Fire Protection Audit….$25000 ??

Hi all,

We have changed Fire Protection companies recently, at the recommendation of the Strata Manager, at last years AGM in November. In February this company conducted an audit and then sent an 80 page docuement with over $25000.00 worth of quotes attached.

The S/C will be meeting shortly to discuss this report and subsequent quotes. Can you provide any advise or refer me to any legislation that may help us all sift through this?  

I can not fathom how the building requires all this work as we did have a previous company who attended to the building.

i understand the importance of fire safety for all and I am not avoiding the purported issues but would like to be better informed. Some quotes only state that they ‘recommend’ this or that, eg: they recommend 4.5 kilo portable extinguishers in all the wings. But why if the current ones are compliant?

Can we ask for a second opinion? Is the audit treated like a quote whereby we are entitled to other quotes?

Any referencing will assist, thank you.