Means of egress inspection log

Checklist

Walk the routes people would actually leave by, and write down what you found.

The route is the thing being checked

You add the routes you actually walk — “Stair A, third floor to discharge”, “Kitchen back door” — and each one keeps its own dated history. A corridor that was blocked twice this year shows that on its own record, which is the fact worth having.

Observations, not measurements against a code

Every item asks something anybody walking the route can answer: is it clear, does the door open, does the hardware work, has anything been added that stops it opening from the inside, can you read the sign, is the outside route free of snow. None of it asks for a dimension.

That is on purpose. Egress width, travel distance, dead-end limits, occupant load, door swing and illumination levels are figures a code sets for a specific occupancy, and CompliMaint sets none of them for your building. This tool records what you saw; it does not tell you what your building owes.

The item that matters most

“Nothing added that stops the door being opened from the inside.” Chains, padlocks, cable ties, a deadbolt somebody fitted for good reasons of their own. Write down what you find, on the day you find it, and deal with it — the record is worth having, and it is not a substitute for acting.

Walked on the same round: Fire door inspection log · Emergency lighting test log · Standpipe inspection log

A walk record for exit routes, kept route by route on your device. CompliMaint states no egress width, travel distance, dead-end limit, occupant load, door swing requirement, illumination level or inspection frequency, and it designates no assembly point. It makes no determination that any route, door or stair is adequate, code-compliant or acceptable to your AHJ. Everything runs on your device.

Questions people ask

Does it tell me how wide an exit has to be?
No. Egress widths, travel distances, dead-end limits and occupant loads are set by the code your jurisdiction has adopted for your occupancy, and this product states none of them. Every item on this log is an observation — blocked or clear, works or does not — rather than a measurement against a figure.
How often should egress routes be walked?
CompliMaint states no frequency and reminds you of nothing. How often this is done in your building is your decision, or your AHJ’s. Many operators walk them far more often than any minimum, because a blocked corridor happens on an ordinary Tuesday.
What do I do if I find a locked exit?
Deal with it, then record it. Record the finding here so there is a dated note of what was found and when, and raise an action from it — but the record is not the response. This tool makes no determination about severity and will not tell you how urgent something is.
Can I set an assembly point in it?
You can record your own on the checklist item that asks whether it is still usable and known to staff. CompliMaint does not designate one for you and has no opinion about where yours should be.
Where is the data stored?
Without an account: in this browser, on this device, with nothing uploaded and nothing to sign up for. Signed into a CompliMaint workspace, the same records are also stored for that workspace — which is what puts them on your other devices and in front of your colleagues — and the screen says which of the two you are looking at. Either way no route or finding is transmitted to any authority, and there is no photo capture in this tool at all.