Fire and life safety inspection software for Alberta
Strobe takes your techs from the panel to a finished CAN/ULC-S536 report on their phone, gets the repair quote to the owner before you leave the site, and has your Calgary or Edmonton filing ready before the deadline.
Early access for Alberta shops. Flat price per shop, not per tech.
Sample screens: a tech's phone showing a fire alarm device list with one failed smoke detector, next to the repair quote the building owner receives.
The problem
Notes on paper or in a Word template, retyped into a report back at the office, then retyped again into a quote.
The quote goes out days after the inspection. By then the owner has called someone else.
Calgary wants deficient systems reported within 10 business days, and Edmonton wants reports in LIV. That deadline lives in someone's head or a spreadsheet.
How it works
Every step reuses what came before it, so nobody types the same thing twice.
ManagerWeb
Customer, site, systems, devices and contacts are entered once. Every report, quote and City filing pulls from that record.
TechPhone
Last year's device list is already loaded. Pass or fail each device. A fail becomes a deficiency with a photo, location, clause reference and note. An impairment alerts the manager right away. Works offline in basements and parkades, and syncs when back online.
TechPhone
Recommendations and the tech's signature, and the S536 report is generated. That's day 0 for the City clock.
Manager
See every deficiency with its photos, fix the wording, and price the lines from your price book.
Manager
One link to the owner. No login, works on a phone, and every quote line shows the deficiency photo next to the price. You see when they open it, and a reminder goes out if they don't open it within 2 days.
OwnerAny device
They approve all or some lines, e-sign and add a PO number. Approval becomes a work order for your techs.
Manager
Strobe tracks business days per system and flags anything still deficient. Calgary gets a pre-filled 311 packet, and Edmonton gets an upload-ready LIV package.
Tech, then owner
The work order carries the original photos. The tech completes the repair side of section 20.2, the owner signs the compliance statement by link, and Strobe produces the repair completion letter.
Automatic
Every test, photo, signature, quote and filing is stored per site, and next year's inspection starts from this one.
What's in early access
Early-access shops get the full fire alarm workflow today. Items marked coming soon are on the roadmap, and your feedback sets the order.
Pass or fail every device with no signal. The device list carries over year to year.
The CAN/ULC-S536 report is generated on the phone and signed by the tech.
Every deficiency becomes a quote line, priced from your price book.
Owners approve and sign from a link. No login.
A business-day countdown for each system, with reminders.
Every field filled, a guided submit, and the SR number saved to the site.
The report and deficiency list, laid out ready for your LIV upload.
The repair side of section 20.2, plus owner sign-off by link.
Push approved work to QuickBooks Online as an invoice.
Sprinkler, kitchen suppression and other system reports.
A browser extension that fills the City form for you.
Two buttons
Quote lines come straight from the deficiencies, priced from your price book, plus labour and tax. It goes out the same day, before anyone else has quoted.
Sample owner quote with four deficiency lines, three selected, and an approve button.
It lights up when a site has a system with open deficiencies and turns urgent at day 8, or immediately for an impairment. One click builds the whole filing, and every filing is timestamped.
Sample City clock showing three systems counting business days, with the Report to City button turning urgent.
The City clock
Approving a quote doesn't pause Calgary's 10 business days. Only a fixed system does. Strobe counts business days per system, reminds you at day 5 and day 8, and keeps a timestamped record that you reported on time.
Sample City clock in dark mode with three systems at different business-day counts.
Calgary and Edmonton
Calgary
10 business days. One 311 request per address. Up to 7 systems per request. Strobe fills every field, attaches the deficient reports and saves your SR number.
Edmonton
Since September 8, 2026, third-party ITM reports go through LIV. Strobe gives you the report PDF and deficiency list laid out the way LIV asks for them, and tracks proof of correction.
Elsewhere in Alberta? Strobe follows the Alberta Fire Code. Tell us your fire department and we'll map its process.
For owners
Reports, quotes and close-outs open from a link on any phone. Photos sit next to every line, so owners see what they're paying for. When the fire officer asks for proof of repair, the owner has the whole package with the SR number on it.
Built for shops like yours
Flat price per shop, not per tech.
Panel-agnostic: Notifier, Mircom, Edwards, Simplex, whatever you service.
Your data stays in Canada.
I'm Lucas, a software engineer in Calgary. I'm building Strobe with local fire alarm techs because the reporting side of this work is still Word templates, spreadsheets and retyping. If you run a shop in Alberta, I'd like 20 minutes of your time to show you where it's at and hear what's missing.
FAQ
In Calgary, Strobe fills every field of the 311 request and attaches the deficient reports. You review it and click submit, then the SR number is saved to the site. In Edmonton, Strobe prepares the report and deficiency details for your LIV upload. We don't submit on your behalf without your review.
Yes. Inspections run fully offline on the phone and sync when the device is back online. Photos queue and upload on their own.
No. Owners open reports, quotes and close-outs from a secure link that expires.
A flat monthly price per shop, not per tech. Early-access shops lock in founding pricing. Book a call and we'll walk you through it.
Yes. During onboarding we'll import your current sites and device lists from your spreadsheets.
Fire alarm inspections to CAN/ULC-S536 first. Other system types are on the roadmap. Tell us what you inspect on the early-access form.
Customer data in the Strobe app is stored in Canada.
No. Strobe is independent software that prepares your filings. It's not affiliated with the City of Calgary, the City of Edmonton or their fire departments.
Yes. Reports and quoting work anywhere. Tell us your fire department and we'll map its filing process.
Tell us about your shop. You'll hear from me within one business day.