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.

How Defensible Space Inspections Protect Your Community

Scott McGill | 6 Minute Read

Wildfires can cause enormous human and financial costs when they reach Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas. The WUI is where human development transitions to wilderness, and homes are at much higher risk. About 40 percent of the US (or about 120 million people) lives in the WUI, and thousands of...

Wildfire Home Hardening: How to Educate Your Community

Scott McGill | 4 Minute Read

According to a recent study from CAL FIRE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection), homes built with hardening standards are 40% less likely to be destroyed and 32% less likely to be damaged. These findings support the importance of community education when it comes to wildfire home...

California AB 38: What Fire Departments Need to Know

Scott McGill | 4 Minute Read

Fire officials and community leaders have taken notice of a new state mandate in California called Assembly Bill 38 (AB 38), a multi-dimensional bill aimed at improving fire prevention management and proactive homeowner education.

No-Code & Low-Code Platforms' Potential in the Public Sector

Rajiv Desai | 5 Minute Read

When you think about implementing new software in a public sector environment such as local government, what comes to mind? For many of us, we imagine large scale projects that’ll be created by a team of software engineers and developers over many months, and typically at a significant cost.