compliance expertise. I recently had a fire issue...and Lee was able to explain, interpret and offer me a workable conclusion with the surveyors and consultants who were involved with the fire design with a resolution which complied with the fire standard.
Hendry has provided Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute with helpful essential safety measures and system interface testing advisory with effective solutions in a timely manner. Lee has been instrumental and a great pleasure to deal with over the past 3 years.