Inspections
Plan and carry out inspections, choose the right approach, and review inspection history. (For the checklist library itself, see Checklists.)
How to Create an Inspection
Before you start: This guide covers the everyday route — inspecting an asset already in your register. If you haven't added any assets yet, Part 1 of the...
How to Use a Checklist
Every inspection, and many jobs, in Civic.ly runs off a checklist: the set of questions your team works through on the phone. You never build one. They are...
Choosing How to Inspect
There is no single right way to inspect in Civic.ly. You can start with the lightest possible check and add detail only where the risk justifies it. This page...
How to Inspect Parks and Playgrounds
Before you start: draw each park (and each playground inside it) as an area on the map and give it a location tag. Make sure the assets inside (play equipment,...
How to Inspect Buildings
Before you start: draw each building's footprint as an area on the map with a location tag, and capture each checkpoint as its own asset: every fire alarm call...
How to Inspect Vehicles and Machinery
Before you start: photograph each vehicle and machine as an asset, and put the registration plate (or a unique kit ID like "Chainsaw 11.26") in the asset's...
How to Do a Vehicle Check on the Mobile App
Before you start: your vehicles need to be in the asset register and set to the right vehicle asset type. If they are not there yet, ask your account...
How to Inspect Trees
Before you start: decide which trees you are going to record individually. A tree only gets its own inspection record if it exists as its own asset, so plot...