Locatrix Partners with Pemba, Our Sherpa for Growth...

With over 16,000 students studying on-campus, it is a critical in making sure safety standards are kept to a high standard.

How Fraser Coast Regional Council uses innovation to deliver on its strategic promises and community.

The unseen guardian... How evacuation signs and emergency plans save lives.

Introducing Trace with AI! Our new AI powered Trace Tool. Now available for all PlanStudio Users

PlanStudio, developed by Locatrix, is transforming the way businesses create and manage evacuation signs and much more.

PlanSafe – Created to respond to Fire Safety Reforms

Have you met our man on the inside? If not, it’s about time we introduce you to...Daniel Ansorge, PlanStudio Support and volunteer fire fighter.

Today our Partner network here in Australia and across the globe has hit 2,012 users, all of which are contributing to over 129,000,000 SQM.

The case for online training

With PlanStudio starting to make a name for itself in Germany and our audience growing in Europe, we thought it was time to introduce our very own native German speaker, Andreas Deakin.

Introduction to Ozcare’s diverse services and operational scale...

Ferst has found Locatrix’s PlanStudio and PlanSafe software to be complementary in servicing their customers’ needs.

October 2024

Show multiple plans on a single diagram, modular exit signs, language selection and more...

With over 800 aircraft movements per day and around 126,000 passengers per week, there is no denying that the responsibilities for the 400 staff members need to be managed tightly with safety at the top of the list for prioritization.

Justyn Soames details how Pyrotec are enriching the fire industry with our technology.

This latest PlanSafe Beta release includes a new design and interface to help you manage all your users, with some handy new features thrown in to make your life easier.

Locatrix is thrilled to share it was awarded the Innovation Award for Small Business.

PRM is a great example of a thriving partner with the enthusiasm to innovate to best support its customers in the Health and Aged Care sector.

What is your building classed as? Here is an easy break down to help you understand.

Georgia is Locatrix’s Girl Friday and Amanda Eade’s right hand woman in the Finance Team...

July 2024

Who doesn’t like a little update? The new financial year brings about the chance to change and grow and so it is here in our very own backyard.

Door locks, custom leader line targets, edit evac path arrows, and more...

Q&A with our UI/UX Designer Hamish Thomson on PlanSafe's redesign.

What it takes to change...

Nomination - Julianne Leslie and Chad Ajamain

With over 10,000 inductions completed within the past 12 months, in addition to WHS, CMB is using PlanSafe to roll out training.

We’ve kicked off a brand new early access program for PlanSafe for administrators so that you can get a taste of awesome new features early.

Improved wall snapping, added user groups, customisable leader line widths, and more...

April 2024

BJ Kim is the pearl of this particular quarter, and rightly so for all the work he does to help coordinate our compliance team, drafters and most importantly our customers.

How Hawkeye S3 is improving situational awareness with critical accuracy

Manually configure all evacuation paths per diagram, support for multiple users on the same device, extended image importing/exporting and more…

December 2023

The second person to be nominated as Employee of the Quarter, goes to Kris Brown, Exec Manager ANZ. Read Kris’s thoughts on what he does here at Locatrix and what he thinks of our products….

In 2020, National Storage commenced a search for an innovative solution that could address an issue of inconsistent floor plans across their 200+ sites throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Q&A with Employee of the Quarter Rhys Collyer, Technical Consultant and Product Specialist.

Meet Lachlan Docherty and Jack Godfrey, our two newest members to Locatrix’s drafting team.

Improved evacuation pathfinding, UI enhancements and more...

Orange County has a culture that takes Safety Seriously! This is why PlanSafe’s online Emergency Preparedness System was implemented.

Garry Cuddy recognises that safety induction training is not just about inducting employees, it’s just as much about educating employers too.

Nothing tests trust more than a promise...

September 2023

Say hello to our brand-new PlanSafe Dashboard - your ultimate hub for seamless portal management.

Display satellite imagery on site plans, override libraries, customise portal links, and more...

Karen is a technology industry leader and creative thinker with over 25 years experience in professional services and technology environments – designing and scaling global communication team structures and activating results.

Traditionally in the fire service, preplans had been hand-drawn either on paper or on a computer with no georeferenced data included. Advances in technology have made it possible to create more detailed and accurate preplans using computer-aided drafting (CAD) software.

June and July were two extraordinary months of learning for Locatrix. Well established now in Australia, our Sales team headed over to FireEx in London and NFPA in Las Vagas in a bid to launch PlanStudio and PlanSafe onto the world stage.

PlanStudio shares its data with Emergency Services to enrich situational preparedness, will they know how to navigate your child's school?

How do we prepare our most vulnerable people for an emergency and how can we better empower them to Live a better life?

Offline Mode: You can now download campuses and edit them while offline. To download a campus, click on the Download button in the campuses list.

Specializing in School safety, BeSafe works to share critical building information between school administrators, emergency services and facilities management, assisting in providing the situational awareness our Heroes need, in order to keep our most vulnerable safe in the case of an emergency. 

June 2023

Indoor mapping of buildings is one of the fastest growing and developing markets led by recognised names such as ESRI, Here Technologies, MapsPeople and Locatrix.

The collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida on 24 June 2021, is a tragic event that won’t be forgotten. Fire fighters searched through the ruins for almost a month to locate the 98th deceased occupant, terrible outcome and completely avoidable.

A Digital Twin is a great concept – but what about the rest of the “family?”

Using PlanStudio for their mapping, Fire EMT found the software to be very user friendly, of high quality and incredibly efficient.

Innovation is forcing accountability and personal responsibility at every level of life.

Once a fire safety company ourselves, drafting floor plans and evacuation diagrams, we were in the same boat as you.

Since the announcement of England’s updated Fire Safety Standards, Locatrix has been actively engaging with English fire safety professionals to better understand where our technology can support.

Managing buildings and facilities following the COVID-19 crisis presents a new set of challenges for owners and occupiers.

Form1 live by their motto “passionate about people and serious about safety” and like Locatrix, their culture is strong and all about its people.

March 2023

Introducing the new and improved Compliance Dashboard!

Dreamworld were one of our first PlanStudio users and have mapped their entire park creating a complete digital thin-twin of the site.

All this data collected can help building owners better understand their indoors. No more guessing! Only knowing….

Are you aware that the agricultural and equine sectors have some of the highest injury and fatality rates of any Australian industries?

Australian Compliance Management (ACM) has been a Founding Partner with Locatrix for over two years.

Patrick first recognised Locatrix for their application PlanStudio, admitting that it increased the efficiency of providing Evacuation Diagrams.

Andrew Eross on ISO-27001 implementation.

Solutions in Fire Compliance (SIFC) may be small in stature but don’t be blinded by this.

December 2022

We are delighted to share with you great news that Scott Jackson is confirmed to join our team as our new Chief Operating Officer.

As Locatrix expands globally and we head over to the US, we know we are in safe hands with Eric.

During National Fire Protection Month, we are celebrating the different roles that people play in helping our local communities.

Former Fire-Fighter and Police Officer

Former Firefighter & Support Volunteer

New roles/permissions, dark mode, and re-bindable hotkeys!

What's new in the latest version of PlanSafe?

Therese and her husband Dean Walker have been in the fire safety business for over 17 years.

Locatrix recognised in the 2022 Gartner® Competitive Landscape: Indoor Mapping report.

What's new in the latest version of PlanSafe?

Senior Software Engineer at Locatrix. With PlanStudio 3 launched into the universe this May, we thought you might like to hear from one...

Chief Financial Officer Locatrix are proud to formally announce the appointment of Malinda Denovan CA as Chief Financial Officer who...

What's new in version 3.0 of PlanStudio? Watch the full overview below to find out! Major Changes

Locatrix is thrilled to announce our partnership with Pendo! Pendo is a Digital Adoption Solution which acts as an in-app guide,...

What's new in the latest version of PlanSafe! FEP-4362 We have given Partner Administrators the ability to delete their own campuses. To...

At some point in our lives, we have all been challenged by poor accessibility. Whether it be that we are temporarily disabled ourselves,...

What's new in the latest version of PlanSafe! Mandatory Work Areas for Learners Administrators now can now make work areas mandatory for...

What's new in the latest version of PlanStudio! New Features Smart Fill Drawing Mode The zone tool has a new "smart fill" drawing mode,...

What's new in the latest version of PlanStudio! New Features Custom data field support PlanStudio Now Supports Custom Data Fields...

Locatrix is a company that has seen significant change, growth and development in a very short time. We are a technology inventor...

What's new in the latest version of PlanSafe! FEP-4264 Added the ability to specify child navigations to use in generated documents. With...

Locatrix is delighted to announce the appointment of Cameron Scott to its Advisory Board effective 1 September 2021.

What's new in the latest version of PlanStudio! New Features PK-2296 Details now have Adjustable Thickness Hairline thickness is the...

A PlanStudio Digital Twin The collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida on 24 June 2021, is a tragic event that won’t be...

Patrick Hall CEO of Australian Fire Protection was always of great interest to Locatrix when we started out advertising PlanStudio. ...

Lee Johnson (AFSM) joined QFES in 1975 as a firefighter. His drive and passion for serving and protecting the community shone throughout his career.