The prevention work, written down.
Your department installs smoke alarms, visits schools, inspects buildings, and works fire causes — and most of it evaporates because nobody wrote it down. WatchRoom logs it in the moment, so when the council, the paper, or an ISO evaluator asks what you did in the community this year, the answer is a report.
Every activity, tagged to its pillar
Fire Prevention Week at the elementary school, the smoke alarm blitz, the CO inspection on the new store, the origin-and-cause on the vehicle fire — each logged with its date, location, people reached, and the members who did the work, and tagged to the right category automatically: public education, prevention and code enforcement, or investigation.
Nine activity types cover the field, from school visits and juvenile firesetter interventions to plan reviews and certificate-of-occupancy inspections. Logging one takes a minute — or say it out loud: “fire prevention talk at the elementary school today, reached 60 kids.”
Three pillars, documented — with honest framing
The summary rolls up your year: activities, people reached, staff hours, and whether all three FSRS Section 1000 pillars have documented work. Section 1000 can add up to 5.5 bonus pointson top of a department's base score — and WatchRoom is straight about what it does and doesn't control: it documents the work so it's ready for an evaluator, while the exact credit also depends on code adoption and certifications an ISO reviewer confirms separately.
Each activity is a complete record
Open any activity and it holds up on its own: location, people reached, staff hours, a description, and the members involved by name — which also means the volunteers doing prevention work get credited for it, not just the ones running calls. Everything exports with the rest of your records for the council report or the evaluation packet.
Public fire safety education
School visits, open houses, safety days, smoke alarm and home safety programs — with people reached counted per event (FSRS 1030).
Prevention & code enforcement
Inspections, plan reviews, certificate-of-occupancy walk-throughs, and compliance follow-ups, each with staff hours (FSRS 1020).
Fire investigation
Origin-and-cause work, juvenile firesetter intervention, and coordination with the state fire marshal, documented per case (FSRS 1040).
Part of the ISO Readiness module (+$20/month). Community risk logging comes with the readiness dashboard, ISO forms, hydrants, and pre-plans, on top of the $30 base. See full pricing.
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