15th Anniversary Awards Winners

Thanks to all our client representatives for their attendance at our 15th Anniversary awards lunch, a great opportunity to network with a range of our clients from across various industries.

1.???? Allegiance Award

For a business that has provided us with steadfast and continued support (100+)

The award went to a valued client who has been with Fire EMT since our inaugural year in 2008, starting at Brisbane Airport for what was then their new Brisbane Airport base and has now spread to Fire EMT providing services at 20 locations in QLD.

The Award went to Avis/ Budget (AB) Group

?The AB Group and Apex rentals 20 Sites include:

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1.???? Brisbane Airport

2.???? Boondall

3.???? Bundaberg

4.???? Cairns Airport

5.???? Cairns City

6.???? Currimundi

7.???? Gold Coast Airport

8.???? Mackay

9.???? Maroochydore Sunshine Coast Airport (3 sites)

10.Noosa Heads

11.Palm Cove

12.Rocklea

13.Rockhampton

14.Townsville

Apex at-

15.Hendra

16.Cairns Airport

17. Gold Coast

18.Marcoola Sunshine Coast Airport

For many years we worked with Natalie Callaghan and Maria Sedl who instigated a fire safety and emergency planning regime across all Qld AB sites bringing training, planning and dangerous good manifests to current compliance. COVID in 2020 saw a dramatic change in operations and change of personnel but thankfully under our guiding hand Cain Cochrane and Rebecca Sullivan have continued the proactive program throughout the State. Our staff have commented how responsive Cain is to issues addressing them in a timely manner.

2.???? Allegiance Award

For a business that has provided us with steadfast and continued support (under 100)

?The award went to a valued client who has been with Fire EMT for 9 years since 2015, our services started when Susan Zivcec visited our stand at a Safety Show in Brisbane in 2014. Since 2015 Fire EMT have delivered instruction, emergency planning and Fire Safety Advisor services at nine locations in QLD. Susan has now moved on but the hard work these days is completed by Willian Archila and Melinda Griffin who continue to work with Fire EMT over all sites achieving a high level of fire safety and emergency planning awareness and compliance.

?The award went to Sugar Research Australia

?The site include:

1.???? Cairns, Meringa

2.???? Tully

3.???? Ingham

4.???? Brandon

5.???? Mackay

6.???? Indooroopilly

7.???? Woodford

8.???? Bundaberg

9.???? Brisbane

?We are also happy to announce the engagement in Jan 2024 of a new contract to continue the service with SRA for a further three years at all sites.

3.???? Most Improved Client in Fire Safety

For a business that has progressively embraced fire safety aiming for a high compliancy standard

The award went to a newer client however the individual involved is no stranger to Fire EMT, we gained this work from a person who had worked with us previously with Virgin Australia. This Highlights how our presence in the Airport environment for BAC has assisted us gain work to provide our services to other aviation-based businesses and then further afield, by the relationships we make in this environment. As staff relocate to new employment, we are often called to assist them achieve or maintain compliance at their new workplace. This client and individual are a perfect example of this.

??The Award went to PFD Foods

Over the last 12 months, Karl Smith engaged us in a program to develop and replace evacuation signage at sixteen PFD sites around Australia, He is diligent and efficient in his liaison with Fire EMT for mark up and installation at each site, especially the more remote sites which are not cost effective to visit for Fire EMT staff, the site locations include:

1.???? Brisbane, two sites

2.???? Bundaberg

3.???? Cairns

4.???? Cardinal, Geebung, Victoria

5.???? Chullora, NSW

6.???? Lytton

7.???? Mackay

8.???? Mount Isa

9.???? Rockhampton

10. Roma

11. Stapelton

12. Sunshine Coast

13. Toowoomba

14. Townsville

15. Tweed Heads

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4.???? Client with most consistent Service

This Continuity Award is for a business that has demonstrated fire safety consistency on an ongoing basis.

The award went to one of our major clients who we have served for 10 years since 2014.

Throughout this period, we have noted a consistent positive attitude to emergency planning and fire safety at its many facilities in Qld. The facilities and management team have demonstrated the positive mindset that help them achieve such a high standard of compliance in a very busy and complex environment.

The level of compliance today compared to 2014 is noticeable and was achieved through excellent collaboration and communication between the client and the Fire EMT team.

?The Award went to Griffith University

?Jane Dennis and Joanna Allen has been instrumental in working with Fire EMT providing fire safety advisor, evacuation exercises and emergency planning across their five Campuses.

1.???? Nathan

2.???? Gold Coast

3.???? Mount Gravatt

4.???? Logan

5.???? South Bank

?As an example, in 2023 we completed the following services across the five Campuses:

?115 Evacuation Exercises

1,658 Evacuation Diagrams developed.

319 Wardens received on site instruction.

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5.???? Special Award – Inspirational in the forming and ongoing development of Fire EMT

This business has been both inspirational and supportive in the development of Fire EMT

We were born from this business, throughout our entire 15 years they have not only encouraged us to initially form in 2008 but assisted us grow, by using and enhancing the services we provide at multiple facilities annually.

We face challenges every day at the varied facilities they operate, and we utilize the experiences learnt with them to develop and enhance our services to other clients.

We have worked together through good and not so good times. The COVID era sent both our businesses into a downward spiral but throughout we supported each other maintaining the services and compliance based on the very varied operations around their facilities. Sometimes from thousands on KM away.

We look forward to working with this client as major development is undertaken across their facilities in the next few years.

?The Award went to Brisbane Airport Corporation

?Our service span across the Airport an example of some services we completed at BAC in 2023 are.

1.???? 245 evacuation diagrams provided

2.???? 25 Facilities including four Car parks and three passenger terminals.

3.???? 313 wardens trained.

4.???? 2,679 Terminal occupants completed enrolments for Terminal Evacuation & First Response Instruction.

5.???? 602 Terminal Wardens completed enrolments for Terminal Warden and E.C.O Instruction.

6.???? 33 evacuation exercises at BAC facilities, terminals and car parks.

There are too many people to mention who assist us delivering services around BAC, but include Facilities, Operations, Property and WHS.

Special mention to Keith McCullagh and Jodie Punshon who hear from us on a daily basis.

And a special mention to Ken Hughes who gave Paul Barling and I the incentive to commence operations in 2008.