Studio Matrx Monthly · Volume 1 · Issue 2 · July 2026
Amogh N P
 In loving memory of Amogh N P — Architect · Designer · Visionary 
Maintenance — the calendar

Fire Equipment Maintenance Scheduler

Fire equipment only protects you if it is looked after. Tick the equipment your building actually has and this tool assembles every recurring maintenance task — from monthly checks to the five-yearly hydro-test — into one grouped, print-ready calendar. Cadences shown are typical — verify each interval with the manufacturer and your local fire rules. An indicative planning aid; runs in your browser. Nothing is stored.

What does the building have?

Tap to add or remove an item. Each toggle pulls in that equipment’s standard maintenance tasks at their typical cadence. The generated calendar appears below.

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Tasks / year
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Items tracked
Tasks by cadence
  • Monthly4
  • Quarterly1
  • Half-yearly1
  • Annual4
  • Five-yearly1

The “five-yearly” hydro-test counts as a fifth of a task per year, so the total is a smoothed annual figure — a sense of the upkeep load, not a precise count for any single year.

Your maintenance calendar

Typical intervals — verify with the manufacturer & your local fire rules

Monthly

4 tasks
  • Fire extinguishersmonthly visual check — gauge, seal, pin & clear access
  • Fire alarm & paneltest one zone in rotation & record it in the log
  • Emergency lightingflick-test — confirm every fitting strikes
  • Smoke / heat detectorsindicator & sensor check, confirm none isolated

Quarterly

1 task
  • Fire alarm & panelfull functional test of all zones & devices

Half-yearly

1 task
  • Smoke / heat detectorsclean heads & sensitivity check

Annual

4 tasks
  • Fire extinguishersannual maintenance & inspection by a licensed agency
  • Fire alarm & panelannual AMC service, battery check & certification
  • Emergency lightingannual full-duration discharge test
  • Smoke / heat detectorsannual functional test & certification

Five-yearly

1 task
  • Fire extinguishershydro-test / refill by type & date stamped on the shell
Read this — life-safety

This scheduler is an indicative planning aid, not a compliance record. In most occupancies a fire-safety AMC and dated, signed maintenance records are legally required, and life-safety equipment must be serviced by a licensed / competent agency — not by an untrained hand. Extinguisher refill and hydro-test dates are legally significant, so read them off the shell and honour them. The real intervals, records and responsibilities depend on your occupancy classification, building height and the AHJ — verify every cadence here against NBC (SP 7:2026) / NBC Part 4, the relevant IS codes and your state fire rules, and keep the physical log book that the local fire officer / AHJwill ask to see. Never treat a figure on this page as a Fire-NOC-ready or code-compliant number. When in doubt, a licensed fire consultant decides.

A fire-safety system is never finished on the day it is installed — it is kept real by the quiet work of a monthly check, a signed page, a pin put back. Maintenance is how safety survives the ordinary days so that it is ready for the worst night. A cared-for system is the one that works when it must. Look after yours.