When Fire Safety Meets Software with Drew Slocum

Fire code compliance, inspections, and safety operations is a niche yet vital industry that relies on processes that can become outdated and inefficient. When public safety is on the line, having a streamlined digital solution to simplify every step of the process is critical for companies who are responsible for managing this compliance.

In this episode Craig interviews Drew Slocum, Chief Strategy Officer and co‑founder of Inspect Point, and host of The Fire Protection Podcast.

Drew explains his journey from starting at Tyco International (now Johnson Controls) doing industrial engineering to co-founding Inspect Point. We discuss how Drew turned his fire protection know-how into recurring revenue with a B2B platform that helps fire protection teams eliminate operational inefficiencies, unify their tech stack, and navigate compliance codes.

Learn more about Inspect Point and its work to help companies better protect their communities: https://inspectpoint.com

Tune in to The Fire Protection Podcast: https://fire-protection-podcast.simplecast.com/

Chapters

• 0:05 Meet Drew And The Fire Niche
• 1:07 From Tyco To Life Safety Mission
• 3:16 Recurring Revenue And Codes Explained
• 5:31 B2B Focus And Home Safety Basics
• 9:05 IoT Alarms And Liability Realities
• 11:39 Firefighter vs Fire Marshal Metaphor
• 13:04 Cloud Disruption In Legacy Workflows
• 14:30 The Leap To Entrepreneurship
• 18:28 Early Customers And Fast Revenue
• 20:03 Building A Podcast As Industry Media
• 23:06 AI’s Promise And Pitfalls In Safety
• 25:25 Inside Inspect Point’s AI Assistant
• 28:06 Adoption, Effectiveness, And Table Stakes
• 31:08 Golf, Community, And Human Side
• 36:38 How To Connect And Closing