Four additions, built on the maintenance tracking already in the app. Here's each one, and the order we'd get them done.
The roadmap
To get moving
- Someone to properly inventory the trucks, one rig to start.
- The pump-testing call — buy the gear or keep contracting.
- Our last ISO PPC report, if you can put a hand on it.
How we do it · Equipment
The gear list, by compartment
Nobody has a full gear list per truck right now. We build one by walking each rig, and that single dataset does double duty.
The work
Walk each rig compartment by compartment: an overhead photo, plus a labelled list of what's in each compartment and roughly where (lower / middle / upper).
The feature's already designed (the tool locator). It's blocked on this data, nothing else. Start with one rig so it's built against real compartments.
What that one list powers
- •Gear Locator. A member searches "irons" or "spare SCBA" and the app shows the truck, the compartment, and the height.
- •Present-check. The same list doubles as the is-it-all-here inventory for NFPA and ISO.
How we do it · Pump Tests
Documented pump tests
The test doesn't change. What's new is the app holding every result per truck, year over year, and flagging due dates and failures.
The record the app keeps, per truck
Plus an out-of-cycle entry any time a pump gets repaired or modified.
The one decision: in-house or contract
Trained members can run it. We don't need a certified tester; the cost is a calibrated flow meter.
| Path | Up-front | Ongoing |
|---|---|---|
| Buy the gear, run it ourselves | ~$1,000–$4,000 | recert gauges |
| Contract a service, they bring the gear | $0 | ~few hundred / truck / yr |
Gauge kit about $955, a full setup about $3,700, plus recalibration. Across nine rigs, buying can pay for itself in a couple years if we want it in-house.
How we do it · Spreadsheet
One live spreadsheet per truck
The data already comes off the checks. We keep the app as the source of truth and push it out to the RVFD Google Sheets, so anyone can just open it and look.
How it flows
- •Checks feed the app. Every truck check, pump test, and inventory already lands in one place.
- •The app pushes to the RVFD Google Sheets. One tab per truck, updated automatically, always current.
- •Look anywhere. On each truck's page in the app, or in the Sheet, same numbers.
Why the app stays canonical
If a Sheet is where people type, it drifts from what's in the app. Keeping the app as the source of truth and letting the Sheet reflect it means one set of numbers, and the Sheet can't fall out of sync.
How we do it · Life-Cycle
Replacement dates, projected per truck
Each truck's page rolls its history into a projected replacement date, and the case that goes to the board with it.
What it weights
Not age alone. Three signals together, so a sound old rig and a failing one read differently.
The service window as a reference. The app flags it, the trends decide.
What it gives you
When you go to the board for a rig, the case is already built: test results trending down, repair costs trending up, past the service window. Stronger than "it's old."
This one comes last because it needs the pump-test and maintenance history to mean anything.