Aged Care
Compliance for homes where the residents can't simply walk out.
In most buildings a fire system buys people time to leave. In aged care many residents can't leave unaided, so the systems have to do considerably more, and they have to work the first time.
That shapes everything. Detection and alarm systems need to support staged evacuation and defend-in-place strategies. Smoke control has to hold compartments while staff move people. Emergency lighting has to work along routes used by residents with limited mobility and vision. Fire doors matter enormously, and they're also the item most likely to be propped open in daily operation.
Meanwhile the building is somebody's home, occupied 24 hours a day, with people who find noise, disruption and unfamiliar faces distressing.
We've worked in Victorian aged care long enough to plan for both realities at once.
Detection, alarm and occupant warning systems, sprinklers and suppression, hydrants and extinguishers, emergency and exit lighting, fire doors and passive fire elements. All maintained to AS 1851, with the evidence your Annual Essential Safety Measures Report depends on.
Fire / ESM servicesHeating, cooling and ventilation tuned for residents who feel temperature swings far more acutely than staff do, plus the smoke control and fire damper testing that sits on the mechanical side of your fire compliance.
Mechanical / HVAC servicesSwitchboard and distribution maintenance, RCD testing, test and tagging, and generator and UPS testing for the systems that have to keep running when the power doesn't.
Electrical services
Our technicians work in occupied homes constantly, and they're chosen for temperament as much as trade skill. One of our core values is being the most reliable, sincere and courteous people on your site, and nowhere does that matter more than here.
In practice that means scheduling around meals, activities and rest periods. Keeping noise and access disruption contained. Introducing ourselves to staff rather than appearing in corridors unannounced. Being patient with residents who want to know what we're doing.
Aged care operates under more scrutiny than almost any other sector. When you're asked to demonstrate that your building's safety systems have been maintained, the answer needs to be immediate.
Every service, test, defect and rectification is logged in Uptick as it happens, with photographs and dates, across every home in your group. You can pull the evidence for one site or all of them without contacting us first.
Aged care is among the largest parts of our business, and several of our longest-standing client relationships are with providers in this sector.
Yes. Multi-site portfolios are standard for us, with consistent programs and one consolidated view across every location.
With planned isolations, staff briefing, interim measures where required, and works staged so protection is never reduced longer than necessary. We plan it with your management before anything starts.
Yes. We'll audit the installed systems and maintenance history first, so you know exactly what state things are in. In this sector that's worth knowing regardless of who ends up holding the contract.
Fill out the form and our team will come back to you with what's required, what it costs and when we can do it.
You can also call (03) 8470 9600.