ValkFire is incident command, apparatus readiness and firefighter accountability in one app, built for small and paid-on-call fire departments with little time for training.
It's sold to departments, not individuals. Your department signs you up and an administrator gives you access.
INCIDENT COMMAND
• Start an incident in seconds and run it from a command board that fits a phone, a tablet or a laptop.
• Drag members and rigs into assignments. The columns fit the call: a structure fire gets Attack, Search, Vent, Water Supply and RIT, and a medical call doesn't.
• MAYDAY with a deliberate hold, then one-tap location, air supply and a timed checklist.
• EVACUATE pages everyone on the call and starts a PAR asking "Everyone out?"
• PAR timers that start when the first unit is about to arrive, set per call type.
• Benchmarks, notes, mutual aid, MCI and a full timeline for the report afterward.
• Search and rescue calls with grids, clues, tracks and drones.
PAGES AND RADIO
• Answer a page: Responding to the station or the scene, or Not available.
• Hear dispatch's recording of the page, then the county fire radio for the call, when your department connects its radio feed.
• Back at the hall: one sheet records who came back on which rig.
RIGS AND TRUCK CHECKS
• "Can we roll?" at a glance: every rig shows ready, a notice, or out of service.
• Truck checks built from the sheets your department already uses. Fails become deficiencies with photos and are routed to administrators.
• Registration, pump tests and other dated items warn you before they expire.
• Maintenance history and costs for every apparatus.
HAZARDS, MAPS AND PRE-PLANS
• Hazard zone on the Area map, with isolation and protective-action distances and live wind.
• ERG lookup, plus reading a placard number from a photo.
• Pre-plans and the nearest hydrants arrive with the page.
• Offline maps kept on the device, so the map still works where cell coverage doesn't.
• EMesh (experimental, needs Bluetooth): phones on a call stay in step over Bluetooth or the command rig's Wi-Fi when there's no signal.
PATIENT CARE (OPTIONAL)
• If your department turns on Patient records, the crew keeps a patient card on scene: vital signs, treatments, history, allergies and medications, with times.
• Cardiac arrest, childbirth, refusal with the patient's signature, and the handoff to the ambulance.
• Patient names stay off maps, paired screens, notifications and NERIS reports. They leave the card only through the handoff or a logged release of records.
• ValkFire is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any medical condition. It records the care your crew gives under your medical director's protocols. Consult a healthcare professional for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
PEOPLE, TRAINING AND MEETINGS
• Roster with ranks, certifications and expiry warnings.
• Training records credited to the Fire side, the EMS side or both, kept for good.
• Meetings with attendance, agendas, minutes and practice calls.
REPORTS
• City council packet, department numbers and pay hours as clean PDFs and spreadsheets.
• NERIS V1 Data Exchange Compatible: sends incident reports straight to NERIS.
• Every correction is kept with who made it and why.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• Your department owns its data. No ads, no tracking, no third-party analytics.
• On the way to a call, location is off unless you share it. It uses your precise location, keeps sharing with the screen off until you arrive, tap Stop or the call ends, and keeps no speed and no trail.
• On a search call, the app keeps the track you walk, so the team knows what ground was covered.
ValkFire is published by BonkWorks Studios LLC. Ask your department administrator for access, or visit valkfire.com to bring ValkFire to your department.
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