Bureau of Fire Code Enforcement – Conduct an Inspection

 

To get to your Inspection Task List

       In My Workspace, click Inspection To-Do List.

Your Inspection To-Do List will display all of the inspection tasks assigned to you that are due within 30 days.

       OPTIONAL: To filter the list (to make it shorter and more manageable)—

       Enter and/or select criteria.

       Click Filter Results.

       Click the Conduct Inspection icon (far right of the row) for the desired facility.

       In the In Progress/Pending Inspections screen, click the radio button to select the desired facility (Program Interest).

       To verify and/or change Registration information, click the Update Registration button.

       Review and change (if necessary)—

       LHUs

       Building characteristics

       Contacts

(If the ownership has changed, stop this procedure and process a Transfer Registration.)

       If you have modified the registration information, click Record Results at the bottom of the Business Information screen.

       At the Recorded Inspection Results - Task Summary Information screen—

       Enter the Start Date and Start Time (military time) of the inspection in the Inspection Dates section.

       Click the Record Results button.

       You may want to narrow down the inspection tasks at the facility to a specific building, floor, etc.

       Select criteria to filter the inspection list.

       Click Filter.

       To write a violation against a subject item (or a group of subject items with the same violation)—

       Select its radio button (or select the radio buttons of all the subject items with the same violation)

       Choose Violation in the Subject Item Status pull down list at the bottom left of the screen.

       Click Continue.

       In the Record Requirements and Corrective Actions screen—

       Enter the level of detail that you know.

OR

       Search for Requirements by selecting or entering the General Rule (Sub-Chapter).

       Then select or enter Section, Sub-Section, Paragraph, Sub-Paragraph, Requirement Text, and/or Corrective Action Text.

       Click Search.

       Select the appropriate Requirement from the search results.

       Select the appropriate Corrective Action.

       Click Continue.

       Enter information (floor, room, location, details) in the Add Violation Details section, as needed.

       Click Record Result.

You will be brought back to the Record Inspection Results - Identify Subject Items screen.

       Follow the directions above to record additional violations.

       To record "No Violations" for subject items, select the appropriate radio button(s).

       Change the subject items' status to No Violations.

       Click Continue.

       Enter End Date and End Time (military time) of the inspection in the Inspection Dates section.

Attachments

       If you don’t need to upload any documents, click Continue and skip this step.

       To upload (attach) documents—

       Enter the Attachment Name and other relevant information.

       Click Browse on the Attachment Upload screen.

       When the File Upload window opens up, select the desired document.

       Click Open.

       Click Upload on the Attachment Upload screen.

       When you have uploaded all the desired documents, click Continue.

       When all subject items have been inspected, click Continue.

       Review the inspected results on the Lead Inspector Review page button.

       If any inspection results need to be changed, click its radio button and click the details icon to edit the information.

       When you have verified all results, click Continue.

       Click the Certification Ribbon to certify the results. At this point, the inspection results cannot be changed.

       Enter your certification PIN on the Certification screen

       Click Certify.

       Click Continue.

       Review the submission details Submittal Confirmation screen and click Return.

You will be brought back to the Inspection To-Do List.




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