FORGE/BY TRADE/FIRE
iv.FORGE — FOR FIRE CONTRACTORS

The panel passed the bench test.
The inspection is the exam.

The fire-alarm panel that failed inspection because the as-built didn't match the submitted plan. The ITM records living in three binders and a technician's memory. Forge is the chest the fire contractor builds when the AHJ stops accepting excuses.

Founding Charter — 1 of 10 seats claimed
7 founding seats open; 2 spoken for. Locked rate for as long as you hold the seat.
FIRE · FOUNDING CHARTER
Ten seats, ever. One is claimed. Two are spoken for and not yet signed — a seat that does not close goes back on the board. Seven are open today.
Fire ships today. ITM records, submittals and the AHJ trail are proven against real jobs before an outside operator depends on them.
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i.The chest — opened for fire

The drawers that matter most
when the truck door opens.

I
Compliance · Payroll
B · COMPLIANCE

Certified payroll filed in minutes, not days. Davis-Bacon, prevailing wage, NICET hours tracked per technician. The audit just runs.

II
Crew · Dispatch
C · SCHEDULE

Inspection and service routes that respect technician certifications. The NICET II gets the panel. Every dispatch is a record the AHJ can read.

III
CRM · Recurring
D · ITM

Inspection, testing, and maintenance contracts live in the same chest as the install. Renewals don't fall through email. The recurring P&L is honest.

SCAN TO PROPOSAL, BUILT FOR THE TRADE
Hyperion — for fire.

For fire, Hyperion scans the room instead of the roof — device counts, mounting heights, line-of-sight. Same instrument, different drawer.

See Hyperion →
ii.What Forge replaces — for fire

What a Founding Charter fire operator typically consolidates from when they sign.

  • 01 · STACK ITEM
    ServiceTrade
    Service and ITM management for fire protection. Founding Charter operators usually move because the install side, the recurring side, and the certified payroll live in three different places — the federation puts them on one chest.
  • 02 · STACK ITEM
    BuildingReports / InspectPoint
    Inspection reporting. Stays useful where an AHJ or account demands its report format; the project of record — submittals, as-builts, dispatch, ITM ledger — moves to Forge.
  • 03 · STACK ITEM
    Spreadsheet ITM ledgers
    Renewal dates and inspection schedules in a spreadsheet only one person understands. The recurring ledger makes the ITM book a first-class asset — the number a buyer would pay for.
WHEN NOT TO CHOOSE FORGE

If the shop is inspection-only with no install side and ServiceTrade is already wired into every account, the existing stack may be the better fit. Founding Charter is built for the contractor running install + ITM on the same crews with certified-payroll exposure on the project side.

ii.The operator — in his own words
PHOTOGRAPHY · TO CAPTURE
Fire and life safety is next phase
No operator card. Fire and life safety has no production customer, and the page says so rather than borrowing one from an adjacent trade.
NO PRODUCTION OPERATOR YET · IN DEVELOPMENT · NOT SHIPPING TODAY

“Forge does not yet run a fire and life-safety operation in production. The submittal, ITM and certified-payroll tools described on this page are built on the same core the live trades run on, and the fire role-pack is in development. When a fire contractor is running real jobs on Forge, this card will name them.”

Next phase
NOT SHIPPING TODAY
None
PRODUCTION OPERATORS
Fire and life safety is next phase
No production operator yet
iii.Questions a working operator asks

The honest answers,
without the sales gloss.

01.
Does Forge handle Davis-Bacon and certified payroll?

Not yet — Treasury, the certified-payroll drawer, is in development and coming soon. It is built as a native module rather than an integration with a separate payroll service: Davis-Bacon rates pull from the WD per project, prevailing wage is calculated per technician per task, and WH-347 forms generate signed and ready to file. It targets minutes per pay period against the multi-day cycles the filing takes by hand.

02.
How does Forge handle NICET certifications?

Each technician has a certifications ledger inside the federation. Dispatch routes respect those certs — a NICET I doesn't get assigned a Level III panel. The audit trail is automatic, and the certification record rides with every dispatch the AHJ might ask about.

03.
What does Founding Charter cost for a fire operator?

Hire Sabina or run Forge tools. Every product is custom quoted for the responsibilities and services your company needs. By application: a founding rate, set at the job-description call and locked for as long as you hold the seat, ten seats, seven open. The badge appears on this page.

iv.The covenant — how to get in

Ten seats. One list.
Seven open.

Founding Charter is the operator who builds with the new tools first. Tenseats across all trades — one list, not a reservation per trade. Locked when filled. The rate doesn't move — ever — while the public list rises around you.

FIRE · FOUNDING CHARTER
7 of 10 open — across every trade, not this one.
TERM
Locked for as long as you hold the seat
PUBLIC BUNDLE PRICING
Not published
FOUNDING CHARTER HONORS
Badge · case study · office hours · first-in-line
THE SPINE — RETURN

The needs have been the same for 4,000 years.
Safety is the oldest need. Forge is the chest for the operator answering it.

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