Business View Oceania | Volume 3, Issue 6

41 42 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 3, ISSUE 6 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 3, ISSUE 6 Contact us: www.adtfiremonitoring.co.nz 0800 238 111 www.adtsecurity.com.au 131 238 ADT Fire Monitoring Protect what matters most to you with a trusted, connected, 24/7 fire monitoring partner. The fire alarm in your building is designed for one reason, to recognise a fire and alert people to evacuate. To enhance organisational safety, ADT recommends ensuring your fire monitoring system also lets the fire department know when an alarm has been activated. With traditional solutions, the fire department is not alerted to an alarm signal unless somebody in the building dials 000 or111. Without that call, the fire department may never know. ADT’s purpose built Alarm Signalling Equipment (ASE) is installed and connected to a fire system(s), communicating over a dedicated mobile wireless network. Any signal from your fire system is immediately sent to ADT’s grade 1 monitoring centre as well as your national fire department. Together, we safeguard your people and assets. Firealarm&sprinkler systemsatpremises ADT FIRE MONITORING ADTASE AlarmSignallingEquipment PrimaryLink MobileWirelessNetwork FENZNational CommunicationsCentre ServiceAgents Pagers&cellphone ADTSelectUser Onlinereporting forServiceAgents &customers MessageHandlingADT FireMonitoringCentre (Tripleredundancy fullsystem back-up inAuckland, Christchurch&Melbourne) Ethernet/Secondary BackupCellular ARGEST who have multiple buildings up and down the countryside. The second element is that in each of our predominant cities with offices, which are Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, we look after people who have a couple of buildings.” Argest works with both types of clients to facilitate an annual Building Warrant of Fitness, which confirms that all specified systems within a building have been maintained, tested and inspected within the last year, as per the relevant Compliance Schedule. Specified systems may include fire and safety systems, automatic or access control doors, emergency lighting, etc. Systems that may cause harm without proper maintenance must also be inspected, including elevators, ventilation systems, heating and cooling, etc. Each system requires a compliance certificate following inspection; once collected, a Building Warrant of Fitness can be supplied for that year stating that all systems in the building continue to operate as they should. Facilities Management is also a core part of the company’s business plan. As well as providing compliance and inspection services, Argest works hand in hand with building managers to arrange repairs with external contractors in the case of a failed system test, and provides contact with facilities management companies to make sure managers and stakeholders have the correct documentation and information they need. Scammell acknowledges, “Making sure repairs are completed quickly and efficiently is really important, because if it’s not being done, local authorities or council can turn around and close the door. Say we’ve got a petrol station chain, and a requirement of their licence to operate is they must have a current Building Warrant of Fitness. If it lapses, then the council can close down that service station.” Given that technology is constantly evolving and changing in the modern world, a large part of Argest’s workload is making sure any changes,