MNS – people in the real estate industry are known as innovators, and your Strata Manager might actually be adding some value to your Owners Corporation by having some type of fire safety inspection undertaken.
As I remove my tongue from my cheek, I can’t help wondering that in the absence of a Fire Safety Schedule (issued by Council) that applies relevant items from “today’s standards” to your specific property, what it is that the so-called fire safety compliance manager is assessing, and upon what basis they’re determining a pass, a fail, or recommending remedial actions ($) by their Contractors.
All of that said, in order to pay for the fire safety inspection and the remedial actions it identifies, your Owners Corporation (i.e. you and all of your fellow Owners) would need to have budgeted a sufficient amount for that purpose in the Administrative Fund, to have approved that amount at the last AGM, and to have authorised the resultant payments to the Contractors, so if anyone’s to blame for gold-plating (if that’s what it is) it’s not your Strata Manager.
Perhaps put some boundaries around the scope of future inspections if the majority still regards them as beneficial.