ActiveAlert
ActiveAlert, formerly Active911, is an app that lets you receive dispatched calls and indicate if you are responding to the call. It is available for Android and iOS and can be used via text messages if necessary. The Department will pay for your subscription.
Qualification Codes
The Department uses the following letter codes after names to help identify which qualifications people possess. This makes it easier for officers to make resource decisions as the call evolves. For example, a person with all qualifications would look like GivenName FamilyName EIW-UBRET
Before the dash:
- P - Probationary
- E - EMT-B
- I - Interior firefighter
- W - Wildland firefighter
After the dash - Driver Qualifications:
- N - not qualified to drive any vehicles
- U - Utility vehicles (pickup truck)
- B - Brush truck/wildland engine
- R - Rescue
- E - Structure Engine
- T - Water Tender
Location
ActiveAlert will show your location on the map. We recommend that you set ActiveAlert to use Foreground GPS and not Background GPS. If Foreground GPS is enabled your location will show up on the map for other members while ActiveAlert is open. If you enable Background GPS you will show up on the map at all times which we do not want. Location sharing can be changed within the Settings menu.
Duty Status
As an on-call volunteer department we don't use duty schedules. If you want to receive alerts set the status to 'On Duty'. If you don't want to get alerts use 'Off Duty'. If you have your phone set to 'Off Duty' you will NOT get copies of the alert when you go back to 'On Duty'.
