Kitchen Suppression Inspection Software
InspectWarden is mobile inspection and recordkeeping software for small fire-protection and life-safety contractors.
Restaurant work is the fastest route on the truck and the messiest record: a semi-annual on the wet-chem system, extinguishers behind the line, exit lights over the back door, and a manager who wants the paperwork before the health inspector arrives.
The inspection is not the problem. The record is.
One building, several systems, several different pieces of paper.
Hood systems change constantly. A fryer moves, a nozzle count changes, a cylinder is swapped — and the only place that history exists is a folder in the truck and a memory of the last visit.
Restaurant managers turn over faster than the equipment does. When the new manager says nobody ever serviced the system, the shop that can produce the record immediately is the one that keeps the account.
Running a separate tool for kitchen suppression and another for everything else just moves the problem. The record has to be one record.
What InspectWarden does today
This is the current product for kitchen suppression work, and for the other 15 inspection types on the same route — not a roadmap and not a demo script.
A guided suppression checklist at the hood. Cylinders, nozzles, fusible links, the pull station and the gas shutoff are worked in the same order every visit, recorded in the kitchen rather than written up afterwards.
Records the restaurant can pull for itself. The report is delivered by link and the customer portal shows past inspections and open findings, so a manager under pressure can produce documentation without calling your office.
16 inspection types on one record. Extinguishers, wet-pipe sprinkler, fire alarm, kitchen suppression, exit and emergency lighting, AED, smoke and CO detectors, exit doors, hood and duct, standpipe, fire pump, backflow preventer, fire doors, fire dampers and emergency generators — each with its own checklist and cadence, all under the same customer and property.
Recurring schedules and reinspections. Monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual cadences are set per system type, so closing an inspection builds the next visit’s schedule as the route runs, and reinspections have their own view.
Deficiencies that turn into estimates and work orders. Record the finding with severity, notes, photos and a timestamp, then build a quote from your own price book and track it to a work order, so repair work in your own reports stops evaporating.
Reports, share links and a customer portal. Generate the report, share it by link with a verification page, and give building owners a portal showing their inspections and open findings without another call to your office.
What it does not do yet
Being straight about this is cheaper than a disappointed trial.
- Full offline mode — drafts sync, but a mechanical room with no signal at all is still a problem.
- Printable bulk tag sheets — assets import in bulk; printing a stack of physical tags does not.
- Accounting push — estimates live here; there is no QuickBooks or invoicing sync yet.
- Self-service checklist builder — new system types are added for you rather than by you.
- Dispatch, routing and job costing — this is the inspection record, not the whole back office.
Everything above is genuinely not built. Everything in the capabilities section is live today.
Who this is for
A good fit if you are:
- An independent fire-protection or life-safety contractor, roughly 2–30 employees
- Inspecting kitchen suppression alongside other systems on the same route
- Still on paper tags, carbon-copy tickets, or a spreadsheet only one person understands
- Losing time reconstructing history when a customer, insurer or AHJ asks
Not a fit yet if you are:
- An enterprise with an existing integrated field-service platform
- Needing full offline inspections in buildings with no signal at all
- Looking for accounting, dispatch or full job costing rather than the inspection record
Built for the crew doing the route
Field software fails for boring reasons. It takes too many taps. It assumes a manager who does not carry a ladder. It makes a technician learn a different screen for every kind of device.
InspectWarden keeps the same shape for every system type — open the asset, work the checklist, close with an outcome — so a technician who can inspect the hood in it can inspect an extinguisher, a hood or an exit door in it.
A note on codes and jurisdictions
Inspection requirements vary by jurisdiction and by authority having jurisdiction (AHJ). InspectWarden helps contractors record and organize inspection work; it does not replace the contractor's professional judgment or local code requirements.
We will not tell you the software makes you compliant. It makes your work findable, attributable and provable — which is usually what the person asking actually wants.
See it on your own route
If your crew inspects kitchen suppression plus other systems and the history lives in three binders and two phones, a walkthrough is the fastest way to judge whether this fits.
- Does InspectWarden cover kitchen hood suppression systems?
- Yes. Kitchen suppression is a live inspection module with its own guided checklist and cadence options, and range hood and duct is a separate module for the cleaning side of the work.
- Can I inspect the hood, the extinguishers and the exit lights in one visit?
- Yes. All of the systems at that restaurant sit under the same customer and property, so the visit produces one connected set of records.
- Can the restaurant see its own inspection history?
- Yes. Reports are shareable by link with a verification page, and the customer portal shows the property’s inspections and open findings.
- Who is InspectWarden built for?
- Small fire-protection and life-safety contractors, roughly 2–30 employees, running multi-system inspection routes. It is not built for enterprise back offices.
- Does InspectWarden make my inspections code compliant?
- No, and be cautious of any software that claims it does. Requirements vary by jurisdiction and by AHJ. InspectWarden records and organizes your inspection work; it does not replace professional judgment or local code requirements.
- What does it cost?
- Solo is $39/month, Crew is $89/month and Multi-company is $199/month, each with an annual option that saves roughly two months. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial.
- Can I import the assets I already have on paper?
- Yes. CSV import includes a column mapping step, a dry-run preview and a history of what was committed, and inspection data can be exported back out at any time.