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EXTINGUISHER INSPECTION LOG
FireTag
Every cylinder. Every inspection.
One cylinder is four clocks, not one.
Monthly, annual, six-year internal, hydrostatic. FireTag runs all four against every extinguisher on your route, drops the ones that do not apply to that agent type, and tells you what is due before you get in the van.
14-day trial, then $1.99/mo,
$9.99/yr or $24.99 once. Android.
THE LADDER
Four jobs, four different intervals
They are separate pieces of work on separate schedules, and a log that collapses them into one "next service" date is the reason cylinders get missed. FireTag keeps them apart, each with its own last-done date, next-due date and status chip.
- 01
Every month
Monthly inspection
Six visual checks against the cylinder, marked and dated. FireTag flags the unit seven days before this one falls due — a shorter warning than the others, because a month is a short clock.
- 02
Every 12 months
Annual maintenance
A full service event with outcome, notes, photos and a signature. Logging it resets the annual clock, and on a cartridge-operated cylinder it is where the internal work lands too.
- 03
Every 6 years
Internal examination
Recorded against the unit as its own event so the six-year clock runs independently of the annual. Types with no internal examination simply do not show this row.
- 04
Every 5 or 12 years
Hydrostatic test
The longest clock, and the one nobody remembers. Five years on CO2 and water, twelve on the dry chemicals, halon and cartridge cylinders, and nothing at all where the type is unknown.
Long cycles are flagged 30 days out, monthlies 7 days out. If you want the background on what each job involves and who does it, we wrote it up in NFPA 10 fire extinguisher inspection requirements explained.
Where the ladder changes
The two long cycles depend entirely on what is in the cylinder. Pick the agent type when you register the unit and FireTag shows the rows that apply to it and hides the rest. Nothing is guessed: a cylinder logged as Other gets a monthly and an annual clock and no long cycles at all.
| Extinguisher type | Code | Internal examination | Hydrostatic test |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC dry chemical | ABC | 6 years | 12 years |
| BC dry chemical | BC | 6 years | 12 years |
| Class K wet chemical | K | 6 years | 12 years |
| Halon / clean agent | HAL | 6 years | 12 years |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) | CO2 | None for this type | 5 years |
| Water / foam (APW) | H2O | None for this type | 5 years |
| Cartridge-operated dry | CART | At each annual | 12 years |
| Other / unknown | OTH | Not tracked | Not tracked |
Monthly and annual clocks run on every type, including Other. Check the intervals against the current edition of the standard and your authority having jurisdiction before you rely on them.
A morning on the route
The whole app is shaped around this loop, which is why the bottom bar is Due, Scan, Sites, Profile, Settings and nothing else.
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Scan the cylinder
Point the camera at your QR or barcode label and its history opens. Or find it under the site, or type the code.
3
Log the work
Pick the service type, run the checklist if it is a monthly, choose OK, needs service or failed, add photos and notes.
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Sign and tag
Sign on screen, generate the tag image, and the clock you just serviced resets while the other three carry on.
THE MONTHLY, IN FULL
- Accessible & in place
- Gauge in operable range
- Tamper seal / pin intact
- No corrosion or damage
- Correct type & location
- Operating label legible
Six items, each marked and stored against the event, then printed in the service history on the report.
The app itself
Five screens from the shipped build. The sites, serials and technician details in them are sample data.
Scroll sideways, or use the arrow keys
What comes off the phone
Three artefacts from the same records, all generated on the device.
TAG IMAGE
The service tag
A card headed FIRE EXTINGUISHER / SERVICE RECORD carrying the service type, date, technician, company, cylinder serial and next due date, with the disclaimer along the bottom. Save it to the gallery or send it to the customer.
PDF · PER SITE
Fire Extinguisher Service Report
The cover carries the company, technician, license, site, address, contact and cylinder count, plus the disclaimer. Then a table of serial, type, location, monthly, annual, long cycle and status; the service history as date, service, outcome, technician and notes; the technician signature; and the photos. Pages are numbered.
PDF · PER CYLINDER
Extinguisher Service History
One unit end to end: type, size and rating, serial, manufacturer, model, manufacture date, location, then next monthly, next annual and whichever long cycles apply, followed by every event ever logged against it and the photos.
The rest of it
- Six service types, not one. Monthly, annual, six-year internal, hydrostatic, recharge, and out of service. A condemned cylinder drops off the due list and keeps its record.
- Neutral outcomes. OK, needs service, failed. Nothing is coloured like a safety verdict, because the app is a record and not one.
- Profile once, printed everywhere. Name, license number, company, address, phone and signature go in once and appear on every tag and report.
- Location stamp, off by default. A switch on the service form captures coordinates for that one event. Leave it off and no location is read.
- Privacy mode. One toggle hides the app's contents in the Android app switcher, for when the phone goes down on a customer's desk.
- Ten languages, pounds or kilograms. The interface translates; the agent type names stay in fire-protection English.
What it costs
Fourteen days of everything on install, no card. After that, stay on the free tier or buy it once. Most people take the lifetime: nothing renews and it stays unlocked.
Either way, records you already made are never locked, hidden or deleted, and can always be re-exported. The free tier only stops you adding new ones past the cap.
- Customer sites1
- Extinguishers10
- New report PDFs1
- Ads on the free tierBanner
LIFETIME
$24.99once
Or $1.99 a month, or $9.99 a year. Prices set in US dollars.
- Unlimited sites and cylinders
- Unlimited site and per-unit PDFs
- Full service history per cylinder
- No ads
Questions
Does FireTag certify my extinguishers?
No. It records work you performed and works out the next-due dates from the dates you entered. You are the qualified person doing the work and signing the tag.
Why does a CO2 cylinder show fewer rows than an ABC?
Because the type has no six-year internal, and its hydrostatic clock is five years rather than twelve. FireTag leaves rows out rather than showing a cadence that does not apply.
What if I do not know the type?
Set it to Other and you get the monthly and annual clocks only. FireTag will not invent a hydrostatic date for a cylinder it cannot identify.
What does the scan actually do?
You label each cylinder with your own QR or barcode. Scanning it opens that unit’s history. An unknown code offers to register it, and there is always a manual code box for a scorched label.
Does it send reminders?
No. FireTag has no notifications. The Due list is what you open at the start of a route, sorted by whichever clock is closest.
Does it work with no signal?
Yes. Sites, cylinders, service events, photos, tags and reports live on the phone. A connection is only used to serve ads on the free tier.
What happens when the trial ends?
Nothing you recorded is locked, hidden or deleted, and you can still re-export it. The free tier caps only new items: one site, ten cylinders and one report.
Can I put my license number on the paperwork?
Yes. Your name, license or certification number, company and signature go in the technician profile once, then print on every tag and every report.
What FireTag is not
This is the notice the app shows on the service form, on the tag, on the PDF cover and in Settings, word for word:
FireTag helps you record fire-extinguisher inspections, maintenance, and test dates and compute next-due dates. It is not a certification, an inspection service, or legal/safety advice, and it does not guarantee that any extinguisher or record meets NFPA 10, OSHA, or your local authority's requirements. You are the qualified person responsible for performing the work, signing the tag, and the accuracy and sufficiency of every record. Verify all dates, intervals, and tag requirements against the current edition of NFPA 10 and your authority having jurisdiction.
Start with the site you visit next
Add it, put its cylinders in with their manufacture dates, and see what the four clocks say.