First In Fire Compliance, Fire Code Compliance, Asset Risk Reduction

Fire Captain-Led

First In Fire Compliance Fire Code Due Diligence Before You Buy, Lease, Build or Change Storage

Fire code consulting for industrial and commercial properties. We read the building the way the fire marshal will, so you know what the city will require and what it will cost before you commit.

Request a Scoping Call (949) 385-3668
  • Based in Southern California. Reads nationwide.
  • Fixed fee on a written scope.
Why First In
Most fire code problems get found after the lease is signed or the building is bought. We find them before.

Nick Anthony

Principal

What We Focus On

Built for the Buildings Where Fire Code Risk Is Hardest to See

  • Lithium and Battery Storage

    E-bikes, scooters, electronics, forklift charging, returns and damaged packs. We read what the building actually holds against what it was approved for.

  • Battery Energy Storage Sites

    Unit spacing, fire access, water supply, detection and the response plan the fire department will want before it signs off.

  • Data Centers and Mission Critical

    Battery and UPS rooms, staging warehouses and the construction phase, where fire department questions land on the schedule.

  • Preconstruction

    Drawing reads before plan check, so fire comments don't turn into change orders after the number is set.

  • Warehouse, 3PL and Cold Storage

    Racks, storage height, commodity, aisles, charging and the high-piled storage permit, read before the operation moves in.

  • Industrial and Manufacturing

    Process changes, hazardous materials on hand and new equipment the original approvals never covered.

What You Get

The Answer Before You Commit

Whether the building can take your operation. What the code requires for it, what is in place today, the gap between the two, and what the city will require to close it. In writing, from a firm with no system to sell and no stake in the fix.

Every read covers the whole operation:

  • Approved use and occupancy
  • What is stored, how it is packaged and how high
  • Sprinkler design against what is under it today
  • Aisles and exits once racking is in
  • Battery and equipment charging
  • Hazardous materials on hand
  • Fire alarm and detection coverage
  • Fire department access and water supply
  • Whether a high-piled storage permit is triggered
  • Unpermitted changes such as mezzanines, demised suites and rooms built out of open floor
Who We Work For

The People Who Sign, Insure and Manage the Building

  • Owners and Buyers

    Before close, at tenant turnover, or when a fire department notice arrives.

  • Brokers

    Before your client signs, so the fire code side doesn't surface after.

  • Tenants, 3PLs and Operators

    Before you lease a building or change what you store in it.

  • Builders and Precon Teams

    Before bid day and before plan check.

  • Insurers and Risk Consultants

    When a renewal or survey raises questions about what is going on inside the building.

  • Property Managers

    When a tenant changes operations or a notice shows up.

Services

What We Do

Tilt-up industrial warehouse with loading docks and a fire sprinkler riser on the exterior wall, the kind of building First In reads before a client commits.
The Firm

Fire Captain-Led. Built as a Firm.

Every engagement is led by Nick Anthony, Principal: Fire Captain, 28 years in the fire service, ICC Fire Inspector I and IEC Hazardous Materials Specialist.

Professional affiliation: Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), Member

Our bench of credentialed fire plans examiners and senior code professionals carries the field work and the code analysis. When the scope calls for engineering, we line up the licensed engineers and contractors and run it through close-out.

No system to sell. No install to win. No stake in the work that comes out of the read.

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A 5-Step Process

How It Works

  1. 01
    Step 1

    Scoping Call

    We cover the operation and the address.

  2. 02
    Step 2

    Fixed Fee

    A written scope and price before any work starts.

  3. 03
    Step 3

    Desk Read or Walk

    Our team captures the building.

  4. 04
    Step 4

    Written Read

    What the code requires, what is in place, the gap, and what the city will require to close it.

  5. 05
    Step 5

    Optional: Coordination Through Close-Out

    Scoped separately. We line up the licensed engineers and contractors and run it through close-out. One point of contact.

Start With a Scoping Call

Find Out What the City Will Require Before You Commit

Request a Scoping Call (949) 385-3668