Comprehensive tools to empower Fire Departments/EMS
Shift Checks provides fire departments, including small and volunteer teams, with robust tools to streamline inspections, manage inventory, and coordinate responses. Whether it's performing truck checks, tracking equipment, or ensuring effective emergency response, our platform has you covered.
Our Commitment to Fire Departments
Shift Checks is dedicated to providing fire departments with tools that enhance safety, efficiency, and readiness. We believe every department, regardless of size or budget, deserves access to professional-grade solutions.
With Shift Checks, your fire department can:
Coordinate Emergency Responses: Seamlessly integrate with your existing computer-aided dispatch system to instantly notify and dispatch members or groups. Track member locations and ETAs in real time, view active incidents on a live map for complete situational awareness, and communicate instantly with built-in messaging. Share critical files and documents, attach or complete forms directly within an event—keeping incident reports, checklists, and documentation exactly where they belong. When every second matters, Shift Checks keeps your team connected, informed, and ready to respond.
Manage Equipment & Inventory: Get a complete, real-time view of your apparatus and station resources so nothing is lost, expired, or unaccounted for. Organize equipment by fire trucks, rescue vehicles, compartments, station cabinets, or storage areas. Track products by category, SKU, lot number, and expiration date—critical for medical supplies, breathing apparatus, and PPE. Monitor usage, receive alerts for low stock and upcoming expirations, and run detailed reports to support compliance audits and planning. Built-in transfer requests with approval workflows ensure equipment moves between stations or apparatus are tracked, authorized, and accountable, so your department is always equipped, compliant, and ready to respond.
Digitize Forms & Inspections: Transform paper forms and scattered workflows into a powerful, centralized system built for fire service operations. Create custom forms in minutes for truck checks, apparatus inspections, incident reports, deficiency tracking, pre-fire plans, and more—using intuitive drag-and-drop elements like signatures, photos, and file uploads. Schedule daily and shift checks so personnel always know what's due, what's in progress, and what's coming up, eliminating missed inspections and last-minute scrambles. Collaborate in real time during multi-company responses, automatically notify command staff or safety officers upon submission, and gain instant access to organized reports. Give your department clarity, accountability, and confidence every shift.
Built for Every Department—Career, Combination, and Volunteer: Shift Checks was created with the understanding that not every department has the same budget—but every department deserves professional, reliable tools. We proudly work with small volunteer fire departments and EMS agencies to find solutions that fit real-world constraints, because we believe access to modern, dependable software should never be limited by department size. When you protect your community, you deserve technology that supports you every step of the way.
Our features
- Real-Time Member Tracking
- Know where your team is at all times with live location updates to coordinate faster responses.
- Seamless CAD Integration
- Connect effortlessly with existing computer-aided dispatch systems for streamlined operations.
- Integrated Mapping Tools
- Access detailed maps that enhance situational awareness and improve decision-making.
- Organized by Location
- Organize equipment and supplies by vehicles, compartments, sections, or storage areas with flexible hierarchies tailored to your operations.
- SKU, Lot & Expiration Tracking
- Track every item by SKU, lot number, and expiration date. Receive automatic alerts before supplies expire or stock runs low.
- Transfers & Approval Workflows
- Move inventory between locations or members with built-in transfer requests and manager approvals for full accountability.
- Purchase Orders & Receiving
- Create purchase orders, track vendor shipments, and receive goods directly into compartments or member equipment in a single workflow.
- Reports & Spending Analytics
- Monitor spending by vendor and category, track usage trends, view expiring inventory, and export CSV reports for audits and planning.
- Controlled Substance Compliance
- Built-in verification workflows with signature and witness sign-off for every controlled substance transfer, receipt, and usage.
- Drag-and-Drop Form Builder
- Create custom forms with ease using elements like signatures, file uploads, and more.
- Real-Time Collaboration
- Fill out forms simultaneously with team members for seamless collaboration.
- Powerful Reporting Tools
- Generate detailed reports to analyze submissions and gain valuable insights.