NFPA 58 inspection forms in an app
NFPA 58 inspection forms in an app
NFPA 58 is the LP-Gas Code. Shops use it for tanks, cylinders, and LP-gas equipment. An app does not replace the code book. TankSpotter puts the inspection forms a US propane shop already runs onto the phone at the tank, with a photo, a time, a place, and a name. Check the edition your state has adopted.
NFPA 58 is the LP-Gas Code. Shops use it for tanks, cylinders, and LP-gas equipment. An app does not replace the code book. TankSpotter puts the inspection forms a US propane shop already runs onto the phone at the tank, with a photo, a time, a place, and a name. Check the edition your state has adopted.
- The checklist is the field record. The code book is the rule. Do not mix them.
- This page names the codes already used on this site. It will not print a clause number you should train from.
- NFPA 58 covers tanks, cylinders, and LP-gas equipment. NFPA 54 covers piping, appliances, and the leak check after gas was off.
- TankSpotter is a field app. It stores the work your people did. It does not make you compliant by itself.
What is NFPA 58, in one paragraph?
NFPA 58 is the LP-Gas Code. US propane shops use it for tanks, cylinders, and LP-gas equipment. NFPA 54 is the National Fuel Gas Code. Shops use it for piping, appliances, and the leak check after gas was off. Those two names already appear on this site on Safety, Form 4, and how to replace paper inspection checklists.
This page will not print a clause number you should train from. Editions change. States adopt different years. Train from the current code text your authority having jurisdiction has adopted, not from a marketing page.
What does an app actually hold, if it is not the code?
The field record. The tech opens the form at the tank. Required fields block a half-done submit. A photo attaches to that asset. The app stamps time and place. A signature closes the record. That is the file you hand over later.
Form 4 is TankSpotter's digital-forms module. Copy already on that page says every form is built around propane-industry recordkeeping practices and reviewed against current NFPA 54/58 and state compliance requirements. Review is not a substitute for the code book, and this page will not claim it is.
The capability index lists Visual Tank Inspection, Tank Spotter Safety Check, Propane Relief Valve Visual Inspection, DOT Cylinder 5 Year Visual Inspection, and Regulator Inspections as standard forms. Those are form names, not clause citations.
How do NFPA 54 and cylinder rules sit next to NFPA 58?
They sit next to it, not inside it. A leak check after interrupted service is the NFPA 54 job. That record has its own page: how to document a propane leak check. Cylinder requalification has a federal layer in 49 CFR. Our paper-log comparison already cites 49 CFR 180.209(c) on TankSpotter vs. paper inspection logs. Confirm that against the current 49 CFR text.
The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) publishes propane safety training and consumer-safety materials for the US trade. Those materials teach the work. They are not the field checklist. Keep PERC training next to the form.
What this page will not claim
This page will not tell you that software makes you compliant. Software stores the work your people did. Your people still have to do the work, and you still have to follow the code.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does an app replace NFPA 58?
No. NFPA 58 is the LP-Gas Code. An app does not replace the code book. TankSpotter stores the inspection forms a shop already runs — photo, time, place, and a name — so the office can find the record later.
Will this page give me the clause numbers to train from?
No. This page names the codes already used on this site. It will not print a clause number you should train from. Check the edition your state has adopted.
Where do leak checks fit?
A leak check after interrupted service is the NFPA 54 job, not the NFPA 58 tank form. That record has its own page on how to document a propane leak check.
Last reviewed: September 2026. Written by the TankSpotter team. This page is not code training and is not a substitute for the current NFPA 54/58 text your state has adopted.