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FDNY inspections arrive unannounced. A failed re-inspection compounds fast.
NYC FDNY · real-time
FDNY · Detection engine
Find every FDNY summons on your building, before the fine.
Fire safety inspections run on their own calendar. Run an FDNY violation search by address to see every open NOV, then keep monitoring it — FDNY violations can close a building.
Live scan
Every few minutes
47K+
2024 volume
~15 min
Alert latency
app.violationwatch.nyc
— The 30-second answer
To look up FDNY violations in NYC, search the building's address — every open Notice of Violation, failed inspection, summons, vacate order, and Certificate of Fitness expiration appears in one view. FDNY records are split across the OATH hearing track and the criminal summons track; a complete lookup covers both.
— FDNY summons & violation lookup
Why an FDNY search misses things a DOB search would catch.
FDNY enforcement is split across three separate record types, and no single search returns all of them. Owners who check one and stop are the ones who find out about the others at renewal, at sale, or when a penalty has already defaulted.
Summons — heard at OATH
A Notice of Violation written by a fire inspector, carrying a hearing date and a penalty. These leave the FDNY system and live as ECB/OATH tickets, which is why an FDNY portal search alone can come back clean while a summons is pending. If you are searching for a fire-code penalty, you are usually looking for an OATH record.
Violation order — correct and certify
An order to fix a condition — blocked egress, a dead standpipe, an expired extinguisher service — with a correction deadline rather than a hearing. No fine attaches immediately, but failure to certify correction escalates it into a summons, and the order stays open on the building until certified.
Certificate of Fitness & permit lapses
Not violations at all until they expire. A lapsed C of F on a sprinkler system, standpipe or fuel-oil storage tank turns into a citable condition on the next inspection. These sit in a separate register again and are the most commonly missed of the three.
Two ways an address search comes back wrong
Corner lots
A building on a corner has two street addresses and sometimes two BINs. Records filed against the avenue address will not appear in a search on the street address. Search both, or search by BIN.
The OATH split
Once a summons is written it is tracked by OATH, not FDNY. Checking only the fire department's own records will show the violation order and hide the penalty attached to it.
Our detection engine resolves the building to its BIN and BBL first, then reconciles fire-code records across all three registers plus the OATH docket — so a corner-lot address and a summons that has already moved to OATH both surface against the same building, in one place.
The problem
Why FDNY monitoring is hard to do manually.
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Fire-related violations affect insurance renewals in ways DOB violations don't.
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Certificate of Fitness lapses quietly — and block every other permit.
What we detect
Every signal our engine surfaces for FDNY.
Our detection engine fuses filings, inspection outcomes, complaint routing, and derivative signals into one feed. Public records are one input among many — never the ceiling.
- FDNY notices of violation
- Failed inspection reports
- Alarm and sprinkler system test results
- Certificate of Fitness expirations
- Permit status (S-95, S-56, etc.)
- Vacate orders (full and partial)
- Annual Fire Safety Director reports
- LL26 sprinkler retrofit deadlines
47K+
FDNY notices issued citywide in 2024
ViolationWatch detects every one of them
Classes & fines
Know the severity before it knows you.
FDNY violations escalate in tiers. Every alert we send includes class, fine exposure, cure window, and the exact source record — no digging required.
Severity
Class & description
Our handling
WARN
Notice of Violation
Standard fire code issue. Payable or hearable at OATH.
Instant alert · routed
CRITICAL
Vacate Order
Building or unit evacuated until resolved.
Instant alert · routed
WARN
Summons
Criminal-track violation. Separate track from OATH.
Instant alert · routed
Typical fine range · $500 – $15,000+
Check a specific address →The workflow
How FDNY monitoring works for your buildings.
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Add a building by address
Paste any NYC address. Our engine auto-resolves to BIN & BBL, backfills prior FDNY history, and flags every open item on day one.
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Our engine monitors 24/7
Signal fusion across every FDNY source runs continuously. New filings, inspection outcomes, and derivative indicators are caught within minutes.
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Alerts route to the right people
Email, WhatsApp, Slack, SMS — per-building and per-severity. Your super sees heat complaints; your counsel sees Class 1s and OATH dates.
Address-level search
Run an FDNY violation search by address — then keep watching.
An FDNY violation search by address pulls every open Notice of Violation, every failed inspection report, every Certificate of Fitness expiration, and every FDNY summons tied to a building. Our FDNY violation lookup runs the search once, then keeps monitoring so you never get blindsided by an unannounced re-inspection.
Fire-related violations affect insurance renewals in ways DOB violations do not. The FDNY summons search surfaces criminal-track violations on a separate calendar from the OATH/ECB hearing track — both go into the same alert feed, with the right person on your team routed to each.
Common questions
How do I run an FDNY violation search by address in NYC?
Paste a NYC address. The FDNY violation search by address tool resolves it to a BIN, then pulls every Notice of Violation, failed inspection, Certificate of Fitness expiration, vacate order, and FDNY summons tied to that building. The first FDNY violation lookup is free.
What does an FDNY violation lookup show?
Open NOVs, scheduled and missed inspections, alarm and sprinkler test results, S-95 / S-56 / S-92 permit status, vacate orders (full or partial), Certificate of Fitness expiration dates, LL26 sprinkler retrofit deadlines, and any FDNY summons currently in the criminal track.
Is an FDNY summons search different from the FDNY violation search?
Yes. An FDNY summons search returns criminal-track violations that go to NYC Criminal Court rather than OATH. Most FDNY items are NOVs that hear at OATH. We run both searches at once so a single FDNY violation search by address covers everything.
How do I clear an FDNY violation?
Correct the cited condition, then either certify the correction to FDNY or contest the NOV at your OATH hearing. Many fire-code NOVs offer a cure option — proof of correction submitted before the hearing date resolves the ticket with no penalty. Vacate orders require an FDNY re-inspection before reoccupancy.
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Early warning · pre-violation
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