FORGE/BY TRADE/SECURITY · FIRE
iii.FORGE — FOR SECURITY · FIRE CONTRACTORS

The panel is still the panel.
The submittal is the war.

The fire-alarm panel that failed inspection because the as-built didn't match the submitted plan. The certified payroll that took three days to file every two weeks. Forge is the chest the security integrator builds when he stops paying for tools that don't talk to each other.

Charter — 1 of 2 seats filled
1 seats remaining. Locked rate forever.
SECURITY · FIRE · CHARTER
Two Charter seats reserved for security and fire. One filled. One open.
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i.The chest — opened for security · fire

The drawers that matter most
when the truck door opens.

I
Plate · Submittals
A · DOCUMENT

Submittal package, AHJ markup, RFI, as-built — all on one document plate, all version-controlled. The inspector sees what you submitted.

II
Compliance · Payroll
B · COMPLIANCE

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

III
Crew · Dispatch
C · SCHEDULE

Service routes that respect technician certifications. The NICET II gets the panel. The apprentice gets the contact-strike. Every dispatch is a defensible record.

IV
CRM · Recurring
D · MONITORING

Monitoring revenue lives in the same chest as the install. Renewals don't fall through email. The recurring P&L is honest.

THE ONE NO ONE ELSE HAS
Hyperion — for security · fire.

For fire and security, Hyperion scans rooms instead of roofs — device counts, mounting heights, line-of-sight calcs. Same instrument, different drawer.

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ii.The operator — in his own words
PHOTOGRAPHY · TO CAPTURE
Diana Herrera
Standing beside a freshly installed fire-alarm panel in a finished commercial corridor — clipboard in one hand, iPad in the other.
FREE STATE ALARM · OWNER · NICET III

Mark called me cold. Three months in, my certified payroll runs in eleven minutes. I used to dread Mondays. Now I dread that I'll lose Forge if anyone else finds out about it.

11 min
CERT PAYROLL FILE
4
TOOLS REPLACED
100%
AHJ FIRST PASS · YTD
Diana Herrera
Free State Alarm
iii.Questions a working operator asks

The honest answers,
without the sales gloss.

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

Yes. Compliance is a native module — not 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 the WH-347 forms generate signed and ready to file. Charter operators report 11–15 minutes per pay period instead of multi-day filings.

02.
How does Forge handle UL listings and 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. UL submittals attach to the project's document plate.

03.
Can I keep my monitoring center?

Yes. Forge's federation reads from Stages, Bold, and DICE. Most Charter operators move their RMR ledger into Forge while keeping their monitoring relationship intact. Which monitoring center is your business — keeping the books on it should be ours.

04.
What does Charter cost for a security operator?

$27,000 prepaid for 36 months — $750/month equivalent rate, locked forever. The badge appears on this page. The public list for the same tier rises to $1,499 then $1,999.

iv.The covenant — how to get in

1 of 2 security · fire seats
filled.

Charter is the operator who builds with the new tools first. Ten seats across all trades. Locked when filled. The rate doesn't move — ever — while the public list rises around you.

SECURITY · FIRE · CHARTER
1 security · fire seat remaining.
RATE
$750/mo · locked forever
TERM
$27,000 prepaid · 36 months
PUBLIC LIST RISES TO
$1,499 → $1,999
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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