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Install guide

You do not have to install it.
Most inspectors do anyway.

Fire Door App runs in any modern browser, offline capture included. Installing adds a home-screen icon and a full-screen window with no browser furniture — which matters when you are holding a phone in one hand and a torch in the other.

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Nothing for IT to package · Updates are automatic · No signal needed once a job is open

iPhone & iPadAndroidWindowsMacOffline capture
No installerNo agent, no MDM package, no desktop build. Normal HTTPS access is the whole requirement.For IT
Always currentThere is no version to roll out. The next time it loads, it is up to date.Updates
Offline either wayOnce a job is open, capture works with no signal whether you installed it or left it in a browser tab.On site
01About a minute

Adding it to a home screen.

Same product on all of them. Pick the device you are holding.

Safari

iPhone & iPad

  1. 01 Open the site in Safari — not Chrome, which cannot install on iOS.
  2. 02 Tap the Share button (the square with an arrow out of it).
  3. 03 Scroll down and tap "Add to Home Screen".
  4. 04 Name it and tap Add. It now opens full-screen from the icon.
Chrome

Android

  1. 01 Open the site in Chrome.
  2. 02 Tap the three-dot menu, top right.
  3. 03 Tap "Install app" or "Add to Home screen".
  4. 04 Confirm. It behaves like any other app from then on.
Chrome or Edge

Windows & Mac

  1. 01 Open the site in Chrome or Edge.
  2. 02 Look for the install icon in the address bar, on the right.
  3. 03 Click it, then Install.
  4. 04 It opens in its own window, without browser tabs.
On iPhone, it must be Safari.

iOS only allows a home-screen install from Safari — Chrome on an iPhone cannot do it. This trips up roughly everybody once.

02The point of it

Working where the signal isn’t.

Capture does not wait for a bar of reception.

Stairwells, basements, plant rooms and risers are where the doors and the penetrations are, and they are reliably where the signal is not. Photographs, measurements and pass/fail results are written to the device and sync the moment it reconnects — so a lost afternoon is not a thing that happens.

Photos stored locally Measurements stored locally Automatic sync All three workspaces
Photo evidence captured on site
FIG. 01  Photographs captured offline, in the finished report
03 Install questions

What teams ask before rolling it out.

Q01

Do we have to install it?

Install
No. Everything works in a normal browser tab, including offline capture. Installing gives you a home-screen icon and a full-screen window, which inspectors tend to prefer on site — but nothing depends on it.
Q02

Is this an app-store app?

Install
This page covers the browser install. It is the same product either way, and the same account works across every device you use it on.
Q03

How do updates work?

Updates
Automatically. There is no version to roll out and no build for IT to package — the next time the app loads, it is current. That is the main reason it is delivered this way.
Q04

Does the installed version work offline?

Offline
Yes, and so does the browser tab. Once an inspection, fire stopping survey or fire risk assessment is open on the device, capture keeps working with no signal — stairwells, basements, plant rooms and risers — then syncs when signal returns.
Q05

What does IT need to allow?

IT
Normal HTTPS access to the site. There is no agent, no MDM package and no desktop installer. See the security & IT overview →
Q06

Which devices are supported?

Devices
Any modern phone, tablet or desktop browser — iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows or Mac. An inspector captures on a phone on site while the office reviews and issues reports on a desktop, on the same account.
Q07

Can we install it on shared site devices?

Install
Yes. Sign out at the end of the shift, or set a workspace 2FA policy so a shared tablet still needs a second factor. Trusted devices are per person, not per tablet.
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