# Largest networked digital EWIS installation in the Southern Hemisphere

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Project Profile

# Largest networked digital EWIS installation in the Southern Hemisphere

Project details

**Project:** Networked digital EWIS Design, install and commission

**Location:** Sydney

**Builder:** Precise Fire

**Client:** The Star

**Date:** 2026

**Services:** System Upgrade, Fire services

![Largest networked digital EWIS installation in the Southern Hemisphere](https://assets.precisecdn.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,height=520,fit=cover,quality=80,format=auto/2026_Precise_Fire_The_Star_Fire_Panel_Room_Group_070_LREZ.jpg)

![A person working on a electrical panel](https://assets.precisecdn.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,height=800,fit=cover,quality=80,format=auto/0048_Precise_Air_FireSense_13thFeb2025-.jpg)

## Overview

Precise Fire, in partnership with FireSense and Gloe Fire, delivered a landmark multi year upgrade of The Star Sydney’s Emergency Warning and Intercommunication System (EWIS) and Fire Indicator Panels (FIPs).

This project—completed within a live, 24/7 entertainment environment— resulted in the largest networked digital EWIS installation of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.

#### **Project background**

The Star Sydney required a full transformation of its ageing analogue fire systems to a new, fully digital platform. The upgrade needed to be delivered with zero unplanned outages, despite the site’s continuous operation and heavy public use.

**The project partnership included:**

-   Precise Fire – system design, staging strategy, installation leadership
    

-   FireSense – manufacturer of the new digital EWIS platform, programming and technical onboarding
    
-   Gloe Fire – installation partner delivering cabling, strobes/VAD replacement and fibre backbone works
    
-   WSP design consultants
    
-   The Star - operations team.
    

“The collaborative effort uplifted the venue’s life safety infrastructure to meet modern standards, improved operational resilience, and set a new benchmark for digital EWIS deployment in Australia”.

Geoff Moore

General Manager

![Two person looking at plans](https://assets.precisecdn.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,height=800,fit=cover,quality=80,format=auto/0068_Precise_Air_FireSense_13thFeb2025--1.jpg)

## Project Delivery

#### **Ensuring Continuity on a Live, High Traffic Site**

Working within a 24/7 precinct required meticulous staging. Precise Fire coordinated the upgrade over two major stages and five phased sequences, aligned with occupancy patterns and high traffic periods.

To maintain uninterrupted performance: Temporary batteries were installed to sustain the legacy EV3000 system during cutover.

FireSense, Precise Fire and Algotech developed and tested duplicate FIP trips prior to deployment, allowing full verification of activation sequences.

Extensive testing was conducted at FireSense’s Baulkham Hills facility, including panel behaviour, intelligibility, amplifier centre performance, and witness testing with all stakeholders.

This approach ensured seamless system continuity throughout the transition.

![](https://assets.precisecdn.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,height=800,fit=cover,quality=80,format=auto/0090_Precise_Air_FireSense_13thFeb2025-.jpg)

## Delivering a Transformational System Upgrade

The new FireSense digital EWIS—released only six months prior to deployment—delivered a major technology uplift, meeting AS1670.4:2018 and introducing modern diagnostics, improved monitoring and enhanced system intelligence.

**Key outcomes:**

-   Installation of a fire rated fibre backbone spanning the entire venue
    
-   Integrated network of 14 panels, including 7 satellite locations
    
-   Replacement of more than 1,500 strobes and VADs
    
-   Reduced impedance and optimised circuit designs
    
-   More efficient future battery sizing and long term reductions in energy consumption
    

Precise Fire’s engineering team reverse engineered and redesigned the venue’s Cascade Matrix, developing a modern double knock logic sequence. FireSense programmed this into the new digital platform, improving safety and reducing nuisance alarms.

[View the video](https://youtu.be/5JnZqryb07s?si=qETONjyj1JXALpx3 "Delivering the largest networked EWIS digital installation in the southern hemisphere"), or [download the case study](https://assets.precisecdn.com/Networked%20digital%20EWIS%20install%20-%20The%20Star%20.pdf).

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