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redgridtacticalyesterday at 5:38 PM1 replyview on HN

From what I've seen, the teams that are actually on the fireline mostly use paper ICS 214s and radio. The structured digital stuff lives at the ICP/EOC level. So the gap is really between field collection and the management system — if you can get a compact record off a phone with no connectivity requirement, that bridges it without asking anyone to change their workflow.

I think the practical win is SALUTE-style reports that auto-populate grid and DTG, exportable as plain text. No one wants another app to learn at 0200 on a fire.


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mapldxyesterday at 7:16 PM

That's extremely helpful framing. Appreciate you coming back with the detail.