Fire Department Policy Manuals

policyBUILDER

OUR MISSION – Helping Fire Chiefs

Our mission is to help Fire Chiefs build and maintain online Policy Manuals. Manuals that are always current and readily accessible to staff from any device using a web browser.

We have deep experience with fire operations and best practices. We will skillfully guide you through policy development, resulting in a completed, comprehensive, and effective cloud-enabled manual.

Our approach addresses policy manual development with a simple strategy. We recognize that specific, unique policies are needed across a wide variety of operations.

  • Everything needed to research, draft and implement sound and effective policies.
  • Conversion of existing policies and forms to a web based format.
  • Access to 800+ policy templates addressing a wide variety of operational needs.
  • Hands-on service to support you in building and sustaining your manual.

Real-Time Collaboration

  • Policy creation often involves multiple stakeholders. policyBUILDER facilitates real-time collaboration, allowing staff to work together, offer feedback and make revisions simultaneously.
  • We work to ensure policies are clear and accurately reflect the collective input of staff.

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  • We have taken a unique approach to enable access to your manuals, not only with the customary web-link, but also by scanning a QR Code – doing so quickly links staff to the department’s complete and current online policy manual.
  • Place QR Code labels virtually anywhere: on radios, on equipment, the apparatus dashboard, on bulletin boards. Staff can quickly reference policies with their phones and ipads!

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Recognizing that each department has unique needs, policyBUILDER offers a wide variety of customizable policy templates. These templates provide the foundation to be tailored to department specific requirements, ensuring consistency and compliance.

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  • Web-Enabled: Access the complete cloud hosted manual using a cell phone, iPad and PC anywhere, anytime.
  • QR Code Access: Scan a QR Code to access the full manual with a phone or iPad.
  • Internal Links: Within a policy link are created to navigate to referenced policies, fillable PDF forms and bulletins.
  • Rich Media: Embed video instruction, photos and graphics into the manual.
  • External Links: Reference and navigate to external links such bylaws, OSHA and NFPA standards.
  • Interactive Table of Contents: View the manual directory and click to view a policy
  • Word Finder: A powerful search tool, which finds each policy containing the exact words you are looking for.
  • Policy Categories: With a flexible layout easily group policies by topic and get to specific subtopics with customized drop down menus.
  • Convert and format your existing polices into a web based format
  • Search our library of 800+ policy templates to add to your manual
  • Edit policy templates to meet your criteria
  • Deploy the best document organization and numbering scheme
  • Enable staff review and commenting
  • Web publish the manual for easy access
  • Sustain your manual with ongoing support, year-in and year-out
  • Have regular, open and honest conversations
  • Ensure we’re on track building the best possible manual

“Creating, updating and issuing policy manuals can be overwhelming without the time, commitment and resources needed.” – Dave Rocco

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