Pull out a few of your own preplans, from the simple to the complex

Digital or paper-based -- whatever you have

Try entering the same information into Blazemark!

Read "Getting Started with Blazemark"

Navigate to the Preplans view (you may already be there)

Toggle edit mode on

Create your first simple structure preplan

Mimic what is in one or more of your existing preplans 

We have a wide breadth of data elements that can be added to a preplan

We are designed to support the standard for pre-incident planning (NFPA 1620)

Virtually every element allows entering of free-form notes/comments

The rich text fields support all manner of word processing type entry: headings, bullets, bold, italics, tables, etc.

Virtually ever entry supports multiple images (photos, image files), videos, and documents

Yes, we have a very popular photo editor that allows the common edit controls for cropping, rotating, and other adjustments

You can add standard icons to the image (shutoffs, roof trusses, accesses)

You can even add your own custom icon(s)

You can also add arrows and free-form text

You can even come back later to move the icons around or otherwise edit your markups

Yes, this is one of the elements for a structure

There are some very clever ways you can choose to model a complex structure, BTW.

Blazemark geocodes street addresses into lat/lons to allow for preplan data to show up on the map

For precise location, you can move the marker to the exact spot, and the lat/lon will be used

Yes. Certain elements show up on the map by default (structures, water supplies, FDCs, staging areas).

Clicking on an element pulls up a small window that has links to navigate to more details

Some links also will provide "drive to" directions (using Google Maps)

Most other structure elements can optionally be added to the map view at your discretion. For example, maybe you want to show where a lock box or shutoff are located on the map.

Structure templates allow for creating consistent, repetitive types of preplans. Maybe you want to create a common pattern for the dozens or hundreds of "strip mall" shops or apartment flats in your area.

Templates allow for hiding designated elements from a preplan

Templates can be applied or removed without any loss in actual data (it simply hides the elements)

For structures, the user can designate elements to be visible in the Quick Action Plan. If you want to see specific data, simply click the "Show More" link

In view mode, only fields with data show up. so there is no clutter of empty fields to waste your time on

Preplans go through an automatic workflow -- Draft, Review, Published

Admins will receive notifications when a published plan is up for yearly review

Admins also receive notification of newly created plans, and when plans are ready for review or published

Admins can see a list of all preplans "in progress"

Authors can see a list of their plans that are "in progress"

User actions are logged

Preplan creation and update activity is logged and shown in each preplan

The Author is tracked with the preplan, as are subsequent Editors 

Yes, we have bulk import

Our record to date (June 2019) is 11,500+ hydrants!

By default, the user will see a Google-like search bar

Entering an address or name of the preplan will allow you to jump right to an existing preplan or to land on the map and see the surrounding preplans and water supplies. 

The org admin role allows multiple ways to make it easy to onboard your users

You can allow users in your org (via official email domain) to simply sign up

Or, you can bulk-invite users by entering their name and emails into a table form

You can create preplans for each of your fire stations, and designate them as being a "station"

Each user can choose the station they consider to be their "base of operations" (under their account preferences, so it can be updated easily as crews move about to different assignments)

The user map views will default to being centered on the station, showing the closest preplans, for example, and defaulting the "drive to" direction links to begin at the station.

Yes, org admins can create dummy users "engine71@myfd.com"

These users can be associated to a fire station

These users are typically set up as READ-ONLY

The user's can be set up to stay "logged in" for extremely long periods of time (the presumption being physical security is in force, such that the terminal is not available for public access) 

Blazemark was created by firefighters and professional Fire Protection Engineers to serve the vital need for Pre-planning. 

We use Blazemark for our fire houses, and as part of the professional services work we do with our corporate clients.

One of our principles, Greg Jakubowski, is the Chair of the NFPA 1620 Pre-Incident Planning Committee.

Another principle, Bart Krauss, is an expert in insurance and risk, and is a firefighter (and President of his FD)

One of our principles is a noted expert in the software industry (one of the creators of the extremely popular Agile software development approach), ensuring we provide a quality product to our customers at a reasonable cost

In addition, we have a group of trusted advisors made up of some of our more prolific "power" users, from rural northern Canada, to a multi-FD group in Michigan, to a major tire manufacturing facility in Ohio, to a 17-station fire department in Texas, to pharmaceutical and medical device giants across the USA.