When you’re walking through a building in the Perth CBD or a warehouse in Malaga, you probably don’t give the evacuation diagrams a second glance. Most people don’t, until they have to.

But when the power cuts, the alarms are triggered and the air starts to taste like plastic and smoke. You aren’t looking for a pretty looking piece of artwork, you’re looking for a lifeline.

Many business owners treat evacuation diagrams as an afterthought. They get some building plans printed and stick them up on the wall with some blue tack, maybe even a frame. That’s a dangerous way to handle safety.

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If you manage a property in WA, you know that your to do list is never ending. Between lease renewals, maintenance requests and the occasional plumbing emergency, fire safety can sometimes feel like just another line item on a checklist.

But as a property manager in Western Australia, the safety of your tenants should be a top priority.

We’ve seen firsthand that if an emergency happens and your evacuation procedures are out of date or your diagrams are still showing a floor plan from three renovations ago, you aren’t just looking at a massive liability. You’re looking at a genuine risk to life.

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