Prepared for

Same crew, more sites.

A fire panel test takes two technicians today: one setting off devices, one at the panel reading the results over a radio. With Magnifire it takes one. The panel's own message is on their phone in seconds, and the device ticks itself off the list. Your second technician is free for the next site.

A Magnifire unit reads the panel's printer port and sends it over its own 4G. It can't control the panel, and it never touches the building's network.

Today and with Magnifire

The same test, with one technician instead of two

Today

2technicians on every test

Technician 1Walks the building, setting off each device
Radio
Technician 2Stands at the panel, calls out each alarm and ticks a paper sheet
  • The report is written up after the visit.
  • The office sees the result when the paperwork comes back.
With Magnifire

1technician on every test

One technicianSets off each device and reads the panel's message on their phone
4G
Magnifire unitReads the panel's printer port and sends each message as it prints
  • The report is ready when the test stops.
  • The office watches the test as it happens.
  • The second technician is on another site.

The whole job, side by side

What has to happenTodayWith Magnifire
Calling out each alarmA second technician at the panel, on the radioThe panel's message appears on the technician's phone within seconds, with the zone and device text.
Recording each device testedA second technician, on a paper sheetEach device is ticked off automatically and counted toward the year's targets.
Writing the test reportWritten up after the visit, from the sheetReady when the technician stops the test. Every device is listed by address, description and time.
Knowing what is still dueWorked out from the last visit's paperworkCounted against the AS 1851 targets, loop by loop, with overdue devices first.
Finding out about a faultA call from the site, or found at the next visitAn alert to your own people as it happens, with the panel's message and the device on the plan.
Showing the client what was doneThe logbook, and a report sent afterwardsA device-by-device report after every visit, and their own login if you choose to give them one.
What stays exactly as it is

Your technician still isolates the brigade signal before testing. Magnifire's test mode only pauses Magnifire's own alerts.

The logbook stays on site. The Magnifire report is the detail behind it.

Magnifire only reads what the panel prints. It can't control the panel.

The test, start to finish

One annual test, on the technician's phone

At the end of the day

The report is done, and the office can see where every panel is up to

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The Tests page in Magnifire showing where monthly, six-monthly and annual testing stands for five panels
Every panel on one screen. Monthly, six-monthly and annual testing for each one, with the panels furthest behind at the top.
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The Tests page for one panel: monthly and six-monthly done, 17 devices still to test this year, and a circuit by circuit table
What is left, loop by loop. Overdue devices come first, so the next visit is planned before anyone drives out.

What the phone counts toward each year

Halfof the smoke detectors on each loop, every year. All of them within two years.
A fifthof the heat detectors on each loop, every year. All of them within five years.
Allmanual call points, flame detectors, beam detectors and any detector that triggers a suppression system, every year.

The AS 1851-2012 figures, counted on each circuit (each loop on an addressable panel). A device counts when the panel reports an alarm from it during a monthly, six-monthly or annual test, or when the technician marks it by hand. When a device fails, it stays due until it passes and Magnifire asks for 10 more on that circuit. If a second one fails, the whole circuit is due. Fault-finding visits never count.

What it doesn't touch

It listens to the printer port. That is all it does to your panel.

Brigade signalling. Unaffected. Magnifire works alongside your alarm monitoring, not instead of it.

The panel. No rewiring and no panel modifications. Magnifire reads what the panel prints.

The building's network. Never used. Each unit has its own 4G, on Telstra or Optus, whichever is stronger at the panel.

Your panels

Magnifire connects to every fire panel, whatever the brand or age

It reads the printer or serial port, and every panel has one. So it doesn't matter who made yours or how old it is.

Every brand on your books

One unit per site, including a networked site: it reads every panel on the network from one connection.

On an Ampac FireFinder Plus, a door printer and Magnifire can't share the port. It is one or the other.

Setting up a site

Your own people set up each site, on site or from the office

Every site starts from its baseline data: the list of zones and devices on that panel. Your technicians or your office upload the building's plans and place each device against that list. We help whenever you want it.

  1. L2D14Level 2 East CorridorSmoke L2D16Meeting Room 2.04Smoke L2M3Level 2 Stair 2MCP L2D19Level 2 Comms RoomSmoke
    1

    Start from the baseline

    The zones and devices on the panel, each with its address and description.

  2. 2

    Upload the plans

    The building's own drawings, added by your technician or your office.

  3. L2D14 L2D16 L2M3 L2D19
    3

    Place each device

    Each one goes on the plan against its line in the list, so nothing is missed.

Who does it is up to you

On site
Your technician, while they are at the panel.
From the office
Your office team, working from the drawings.
With us
Magnifire supports your people whenever they want a hand.
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A finished site map in Magnifire: devices pinned on the floor plan, with one zone lit red for an alarm
The finished site. Devices pinned where they are. The zone lights red for an alarm and yellow for a fault.
What it is worth

Work it out, site by site

Try a site: Examples only. Put your own site in.
0160 hours
Second-technician time you free up
per site, per year

Worked example. These are example figures, not Blue Fire's.

A networked system is one unit. Ninety-two networked panels, one unit.

Not counted above: the second technician's travel, and the call-outs you skip because you know the fault before you leave. There is no cap on the number of sites. Fit a unit on as many as you look after, in the order that suits you.

Winning and keeping contracts

Put a live view of every panel in your next tender

Your biggest clients tender their contracts and review them. With a unit on each panel you can show them two things a logbook can't: every alarm and fault as it happens, and every test, device by device.

Watch a site go into alarm. A recording of the office wallboard. Every site you look after is a tile. The one in alarm takes over the screen with the building's plan and the device marked, and shows who has been told.
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  1. 1 Eight sites, all quiet
  2. 2 Alarm comes in
  3. 3 The board switches to that site's plan

Evidence for every device, after every visit

The report is ready when the technician stops the test. It lists each device by address and description, with the time the panel reported it.

  • A live status for every panel you maintain, on one screen.
  • Each year's testing counted against the AS 1851 targets, loop by loop.
  • Who was told about each alarm, who opened it and who acknowledged it.
Open the sample report (PDF)
Page one of a Magnifire annual test report: 26 points exercised across 4 zones, each listed with its address, description and time
The same unit, all year

Testing pays for the unit. Everything else it does is yours to use, and to sell.

The unit stays on the panel between tests. That gives your office a live view of every site you look after, and gives you services to offer the people who own them.

Running your own business
An alarm in Magnifire, acknowledged by one person, with the list of who was notified and who has opened it
Alarms and faults reach your own people. In plain English, with who it went to, who has opened it and who has acknowledged it.
A fault opened on a phone: the panel message, the people notified, and the device marked on the floor plan
Know the fault before you leave. The panel's own message, the device and its place on the plan, on the technician's phone.
A site map in Magnifire with devices pinned on the floor plan and one zone lit red for an alarm
Site maps on the building's own plan. Devices pinned where they are. The zone lights red for an alarm and yellow for a fault.
Notification settings in Magnifire: business hours and a push and SMS choice for each alert type
Everyone picks their own alerts. App or SMS for each type, with different choices after hours and for individual sites.
A weekly fire system report email: alarms, faults, panels online and time to acknowledge for one client
Reports that write themselves. Each person chooses a daily, weekly or monthly email summary. Nobody has to log in.
The choose organisation screen listing six client organisations with their panel and alert counts
Every client in one login. One sign-in covers every client organisation, each with its own panels and people.
Services you can offer your clients

Every site with a unit on it is a site you can sell more to.

01

A false alarm fee, challenged in five steps.

Every alarm outside a test is grouped into an event, with the days left to apply under that state's rules. Pick one and Magnifire writes the waiver letter on your letterhead, with the site's testing history attached.

  • Rules and standard fees for all eight states and territories.
  • An estimate of what is at stake across your open events.
  • A Request waiver button on every alarm.
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The Waiver Requests page: estimated savings, unresolved events, and a list of alarm events each with the days left to applyThe same page on a phone
02

Extinguishers that report in.

A smart bracket weighs each extinguisher. You and your client know when one is lifted, comes back lighter or stays off its bracket, on the day it happens.

  • Weight history for each one, with a flag when it looks discharged.
  • Service dates and records kept against each extinguisher.
  • Pinned on the site map and shown on the wallboard.
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One extinguisher in Magnifire, flagged as discharged, with its weight on the bracket and a seven-day weight chartThe same extinguisher on a phone
03

Emergency lights tested from the office.

Start the 90-minute discharge test from the app. Each light and exit sign reports its own result, and a failed fitting is named with the reason before anyone walks the building.

  • Six-monthly discharge tests tracked, with what is due.
  • Test history kept for every fitting.
  • A failed test alerts the people you choose.
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An exit sign in Magnifire that failed its discharge test with a battery failure, with its test history and place on the planThe same exit sign on a phone
04

A login for the building's owner or manager.

Invite your client into their own organisation. They see their panels, alerts, tests and maps, and choose their own notifications. They can't change settings or users.

  • You invite them and set their role.
  • They see only their own organisation.
  • The same weekly and monthly summaries, in their inbox.
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A client's own overview in Magnifire: alarms and faults raised, an alert trend chart and a written insightThe client's overview on a phone

Extinguisher and emergency lighting monitoring use their own hardware, on the same account. Ask Blake about partner pricing.

Next step

Run it on three of your own sites first

A pilot on your own panels, with your own technicians, measured in your own hours.

The pilot
Start with a call

A video call with Blake. Bring anyone with questions.

Technical reference

The rest of what your technicians will ask