When an inspection has findings that need to be corrected, you create a follow-up. The follow-up carries the open findings forward and links each one back to the original. When the inspector marks a follow-up finding resolved, the original finding closes automatically.

Step by step

  1. Open the original inspection.
  2. Click Create Follow-Up.
  3. Pick the open findings to carry forward. By default all open findings are selected.
  4. Pick a scheduled date and an inspector. Leave the scheduled date blank if you plan to walk it immediately.
  5. Click Create.

Fire creates a new inspection linked to the original. The selected findings appear on the follow-up, each one with a link back to its parent finding.

Resolving findings on the follow-up

  1. Open the follow-up inspection.
  2. Click a finding to open it.
  3. Change the status to Resolved or Waived and add a resolution note.
  4. Save the finding.

The original finding on the parent inspection is closed at the same time, with the same resolution. The open-findings count on the dashboard updates as soon as you save.

Tips

  • You can leave findings off the follow-up if the original inspector decided some items did not need re-inspection. Those original findings stay open and can be addressed separately.
  • You can chain follow-ups -- create a follow-up to a follow-up if findings are still open. Fire tracks the chain through the parent-inspection link.