Fire protection and life safety companies need to schedule hundreds of inspections on annual, semiannual, quarterly and monthly cycles, inside each site’s hours, with certified technicians and short drives between dense stops. Crewtide generates the week from your account list, optimizes routes with real drive times, flags visits outside their windows and keeps a change log with a reason for every move. It doesn’t record inspection results, deficiencies or compliance reports.
What makes inspection routes different
- Due dates matter. Annual extinguisher, semiannual kitchen suppression and quarterly sprinkler inspections are tied to codes and contracts, so the week has to cover what’s due.
- Many short stops. Extinguisher routes can run a dozen small sites a day, where drive time is most of the cost.
- Certifications. Suppression systems, alarms and sprinklers need different licences.
- Site hours. Restaurants before opening, offices during business hours, schools when students aren’t there.
- Coordination with other trades. Kitchen suppression inspections are often timed with hood cleaning.
How to plan a week of inspections in Crewtide
- Import accounts and cycles.Site, inspection type, cycle, usual month or days, hours, no-go times, time on site and certified technician.
- Build the week.Every inspection that’s due goes on a route; stops are ordered by real road drive times.
- Fix the flags.Checks show anything outside its window, a technician on time off, or a route that runs past clock-out.
- Move with a reason.When a site asks for another day, Find a spot shows the options and the change log records why.
- Publish.Print or export route sheets, and update your inspection system from the change list.
Typical customer rules
| Site | Inspection and cycle | Hours | Time on site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Grill | Kitchen suppression, semiannual | 6:00–10:00 AM | 45 min |
| Elm Street Offices | Extinguishers, annual (March) | 8:00 AM–5:00 PM | 30 min |
| Northgate Distribution | Sprinkler, quarterly | Weekdays 7:00 AM–3:00 PM | 2 h |
| Riverside School | Fire alarm, annual (summer) | No-go during school days | 3 h, 2-person crew |
What Crewtide doesn’t do for fire protection
Keep your inspection platform for inspection forms and results, deficiencies and quotes, compliance reporting, tags and invoicing. Crewtide plans which inspections happen when and on which route.
Coming with Pro: emailing and texting site contacts from the To notify list, and a technician phone app.
Comparing tools? See Crewtide vs ServiceTrade.
What it costs
$49 per technician on a route a month billed annually, $59 month to month, with office users free. Six inspectors cost $294 a month billed annually.
Questions
How should I schedule fire extinguisher inspections?
Keep every site’s inspection type and cycle in one list, generate each week’s due inspections from it, group them into dense routes and lock in each site’s hours. Crewtide does the generating and routing.
Can Crewtide handle annual, semiannual and quarterly inspections?
Yes. Each account’s cycle and usual month or days put it in the right weeks.
Does Crewtide store inspection reports?
No. Keep your inspection software for forms, results and deficiencies.
Can I time kitchen suppression inspections with hood cleaning?
If you do both, plan them on the same board: give each service its cycle and window and use Find a spot to put them on the same day.