Welcome to Maintenance Essentials

rporteous — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:39:51 +1100

Maintenance Essentials is innovative, dynamic and solution focused in meeting the needs of our clients. Our core belief is that people, systems and innovation are fundamental to delivering consistent, high quality and cost effective fire safety solutions.

Fluorescent Lamps 101

rporteous — Wed, 28 May 2008 07:25:13 +1000

Understanding the basics of fluorescent lamps guarantees that you'll select the most appropriate fluorescent lighting, maximize lamp life, and dispose of spent lamps correctly. A fluorescent lamp or fluorescent tube is a gas-discharge lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor in argon or neon gas, resulting in a plasma that produces short-wave ultraviolet light. This light then causes a phosphor to fluoresce, producing visible light.

State Requirements

rporteous — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:42:24 +1000

Each state's legislative and regulatory framework refers to Fire Protection Systems and Equipment by a different name. The table below lists the names found in each State and Territory for Fire Protection Systems and Equipment.

State Definitions

Fire Sprinkler Bulb Temperatures

admin — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:17:11 +1000

A fire sprinkler is the part of a fire sprinkler system that discharges water when the effects of a fire have been detected, such as when a predetermined temperature has been reached. The following illustration shows the glass bulbs used in a fire sprinkler and their operating temperature.

ActivFire - Active fire protecton equipment listing scheme

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:02:10 +1000

The CSIRO, is responsible for the maintenance and administration of the ActivFire® Scheme and maintaining the Register of Fire Protection Equipment.

The ActivFire Register of Fire Protection Equipment is referenced in the BCA Volume One, under Section A2.2 Evidence of Suitability.

Smoke Detector vs Smoke Alarm

rporteous — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:07:19 +1000

Google Trends is a service provided by Google to where you can compare the world's interest in your favorite topics. Google Trends also shows how frequently your topics have appeared in Google News stories, and in which geographic regions people have searched for them most. Google Trends works by analysing a portion of Google web searches to compute how many searches have been done for the terms you enter, relative to the total number of searches done on Google over time. Then Google displays the search results as a graph plotted on a linear scale. So your intrepid blogger decided to see what was more popular a Smoke Detector or a Smoke Alarm....

Bradford soccer stadium fire

admin — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:59:54 +1100

Sometime we forget how fast a fire can take hold, engulf a building and threaten lives. In my early career while still at university I watch the video of the Bradford Soccer Stadium fire that changed my perception of the threat. The internet now allows us to watch these videos again and remind ourselves of the risk!

Industry Associations

rporteous — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:14:55 +1100

Australian Institute of Hotel Engineering
Australian Institute of Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heating

What is RSS

rporteous — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:52:00 +1100

RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication" and is a way to publish information online using XML. RSS allows users to subscribe to a website (and even specific channels (feeds) within a website; e.g. sport, movies, business) to receive new and updated content, without being required to revisit the website. Almost all major newspaper websites provide subscription via RSS.

Feedback and satisfaction survey

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:23:55 +1100

State or Territory	Defined term for Fire Protection Systems and Equipment
Australia	(Commonwealth Safety Measures Building Code of Australia)

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