South Pasadena commission recommends fire department adopt Brycer compliance engine

The South Pasadena Public Safety Commission on Jan. 27 voted to recommend that the fire department proceed with implementing the Brycer compliance engine, a contractor-driven, web-based system to collect and track annual inspections of fire-protection systems.

Fire Chief Floyd told the commission the platform “is a web based compliance management system used by fire authorities nationwide to track and enforce required inspections, testing, and maintenance of fire protection and life safety systems.” He said the system would transition inspection reporting from a largely manual process to an electronic contractor-driven model that improves the department's ability to know a building’s current system status.

Chief Floyd said there would be no cost to the city or property owners: third-party inspection contractors would pay a per-submittal fee. “It's about a $27 per submittal that the contractor pays to Brycer,” he said, and the data the company collects would be shared with the city's First Due inspection software and owned by the city.

Commissioners asked whether the platform would change duties for fire prevention staff. Floyd responded it would not supplant or replace staff, but would streamline tracking and follow-up for limited prevention resources. He also said changes to inspection items in the future would be handled through the department’s existing inspection software, not through Brycer.

On a motion to recommend entering a service-level agreement and to advance any necessary city ordinance naming the city's approved compliance provider, the commission voted all 'Aye' on the roll call and the motion passed.

Next steps: staff will proceed to negotiate a service-level agreement with Brycer and prepare ordinance language for council review that would reference the city’s approved compliance provider rather than naming a single vendor explicitly.