Volunteer & Paid-On-Call Fire
Know who's responding before the truck rolls. Resgrid gives volunteer and paid-on-call departments modern alerting, responder accountability, scheduling, and records — without enterprise pricing or contracts. Built by volunteer firefighters who lived the problem.
Free for up to 10 users & units • No contracts • Set up in about 15 minutes
Volunteer departments run on donated time and tight budgets, but are still expected to staff apparatus, document training, and answer calls around the clock.
The tones drop and nobody knows if the engine will have a driver. Officers make staffing decisions blind, waiting at the station to see who shows.
Voice pagers with dead spots, phone trees, and group texts that half the roster mutes. Critical call details get lost between dispatch and the responder.
Training rosters, certification expirations, ISO audit prep, and duty schedules live in binders and spreadsheets that only one person understands.
Per-seat software pricing designed for career departments doesn't work when your budget comes from pancake breakfasts and a line item the county fights over.
One platform that alerts your members, shows you who's responding, and keeps your records straight — on the phones your members already carry.
Calls go out simultaneously by push notification, SMS, email, and voice telephone call. Import dispatches automatically from your county's CAD via email or API — no dispatcher workflow changes required.
Members tap one button: responding to station, responding to scene, or unavailable. Officers see live counts and ETAs before deciding whether to request mutual aid.
Put a TV in the bay showing the active call, who's responding, unit statuses, and a live map. Everyone who walks in knows the situation at a glance.
Schedule drills, meetings, and work details with RSVP tracking. Attendance records accumulate automatically — ISO audit and LOSAP documentation stops being a scramble.
Track every member's certifications and qualifications with expiration dates. Know instantly who's current on Firefighter I/II, EVOC, or medical credentials.
Run duty crews, sign-up boards, and standby schedules. Members set availability from their phones; shift-based dispatch can alert only who's on duty.
Most volunteer departments stitch together four to six separate tools. Resgrid replaces them with one platform and one bill — or no bill at all.
What you use today | Examples | Typical cost | Included in Resgrid |
|---|---|---|---|
Responder alerting app | IamResponding, Active911, Bryx | $800–$1,600 / yr | Dispatch, alerting & responder statuses |
Scheduling software | Aladtec, eSchedule, When2Work | $1,000–$3,000 / yr | Shifts, duty crews & availability |
Group texting & phone trees | GroupMe, WhatsApp, call-down lists | Free, but unmanaged | Built-in messaging with delivery tracking |
Training & cert records | Binders, Excel, Google Sheets | Hours of volunteer time | Certifications, calendar & attendance |
Station status board | Whiteboards, magnet boards | Always out of date | BigBoard live wall display |
Document storage | Filing cabinets, shared drives | Scattered & unsearchable | Documents, logs & call attachments |
Typical combined spend: $2,000–$5,000 per year in subscriptions plus hundreds of volunteer admin hours. Resgrid is free for up to 10 entities and pay-as-you-go after that — one platform, one price.
Time your officers spend on software juggling and paperwork is time not spent training, recruiting, or with their families.
typical yearly software savings
admin time saved per week
from signup to first alert
to start — free tier & no contracts
Savings estimates based on typical published pricing of common alerting and scheduling tools and reported admin workloads; your results depend on department size and current stack.