Boards and housing companies

Board members do not need to be fire experts to make the right choices

The fact that nothing has gone wrong so far is not a fire prevention strategy.

Many board members have to deal with reports, quotes and technical terminology they do not work with every day.

Who in the stairwell has a smoke alarm and a fire extinguisher?

FireHub gives residents what applies to them on their phones, suppliers deliver their reports to the building, and the board sees what is confirmed and what is still open.

FireHubnow
Welcome to Storgata 15Sent to 56 residents
FireHub

The fire instructions come from the documentation for Storgata 15. Each resident gets what applies to their own apartment.

EvaResident · apartment 103
  • I have a smoke alarm
  • I have a fire extinguisher
  • I have a fire blanket

Filed to Storgata 15. Eva has confirmed a smoke alarm, a fire extinguisher and a fire blanket. The Alarm Test is next.

Bjerkealléen housing cooperative · 148 residents

The board sends out the self-inspection. 68 per cent reply. What about the rest?

Missing answers are information too. FireHub makes participation visible, so the board knows where follow-up is still unresolved.

Residents answer for themselves. The board sees the overall status. Names are shown only when a resident has chosen to share them, and only to the person responsible for follow-up.

Block ABlock BBlock CWhole cooperative
62residents in Block A
42 have replied
38can get out on their own
4need assisted evacuation3 have shared name and floor
20have not repliedFireHub suggests: ring the doorbells in stairwell A3
35have tested their smoke alarm this year
30have changed the battery
37have their extinguishing equipment in order
3ask for help
Stairwell A1
15 of 18 have replied
Stairwell A2
15 of 22 have replied
Stairwell A3
12 of 22 have replied

Names are shown only when a resident has chosen to share them.

The resident assumes. The board assumes. The risk lies in between

Residents do not need to understand all the rules. They need to understand what applies to them, what they should do and why it matters.

Board chair“I share what matters”

FireHub involves residents when something needs confirming, checking or following up.

Self-inspection 2026Sent to 148 residents
101 have replied
Resident“I answer and take part”

The message arrives on their phone. Four questions about their own home, two minutes.

Self-inspection answeredConfirmed today at 14.28
Supplier“Job done”

The report is attached. The board sees the summary and the status of the equipment.

Extinguisher inspectionService report attached
Completed

The confirmation applies to the answer, not the condition of the building.

FireHub speaks up

From incident to understanding and follow-up

Incident · Block CSunday 19.40

Unwanted alarm in Block C

The alarm came from a flat in Block C. The cause was burnt bacon. The fire service responded.

Logged by resident H0101

See possible measures
FireHub suggests possible next steps
  1. Review how the alarm is organised
  2. Risk-assess whether delayed alarm transmission should be considered
  3. Ask the alarm supplier to assess technical measures
Training · housing cooperativethis month

110 of 148 residents have completed the quiz

The board sees participation and completion, not what each person answered.

Ida Holm

New resident · requesting accessBjerkealléen 6 · H0302

Moved in on 1 September.

ConfirmClarify first

Do you have an inspection or an ongoing project you want more control over?

An inspection report, a deviation or new documentation can raise questions about responsibility and next steps. Get in touch if you would like to see how FireHub can be used on your buildings.

Get in touch

The inspection report came in the post

Three deviations, 30 days to act. Some of the documentation is scattered here and there in OneDrive, and the general meeting is in May.

  1. Connect, or drag and drop whole folders wherever you think there is documentation. Inspection reports, supplier reports, fire instructions and so on.

  2. One report closes the one identified deviation about missing documentation.

  3. The self-check goes to the residents on their phones. 101 of 148 answer in the first week. The other 47 get a friendly reminder from FireHub, so the board does not have to be the one who nags.

  1. Inspection report received · Fire service · 3 deviations · 30 days Received today
  2. FireHub

    Deviation 1, annual control of extinguishers: the documentation exists. The fire service did not get it at the inspection. It can be sent as the answer now. Deviation 2, escape plan for stairwell B from 2019: a new plan must be ordered. Deviation 3, self-check: not carried out this year. Can be sent to the residents now.

  3. Bjerkealléen borettslag

    Send the self-check, and prepare the order for a new escape plan from Euro Fire.

  4. FireHub

    Self-check sent to 148 residents. The order to Euro Fire is ready. It goes when the board presses send. The April report has been sent as the answer to deviation 1.

  5. FireHub, Friday

    101 have answered. 47 get a reminder today.

Situations FireHub resolves

  • We have already been served an order. What now?

    The order becomes listed tasks, orchestrated as you wish or as proposed. What is already documented is structured and counts at once.

  • The inspection is next week.

    The documentation sits with the building, read and sorted. What is missing has already been requested.

  • There is always something else that is more visible.

    What is broken, what people ask for, what is urgent. FireHub keeps fire safety visible, so decisions are not made at the expense of fire prevention, and choices rest on the right basis.

How FireHub works for owners and boards

  1. 01 Into the building
    • Historical documentsPublic records
    • Recent documentationThe owner orders it
    • NeedsThe board registers
  2. 02 FireHub
    • Reads and understands
    • Links it to the building and to the rules of the building’s time
    • Sees what is confirmed and what is missing. Asks for the confirmation
    • Suggests the next step and asks the person who can answer
    • Remembers, also when people change
  3. 03 Out to each role

    Simple, understandable status

    • Is notified when the building's records change
    • Confirms the suggested follow-up
See the whole map

Same building. The board sees the whole, residents see what applies to them

Screenshot of FireHub on a computer: the fire safety overview for Storgata 15, with maturity score, the building's status, what should be done now and two critical blockers.
Fire alarm in FireHub: the installation's own dashboard.
Extinguishers in FireHub: the installation's own dashboard.
Sprinkler in FireHub: the installation's own dashboard.

Every technical installation in the building, presented in one way that is made to be understood. FireHub explains and orchestrates.

«My building» in FireHub Personal: what applies to the resident in the building.
Home in FireHub Personal on the phone.
Knowledge Boost in FireHub Personal on the phone.
The rules that apply to you
The starting point

The board carries real responsibility, often without a background in fire safety. The challenge is understanding what applies to the building, how things fit together and what actually needs to be followed up

Fire prevention does not stop with the chair of the board.

It concerns the building, the shared areas, the residents, the service providers and the routines that are actually followed. The board needs to know what has been done, what is missing, who is involved and what still needs attention.

The rules

Fire prevention in housing cooperatives and owners' associations rests on several sets of rules that work together. Among other things, they set requirements for knowledge of the building, inspection and maintenance, systematic safety work and documentation.

FireHub

FireHub connects the requirements to what actually exists and happens in the building. Documentation, roles, installations and follow-up are put in context, so the board can see what is documented, what is missing and what should be clarified further.

Responsibility must survive the handover, not merely change hands

Start with the systems and documentation you inherited.

We are taking on the first buildings in Norway now. We start with the documentation you already have, set up the building in FireHub and help you get started with systematic fire prevention work.