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After-hours & emergency intake

Qualified refrigeration requests — not just a contact form

A warm walk-in at 2 AM runs on a spoilage clock. The intake asks whether product is at risk and captures the nameplate, so the emergency call brings the right compressor part on the first roll.

The questions this niche actually needs

A blank “how can we help?” box gets you a callback and three more questions. Here's what the commercial refrigeration intake asks up front, so the request arrives ready to act on.

  • What's happening — box not holding temp, case running warm, ice machine down, or a suspected leak?
  • Is product or inventory at risk right now?
  • Which unit — walk-in cooler, freezer, reach-in, ice machine, or a rack?
  • Current temperature reading, if there's one on the display?
  • A photo of the data/nameplate plate and the unit.

Try it — this is the real form

The same engine a paying business would use, running in demo mode. Answer a couple of questions and watch the brief that would land in the owner's inbox. Nothing is emailed and no account is created.

The real form — go through it yourself

Request service · Sample Cold-Chain Co. (demo)
Sample Cold-Chain Co. (demo)

Step 1 of 9

What's happening with the refrigeration?
If there's a gas smell or fire risk, follow your safety procedures and call the appropriate authority first.
More detailsThis form sends a repair request to the business you're contacting.

What lands in your inbox

The owner's inbox — builds as you answer
ServiceCommercial refrigerationSample Cold-Chain Co. (demo)

Answer on the left — each answer prints here, then the finished brief lands after you submit.

What the photo does here

A nameplate photo tells the tech the compressor model and control board before dispatch. An emergency call then brings the right part instead of becoming a diagnose-only trip and a second visit. On a spoilage clock, the first-roll fix is what matters.

Meanwhile, in the owner's inbox · 2:07 AM CT
Emergency
Service: Commercial refrigeration
Problem: Walk-in cooler or freezer not holding temperature
Priority: Emergency — product reported at risk
Unit: Walk-in freezer · Reading: ~24°F (should be 0°F) · Manufacturer: not sure
Location: distribution warehouse, 30318
Preferred contact: phone

Dictated in Spanish (sample)
Customer's words — Spanish (sample): “El congelador no enfría y la comida se está echando a perder.”
English (sample): “The freezer isn’t cooling and the food is starting to spoil.”

What a dispatcher would note: rising box temperature on a freezer points to a defrost, airflow, or refrigerant issue — worth confirming whether the fans run and whether ice has built up on the coil before rolling a truck with parts.

What “structured intake” means here

A refrigeration intake is a hosted form that captures the symptom, whether product is at risk, the affected unit, and a nameplate photo. That's the input that decides how fast a truck rolls and whether it carries the right compressor part, without a diagnostic call first.

Where this is the wrong tool

This is for commercial refrigeration — walk-ins, reach-ins, ice machines, rack systems — in food service, grocery, and distribution. It doesn't handle home refrigerators, and it never gives refrigerant or repair instructions.

See how it compares, or set it up

Every niche gets its own question set — browse the rest, or read how this differs from a chat widget or an answering service.