Checklist · Facilities / commercial
Monthly fire and life-safety inspection checklist
The monthly round the AHJ and the insurer will ask you to prove. The people who ask for this record — the fire marshal, the insurer, the owner's attorney after something happens — want the same thing: that someone walked it, monthly, and wrote down what they saw. This is the built-in life-safety monthly template: the visual checks a manager can do, dated and photographed, between the contractors' own inspections.
13 items in 4 areas · the built-in “Fire & life-safety monthly” template, as it ships
How to run it
Three passes, in walking order
Extinguishers and signs
Every extinguisher present, accessible, gauge in the green, pin in, tag initialled; exit signs lit; egress lighting present.
Doors and paths
Fire doors close and latch, nothing propped, corridors and stairs clear, roof and exterior exits open from inside.
Panel and sprinklers
Alarm panel normal with no trouble or supervisory light, sprinkler heads unobstructed and not painted, the riser room accessible.
The checklist
Fire & life-safety monthly
The monthly round the AHJ and the insurer will ask you to prove.
Built-in template, as it ships · reviewed against the app on 2026-09-18
| Extinguishers | Good | Fair | Poor | N/A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charged, tagged & accessible | ||||
| Monthly inspection initialed on tag |
| Egress | Good | Fair | Poor | N/A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exit signs illuminated | ||||
| Emergency lights — test button | ||||
| Exit doors, hardware & no obstructions | ||||
| Stairwells clear, railings & doors closing |
| Alarm & suppression | Good | Fair | Poor | N/A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel normal — no troubles or supervisories | ||||
| Pull stations & horn/strobes unobstructed | ||||
| Sprinkler control valves open & tagged | ||||
| Riser room & FDC accessible |
| Storage | Good | Fair | Poor | N/A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flammables in cabinets | ||||
| Electrical rooms clear (36 in.) | ||||
| Nothing within 18 in. of sprinkler heads |
In the app an item can also answer as pass/fail, done/not done or a number, and any Fair or Poor item becomes a work order in one tap. The PDF prints the checklist as shown, with a notes line per item and a signature block.
When not to use it
- — Any test or inspection a code requires a licensed party to perform.
- — The broader safety and accessibility walk — that is the safety and compliance template.
What goes wrong
- — Initialling the tag without looking at the gauge.
- — Skipping the roof exit because it is far.
What this is not
A visual round by building staff. It is not a fire-code inspection, a sprinkler or alarm test, or an extinguisher service, and it does not replace any inspection the authority having jurisdiction or the insurer requires.
The finished report
Complete the walk and the PDF exists
Every item with its rating, notes and photos; an action-items table by priority; signatures captured on the phone or through a link. No export step. See a finished one before you sign up.
Built for facilities teams
Facilities / commercial
Monthly life-safety, PM rounds, HVAC and roof — with a paper trail that survives an audit.
Pick “Facilities / commercial” at signup — or start from this page and it's already picked — and the app leads with this template and speaks the trade's words.
Questions
Life-safety monthly: what people ask
Is this the extinguisher inspection the code requires?
Fire codes commonly require a monthly visual check that can be done in-house and an annual service by a licensed company. This walk is the monthly visual; the annual is the contractor's tag. Confirm what your jurisdiction requires.
Does this replace the alarm or sprinkler inspection?
No. Those are tested and inspected by licensed contractors on schedules set by code and the insurer. This walk notices the trouble light between them.
Where does the record go?
The completed report is dated, photographed and shareable by link; export the year as a ZIP when someone asks for it.
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