Building a Successful WUI Community Risk Reduction Program

Scott McGill | 7 Minute Read

What does a successful Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Community Risk Reduction (CRR) initiative look like? For many communities, success means forming a risk reduction partnership between the community and fire agency.

Solving the Rental Crisis in American Cities

Rajiv Desai | 3 Minute Read

Rents across the United States are skyrocketing at their fastest rate since 1986, surpassing a median monthly rate of $2,000 for the first time ever in May, 2022.

Productive Community Engagement in Infrastructure Projects

Rajiv Desai | 5 Minute Read

Why is community engagement so important for infrastructure projects?

How 3Di's Fire Inspection Software Makes a Fire Marshal's Jobs Easier

Scott McGill | 4 Minute Read

As a Community Risk Reduction program advances and grows, having the right software in place becomes increasingly important to keep everything running smoothly. From vegetation and fuel management to home hardening, defensible space assessments, annual inspections, community engagement, and more,...

5 Ways a Virtual City Hall Makes Local Government More Efficient

Rajiv Desai | 3 Minute Read

A virtual city hall (VCH) is an online platform that allows government officials and citizens to communicate with each other, facilitating community engagement. This type of platform can be used for a variety of purposes, including providing information about city services, answering questions from...

Why You Need a Centralized Rental Registry System

Rajiv Desai | 4 Minute Read

Whether you’re managing evictions, inspections, or affordable housing programs, you have a lot of moving parts to deal with — and plenty of stakeholders involved. Couple that with missing information, disparate systems, and poorly organized databases, and things get complicated quickly

A No-Code Software Solution: The Story of 3Di Engage

Rajiv Desai | 4 Minute Read

When organizations need software to handle complex processes and automation, it often seems there are only two paths to choose from: they could pay top dollar for a highly customized software solution (which might take months or even years before it’s ready), or they could buy an off-the-shelf...

California Fire Grants and Top Funding Alternatives

Scott McGill | 3 Minute Read

Fire departments are taking on more responsibilities with each passing year. From emergency medical services (EMS) to natural disasters, hazardous materials incidents, and the large increase in wildfires, California fire departments in particular have a lot on their hands.

Idea to App: How “Safety Matters” Launched with 3Di Engage

Rajiv Desai | 5 Minute Read

When you think of technology startups, you might imagine a small team of developers huddled in a garage working on code. While that may be the case for some, those scenes are becoming less common. Low-code and no-code platforms have made innovation more accessible. No matter what your background...

Future-Proof Citizen Engagement Tools & Why Cities Need Them

Rajiv Desai | 3 Minute Read

“What do we need it to do?”