Defensible space inspections on clipboards in 2026 is a crime and I will not stand for it
FireEdge Permit replaces the entire paper-based wildfire defensible space inspection and permitting workflow with a system that actually respects the urgency of the problem. It pulls CAL FIRE and NFPA 1144 zone requirements by APN in real time, so inspectors stop guessing and start citing. Zero paper, zero missed re-inspections, zero excuses when the next fire rolls through.
- Mobile inspection checklists built for field conditions — gloves on, sun in your face, no signal required
- Parcel-linked violation tracking across 47 configurable inspection categories with automated re-inspection scheduling
- Direct integration with county permit systems so approvals don't die in someone's email inbox
- APN-aware zone requirement resolution that pulls CAL FIRE and NFPA 1144 standards per parcel automatically
- Jurisdiction-level compliance dashboards for fire districts, municipalities, and HOAs — accountability, not vibes
CAL FIRE Open Data Portal, NFPA 1144 Standards API, Tyler Technologies Incode, Esri ArcGIS Online, ParcelQuest, PermitFlow, GeoSmith LandCore, Accela Automation, DataTree by First American, CivicPlus CivicServe, VaultBase, Stripe
FireEdge Permit is built on a microservices architecture with a React Native field client talking to a FastAPI backend deployed on Railway. Parcel data and violation records are stored in MongoDB because the schema flexibility was worth the eventual consistency tradeoffs — I stand by it. Session state and real-time sync for multi-inspector deployments run through Redis, which handles persistence just fine under the load I've tested. The APN resolution layer is a standalone service that caches county assessor feeds and resolves zone requirements in under 200ms on a bad day.
🟢 Production. Actively maintained.
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