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5 Ways to Save Money as a Volunteer Fire Department (Without Cutting Corners)

5 Ways to Save Money as a Volunteer Fire Department (Without Cutting Corners)

At Emergency Solutions, we know what it’s like to run a volunteer fire department on limited resources. Many of us have been there — juggling calls, reports, training, and budgets, all while trying to make every dollar count. We’re firefighters helping other firefighters do more with less. That’s why we build affordable, firefighter-designed tools like…

October 28, 2025 - 3 mins read
Seamless and Affordable NERIS Transition for Volunteer Fire Departments

Seamless and Affordable NERIS Transition for Volunteer Fire Departments

Volunteer fire departments across the U.S. are staring down a major change: the retirement of the old NFIRS system and the rollout of NERIS — a modern, cloud-based, all-hazards incident data platform. The clock is ticking toward January 31, 2026 for the national roll-out to be complete. Is your department ready? Here’s the latest on…

September 20, 2025 - 3 mins read
Fire Department Software and Cost Recovery for Any Size Department

Fire Department Software and Cost Recovery for Any Size Department

Fire Department Software and Cost Recovery for Any Size Department How One Company Took on the Challenges of Building a Fire Department Software and Cost Recovery Program That Works Introduction The founders of Emergency Solutions, Inc. are firefighters who met in 2015 in a small volunteer fire department that faced numerous challenges in responding to…

April 13, 2025 - 6 mins read