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A full condition assessment of your fire escape’s structure and hardware, documented in a written report with photographs, across Connecticut.
A fire escape inspection isn’t a glance from the sidewalk. It’s a component-by-component condition assessment of a structure that’s part of the building’s means of egress, meaning it’s expected to hold weight and function correctly in an emergency, not just look intact.
| What we check | What we're looking for |
|---|---|
| Connections and anchors | Masonry anchors and bolted connections, including whether they need re-packing |
| Treads, stringers, and platforms | The structural steel that carries weight, checked for corrosion and section loss |
| Railings and guards | Whether guards are secure enough to actually prevent a fall |
| Drop ladder and counterbalance | Whether the goose-neck ladder and counterbalance mechanism move and release the way they're supposed to |
| Corrosion and section loss | Rust-through, pitting, scale, and how much structural material has actually been lost to corrosion |
| Coating condition | Where coating has failed and is exposing steel to further corrosion |
Every one of those six areas gets checked and recorded, whether or not anything is wrong with it. A clean finding on a tread is still a finding, it goes in the report the same as a flagged one. That’s what makes the documentation useful later: it’s a full record, not just a list of problems.
Here’s exactly what you get once the assessment is done.
Every assessment produces a written condition report covering each item above, in plain language, not a checklist you need us to interpret for you.
The report is illustrated, not just described. If we flag corrosion on a stringer, there’s a photograph of that stringer.
Where something needs attention, the report says what and gives a sense of priority, so you know what needs to happen soon versus what’s worth keeping an eye on.
The report is yours. Keep it in your building file, hand it to your board, show it to your insurer, or bring it to your local fire marshal if a question comes up. We produce it for you; what happens with it afterward is your call, not something we manage on your behalf.
When we use that word, we mean the written condition report described above, our own documentation of what we found. It isn’t a certificate issued by a regulatory authority, and it doesn’t mean the fire escape has passed or failed anything. It’s a contractor’s record, and it’s described here exactly as that.
Fire safety enforcement in Connecticut is handled at the local level. Each town appoints a local fire marshal, and it’s worth understanding how what we do is different from what they do.
A fire marshal inspects the building and determines whether it’s in compliance with the Connecticut Fire Safety Code. We assess the physical condition of your fire escape and document what we find. Those are two different things: one is a compliance determination, the other is a condition record. Having our assessment in hand before your marshal’s visit means you already know what shape your fire escape is in, rather than finding out for the first time during someone else’s inspection.
If your fire marshal has already raised a question about your fire escape, or an annual inspection is coming up, that’s exactly the situation this assessment is built for.
1001 Main St, Bridgeport: Fire Escape Inspection, 2021 A condition assessment of a multi-storey building’s exterior fire escape in downtown Bridgeport. Documented for the owner as part of the building’s inspection history.
One address, one service, one year, and it’s still the only fire escape inspection published anywhere in this market with an address attached to it.
An assessment isn’t the end of the process if it turns something up. Here’s what typically follows.
Where corrosion has weakened a connection, a tread, or a landing, we repair or fabricate replacement steel to match the existing structure.
Where the coating has failed and exposed bare steel, proper surface preparation and a rust-inhibitive primer stop the problem from spreading.
A service plan catches the next issue early, so it shows up as a minor note on next year's report instead of a major finding.
You’re not left with a report and no next step. Whatever it finds, we’re the same team that can act on it.
Every structural and hardware component of your fire escape: connections and anchors, treads, stringers and platforms, railings and guards, the drop ladder and counterbalance, corrosion and section loss, and coating condition.
A written condition report with photographs of each finding, along with our recommendations and a sense of priority for anything that needs attention.
A fire marshal inspects your building for compliance with the Connecticut Fire Safety Code. We assess the physical condition of your fire escape specifically and document it in a written report you keep.
We work statewide from our base in Southington, including Hartford County and Fairfield County. Our documented inspection project is in Bridgeport, and we travel across the rest of the state for assessments.
Yes, we carry $2 million in general liability insurance.
We can carry out the repair, recoat corroded areas, or set up an ongoing maintenance plan, all from the same team that did the assessment.
Yes. The report is produced for you, and what you do with it, including who you show it to, is entirely your decision.
Send us the building address and a photo, and we’ll tell you what an assessment would involve. You’ll come away with a written report and photographs either way.
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