AI Visual Inspector Beta
Walk up to the door and the parts are boxed live as you film. Finish each point and the AI picks the sharpest stills, judges every item and tells you what to do. You confirm each verdict, and the report builds itself from what you confirmed.
Kestrel systemIn early testing, on Google Gemini.
Kestrel modelsIn development.
In the appIt is coming in the next SiteSurvey app update, in early access.
FootageAI-generated demo clips, made for testing.
An AI fire door inspection is a fire door check where you film the door and an AI suggests a verdict for each part. In SiteSurvey's AI Visual Inspector (Beta) you film four points: door and signage, gaps, seals and hinges, and the closer. Each part is boxed on a still and marked pass, fail or check with an action, gaps are judged only from a gauge reading on camera, and the inspector confirms every verdict before it reaches the report.
Last updated . Facts checked by the SiteSurvey team on 28 October 2026 against Regulation 10, Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, GOV.UK fire door guidance and Regulation 10 fact sheet.
Two ways in
SiteSurvey has two fire door pages because there are two ways to fill the record. Use the checklist for the round and the paperwork. Use the AI Visual Inspector when you want the camera to do the looking with you.
Every question in the form, door by door: damage, glazing, hinges, seals, gaps and closing, plus the regulation 10 round totals, the 12 month flat entrance door record and remedial work.
The form's Walk Cam field, with the AI switched on. Film four points per door, see each part boxed and judged, confirm the verdicts, and the findings and stills fill the same door record.
How it works
The Kestrel system turns each clip into a few sharp stills, finds the parts of the door, judges each one against the fire door brief, and hands you the result to accept or change.
Design mockup of the phone flow, on AI-generated footage. Screens may change before release.
Worked example
Each point below shows the clip, the best still the system picked (switch between what the spotter found and what the inspector stage judged), the findings it returned, and what the inspector did with them.
The clips are AI-generated demo footage, made for testing: no real building or person is shown. The stills and findings are real output from the Kestrel system in early testing on 28 October 2026, run on those clips. The four clips show different generated doors, joined here as one example door, and the inspector's decisions are scripted.
Film: The whole door closed, both faces, the door reference and the signs.
Best still for this point.
Kestrel suggested
Passed: Frame, three hinges, handle
Better shot asked for: Film the door edges with the seals, the certification label and the other face.
Inspector: Accepted both fails. The gap was left to point 2.
Film: The gap under the door, at the head and down both edges, with a gap gauge in each.
The amber line is the gap it would not judge without a reading.
Kestrel suggested
Passed: Gauge seen, closer, frame, handle, glazing, door leaf
Better shot asked for: Film the gauge pushed into the gap under the door, at the head and down both edges.
Inspector: Measured under the door by hand: 15 mm, over the 10 mm in the brief, so changed Check to Fail. Head and edges 3 mm, within 2 to 4 mm.
Film: The intumescent strips and smoke seals all the way round, and all three hinges close up.
Seal close-up, a second demo door.
Hinge close-up.
Kestrel suggested
Passed: None on this point
Better shot asked for: Film one continuous shot round the whole frame, with all three hinges.
Inspector: Accepted the fails. Changed the strip from Check to Pass after looking on site.
Film: Open the door fully and let it go, then from about 75 mm, so it is clear whether it closes and latches.
Best still for this point.
Kestrel suggested
Passed: Kick plate, glazing, frame
Better shot asked for: Remove the wedge, film the closer, then the door closing from fully open and from 75 mm.
Inspector: Accepted. Removed the wedge, re-filmed: the door closed and latched both times.
In point 2 the gauge stands in front of the door rather than in the gap, so Kestrel gave no reading and the inspector measured it. Spotter numbers are its own confidence that it found the right part. They are not accuracy figures. The 10 mm limit under the door is the figure in the fire door brief; the door's own documents decide.
The completed inspection
Only what the inspector confirmed. The marked-up still beside a numbered findings table, problems first, the best still for each point, one action list, and who confirmed it.
Block A · FD30 single leaf · 4 points filmed · AI-assisted with Kestrel
| Item | Result | Finding and action |
|---|---|---|
| Wedge | ✕Fail | Door wedged open. Remove today. |
| Door leaf | ✕Fail | Section cut out and patched. Refer for repair or replacement. |
| Gap under door | ✕Fail | 15 mm, measured by the inspector. Changed from Check. Adjust or replace. |
| Smoke seal | ✕Fail | Torn along leaf edge. Replace. |
| Hinge | ✕Fail | Screw missing, hole in frame. Refix, make good. |
| Signage | ✕Fail | No keep shut sign. Fit sign. |
| Head and edge gaps | ✓Pass | 3 mm, measured by the inspector. |
| Intumescent strip | ✓Pass | Continuous. Changed from Check on site. |
| Closer | ✓Pass | Closed and latched once the wedge was out. |
Evidence by point
✕Fail 1 Door and signageLeaf patched, no sign
✕Fail 2 Gaps15 mm, measured on site
✕Fail 3 Seals and hingesSeal torn, screw missing
✕Fail 4 CloserWedged open
Actions
Fictional example report. The company, building and door are made up, the stills come from the AI-generated demo clips above, and the layout may change before release.
Rules it follows
Every finding has Accept, Change and Dismiss. Nothing reaches the report until a person confirms it, and the report says so.
A gap passes or fails only from a gauge or caliper reading it can read. Otherwise it is check, with the shot to take.
A sign counts as "Fire door keep shut" only when those words can be read. Any other sign is just another sign.
Too dark, too far or out of shot comes back as cannot assess, with what to film instead.
The AI Visual Inspector checks what the camera can see. It does not certify a door, replace a competent fire door inspector, test a door's fire performance, or decide whether a door is the right type for where it is: that is for the fire risk assessment. In England, regulation 10 sets quarterly checks of communal fire doors and best-endeavours annual checks of flat entrance doors in buildings over 11 metres. See the GOV.UK fire door guidance ↗.
Frequently asked questions
It can help a person inspect one. In SiteSurvey's AI Visual Inspector (Beta) you film four points of the door, and the AI boxes the parts it finds and suggests pass, fail or check for each, with the reason and an action. The inspector accepts, changes or dismisses every finding, and only confirmed verdicts reach the report.
It is the same fire door form underneath, seen from the camera side. The fire door inspection checklist page lists every question in the form, the regulation 10 round record and the flat entrance door access record. This page shows the AI Visual Inspector working through the form's Walk Cam points on one door, and the report it produces.
Only from a reading it can see. A gap passes or fails when a gap gauge or caliper is in the gap and its reading is legible on camera. Without one, the gap is marked check, with a request to film the gauge. It never estimates a gap by eye.
It is coming in the next SiteSurvey app update, in early access. It is a beta: the Kestrel system behind it is in early testing on Google Gemini, and is switched on company by company. Ask support to join.
No. It is a visual record of what the camera showed and what the inspector confirmed. It does not certify a door, replace a competent fire door inspector, or decide whether a door is the right type for its location, which is a matter for the fire risk assessment.
The AI says so instead of guessing. The point comes back as cannot assess, or the item as check, with the exact shot that would settle it, such as the hinge side close up or the gauge in the gap.
Kestrel is SiteSurvey's inspection AI system: the flow from clip to verdict, live detection and the safety rules are built by SiteSurvey. Recognition uses Google's Gemini models today. Our own Kestrel models are in development and will only replace Gemini once they pass testing.
No. Clips checked by the AI Visual Inspector are not used to train any model. Kestrel models will be trained only on images that partners share under a data-sharing agreement or that customers explicitly opt in to share.
Early access
It is coming in the next SiteSurvey app update, in early access. Tell us who you are and how many doors you check, and we will switch it on for your company.
The fire door form is in the library with the brief ready. Ask and we will turn the AI on for your company.
The fire door inspection checklist works on its own, on the page or in the app.
Sources and related
Guidance checked 28 October 2026: Regulation 10, Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 ↗, GOV.UK fire door guidance ↗, Regulation 10 fact sheet ↗. The four-point route and the brief are SiteSurvey's, not a method set by these sources.