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A year of fire checks,
planned by area and
alerted before it lapses

Set the frequency each device category is held to, and the schedule generates itself across the year — broken down by building, floor and area, assigned to named competent auditors, approved before it runs, and pushed out as reminders before the due date rather than after the lapse.

Annual + monthly
a full-year plan and the working month, generated together
Competency held
only qualified auditors can be assigned to a category
Alerts before
email, SMS and WhatsApp ahead of the date, not after
Annual Audit Plan
Fast Fire Audit · Planning & schedule
Generated from frequency
Block B · 214 devices · 612 checks
Approved
MonthlyExtinguisher visual168 devices · 12 rounds a year
QuarterlyHydrant & pump test22 devices · 4 rounds a year
Half-yearlyStatutory certificationJanuary and July
AnnualRefill & full inspection168 devices · agency
Assigned6 competent auditorsBy category and area
Approval: routed to the Safety Head before the plan releases
How it works

From a frequency rule to a released,
assigned round — in five moves

The plan is generated from the frequency each device category carries on the register, not typed in row by row. Slipping one date does not break the rest of the year.

Set the frequency
Each device category carries its own cycle, taken from your standards, insurer and fire authority
Scope by area
The plan is broken down by building, floor and area so no corner is left unassigned
Assign a competent auditor
Competency is held against the person, so an unqualified name cannot be attached to a check
Route for approval
The plan is approved before it runs, so the schedule your team works to is the one management signed
Alert before the date
Reminders go out on email, SMS and WhatsApp ahead of the due date, and escalate if it passes
Full capability set

Everything fire audit planning covers

Annual audit plan

A full year of rounds generated from the frequency each category carries — the whole schedule in one action rather than a spreadsheet row per check.

Monthly working plan

The same engine scoped to the near term, so auditors work from the current month instead of a year-long list they scroll past.

Area-wise coverage

Plans break down to building, floor and area, which is also how the compliance percentage is later reported back.

Auditor competency management

An authorised-auditor matrix by device category, so only qualified people can be assigned — and you can prove that to an inspector.

Approval workflow

Plans are raised in draft and released only after sign-off, with the approval itself part of the record.

Checklist import from Excel

Your existing check points are imported rather than rewritten, so the round matches the format your team and your auditor already know.

Due alerts and escalation

Email, SMS and WhatsApp reminders before the date, and escalation to the next level when one passes.

Re-schedule on closure

Closing a check sets the next due date from the interval, so the cycle cannot quietly lapse between rounds.

Plan versus actual

How many rounds were planned against how many actually landed, month by month — the report management should be reading.

Why a generated plan

A spreadsheet schedule vs. Fast Fire Audit planning

A schedule in a spreadsheet drifts the moment one date slips, and nobody finds out until the audit.

Capability
Spreadsheet schedule
Fast Fire Audit
Generated from device frequency
Breaks down to floor and area
Competency checked on assignment
Approved before release
Alerts before the due date
Escalates when a date passes
Next due date set on closure
Plan versus actual reported
Common questions

Fire Audit Planning & Scheduling Software FAQs

How is the annual fire audit plan created?

It is generated rather than typed. Each device category on the register carries its own inspection frequency; you pick the site and area scope, and the plan produces the rounds for the year with due dates spaced by that frequency. The monthly plan is the same engine scoped to the near term so auditors work from the current month.

Can different areas be on different schedules?

Yes. Frequency is held per device category, and the plan is scoped by building, floor and area, so a solvent store and an admin block can run on completely different cycles within the same site. Multi-site groups can hold one standard across every location and still report each site separately.

What is auditor competency management, and why does it matter?

It is a record of which auditors are qualified to sign off which category of check. The system will not let an unqualified name be assigned to a check that requires competence. It matters because an inspector may reasonably ask not just whether a check happened, but whether the person who made it was competent to make it.

Do we have to rewrite our checklists to use the software?

No. Existing check points are imported from your Excel formats, so the round your auditor walks matches the one your standards, insurer and fire authority already expect. You can refine them afterwards, but nothing has to be rebuilt to get started.

What happens when a check is missed?

The due date passes into overdue, the device shows as overdue on the dashboard and by area, and the reminder escalates to the next level rather than simply repeating. Because the next due date is set on closure rather than by a fixed calendar, one missed round does not silently shift the rest of the year.

Does the plan cover the half-yearly statutory certification too?

It can. Statutory obligations that recur — the twice-yearly certification cycle, the annual audit, refill and hydrotest dates — are configured as their own requirements with their own frequencies, so they appear on the same due list and the same dashboard as the routine in-house rounds.

See your fire audit year plan itself

Bring your device categories and the frequencies you are held to. We will generate the plan on the call.

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