Most winter fire safety advice is written for homeowners. Here's what building owners, facilities managers and strata committees actually need to check, from overloaded powerboards to halogen downlights, plus a practical pre-winter checklist.

When the alarm sounds, water pressure is everything. Here's what keeps your fire pumpset compliant and what happens when it isn't.

Who's responsible. What's required. How to keep your building and your committee on the right side of the law.

The fines are real, enforcement is escalating, and an insurance loophole could cost you everything. Here's exactly where the liability sits and how to protect yourself.

Ask most building owners what protects their property from fire and they'll point to the sprinklers, the alarms, the extinguishers on the wall. All vital, but all active fire protection. They detect or respond to fire after it's already started. There's another layer of protection built into the very structure of your building. Most people never see it, rarely think about it, and almost never maintain it. It's called passive fire protection and it may be the single most impor