Your department protects the community. Tailboard protects the work behind it. Photo-verified truck checks that catch what tired eyes miss, shift coverage, and the paper trail that proves you're ready — all in one app built for the fire service.
Captain Ray Castillo
Cedar Hollow Fire Rescue
1 apparatus overdue for check
E-41 — 9d agoOfficer Review Required
2 checks flagged by AI
Engine 21
FF Tomás Guerra · 1d ago
Engine 41
FF Oscar Penner · 9d ago
On Duty Today
A-ShiftTap through each compartment: QR label → photo snaps → next. Tailboard identifies every compartment from the QR code and builds the check record as you go.
Pump start, siren cycle, scene lights, radio check — just say what the truck is doing. "Pump's pulling 150, tank's full, scene lights are up." Tailboard listens, matches your words to the checkpoints, and completes each test for you.
See a problem? Tap to flag it and Tailboard routes the note to your officer with severity. Don't see a problem but Tailboard spots one? The check lands in an Officer Review queue instead of passing silently. Nothing slips through.
Every photo is timestamped and stored. Officers sign off when they want. Auditors get PDF reports with photo evidence. Your department builds a visual record that compounds in value every single day.
Traditional checklist
Tailboard
Tailboard starts with truck checks because that's the daily workflow every department runs. But every plan includes the full product — checks, incidents, maintenance, scheduling, certifications, and reporting. Not a feature gate in sight.
Photo verification per compartment. QR labels auto-identify each location. Start from a golden check baseline so every future inspection can be compared side-by-side. Every capture is timestamped and stored as proof the check happened.
Tailboard compares every photo against a golden baseline and walks the image to verify each item is present and positioned correctly. When Tailboard flags uncertainty, the check is held for officer sign-off instead of passing silently.
Log the call and Tailboard tracks address, incident type, and responding units. Officers see who's en route and when they arrive. NFIRS-compliant records, narrative, and history ready for the annual roll-up.
Log deficiencies as work orders. Attach photos of the problem and the vendor's invoice PDF when the repair closes. Track out-of-service status so the right apparatus stays off the board. Full service history per unit.
Full member directory with ranks, certifications, and expiration dates. Medical certification tracked per member (Paramedic, AEMT, EMT-B) so coverage gaps surface before the shift starts. Never get caught off guard by a lapsed cert.
Members mark day, night, or full-24 availability. Officers schedule directly from the calendar — one click to add, swap, or remove. A/B/C shift rotation built in so coverage gaps don't sneak through.
Members request time off by type (vacation, sick, trade), officers approve, balances update automatically. Visible on the same calendar as shift scheduling so coverage planning happens in one place.
PDF exports with photo evidence for ISO audits, council meetings, and insurance reviews. Completion rates, issue trends, maintenance backlog — your documentation generates itself.
Print Avery-compatible QR labels for every compartment, every unit. Scan to start a check, scan to log an issue. No typing, no confusion about which compartment you're in.
Works in the bay with no signal. Photos and checks sync when you're back online. Native Android app via Capacitor, iOS coming next. Never lose documentation because the connection dropped.
Tailboard runs in our secure hosted environment by default. For departments that require full data sovereignty, Tailboard can be deployed on-site — your server, your network, your control. Most PE-backed platforms can't offer this. We can.
Fire service software has always been built by large corporations. Tailboard was built by someone who's been on the truck. Purpose-built for how volunteer and small combination departments actually operate — the stations running on paper checklists and group texts because the enterprise systems weren't built for you.
$99 per station, per month. Every feature included. No per-seat fees, no feature gates, no surprise tiers. Early-access departments keep this rate as long as they stay subscribed, even after general availability pricing goes up.
I'm Dusty — firefighter, paramedic, and flight medic. I built Tailboard because the software my departments were handed wasn't built for us. If your department is still running on paper, spreadsheets, and group texts, this is for you. I read every message from a department evaluating Tailboard personally. I'll get back to you within one business day.
Tailboard is a station operations platform for fire and EMS departments. It handles photo-verified apparatus checks, NFIRS-ready incident logging, roster and certification tracking, maintenance and work orders, shift scheduling and leave, and compliance reporting — all in one app built for how volunteer and small combination departments actually run.
$99 per station, per month. Every feature is included — no per-seat fees, no feature gates, no tiers. Early-access departments keep this rate for the life of their subscription, even after general availability pricing goes up. A 90-day free pilot is available.
Volunteer and small combination fire departments — roughly 85% of U.S. fire departments. Specifically the stations running on paper checklists, spreadsheets, and group texts because the enterprise systems (ESO, First Due, ImageTrend, PSTrax) weren’t built for their size or budget.
Yes. Tailboard is offline-first. Photos and checks capture without a network connection and sync when the device is back online. Native Android via Capacitor is shipped; iOS is next.
Yes. Tailboard runs in our secure hosted environment by default, but for departments that require full data sovereignty it can be deployed on-site — your server, your network, your control. Same codebase, same Docker stack.
Yes. Incidents capture address, type, responding units, and narrative in NFIRS-compliant form. Annual roll-up exports are ready for the state reporting cycle.
Tailboard is built by Dusty Baker at Uplink Research LLC. Dusty is a firefighter, paramedic, and flight medic. Tailboard exists because the software his departments were handed wasn’t built for them.
Refer a department to Tailboard. When they convert from their free pilot to a paid plan, your department gets a free month added to your subscription. Referrals stack — spread the word and your plan pays for itself.