Scheduling & Personnel Software

Managing your Fire & EMS staffing has never been easier, thanks to First Due's scheduling module. Whether your crew's scheduling model is straightforward or complex, we've got you covered.

Shift Management 

Intuitive management tools to ensure shift transparency.

Easy-to-Use Shiftboard
Drag and drop shift board allows you to modify shifts and schedules easily.
Scheduling Deputy
Let technology work with vacancy recommendations or add staff off the roster using the Scheduling Deputy.
Multiple Views
Get the information you need quicker by creating configurable boards or accessing rotation and multi-day views with one click.
Roster Count
Instant visibility into staffing levels with the roster count view.

Employee Center

Equip your personnel with the tools they need to manage their schedules better.

Dashboard
The dashboard shows available call shifts, announcements, accrual bank information, and today's assignments.
My Shifts
Dive deeper into your shifts with a comprehensive shift calendar.
Availability
Mark yourself available right from the calendar, and streamline the vacancy-filling process.
Vacancy Bidding
Allow users to bid for vacancies right from the shift board.

Call Shift Management

Put call shifts on autopilot and fill vacancies with ease.

Automated Call Shifts
No more picking up the phone to fill vacancies. Instead, use automated call shifts to send vacancy-fill requests via sms, email, or app notification, configured based on your agency rules.
Tiered Messaging
To save time, create tiered messages to fill vacancies based on qualifiers, groups, and more quickly.
Advanced Sorting Logic
You can rank and sort call shifts based on your department's rules. In addition, you have the flexibility to add sorting logic at any time.
Call Shift Rules
Drive compliance with incredibly flexible call shift rules, including sorting, movement logic, global rankings, reset periods, candidate method, default deadlines, and more.
Auto-hire
Employees can sign up and automatically accept offered shifts.

Time-offs

Cut through the red tape with simplified time-off workflows.

Time off Requests
Save time with an easy-to-use time-off request feature, allowing for multiple requests in one.
Time-off Calendar
View time-off in a single calendar with advanced filtering options.
Time-off Rules
Configure rules for your agency's needs with request routing options, escalation, and vacation options.
Request Visibility
Ensure transparency with request audit log and visibility available to your admin staff.

Trades

Efficiently manage the moving parts of your agency's shift trades.

Trade Requests
Easily request one or multiple trades in a simply to use shift trade feature.
Trade History
Ensure transparency with the trade audit log and visibility available to your admin staff.
Register
A comprehensive register that automatically tracks owed, earned, and balance hours between shift traders.
Trade Request Rules
Configured to your agency's needs with request routing options, work type defaults, and report reversal.

Personnel

Your central hub to manage and store personnel records.

Employee Management
Add, edit, and archive employees as your organization changes.
Robust Personnel Records
Manage the employee file, including department-specific identifiers.
Employment History
Easily track and record employee qualifier changes, assignment changes, rank changes, and other special events from the day of hire until retirement.
Certifications
Manage and view all employee certifications in a centralized location.

Enterprise Tools

Rules, regulations, and policies fit your agency and are built into your software.

Accruals
Manage employee accrual banks and view future time-off adjustments.
FLSA Reports
Automatically set a singular FLSA cycle to convert hours into overtime for payroll reporting.
External Sharing
Quickly send links to external partners and cooperators to share real-time staffing.
Click-Not-Code Setup
Easy end-user setup options.

Advanced Reporting & Integration

Reporting and integrated data to always keep what's most important front and center.

Flexible Reporting
A unique and flexible ad hoc reporting solution that ensures you have the scheduling reporting your agency needs.
Payroll Exports
Canned and ad hoc reporting allows easy uploading and input into payroll providers.
Integrations
Your scheduling data can flow through all parts of your organization, including NFIRS, ePCR, assets, training, and events and activities.

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First Due: The Modern Fire and EMS Scheduling Solution

Learn about Fire & EMS software pitfalls and how First Due's modern platform solves them in this video. Enjoy seamless integration, reduced costs, fewer errors, and constant updates. Benefit from exceptional customer service, enhancing your agency's efficiency with a solution tailored to your needs.

Video Transcript

Your people are the core of your agency. As fire and EMS staffing demands evolve, agencies like yours face new challenges. However, the software vendors providing scheduling and personnel management solutions struggle to adapt, leaving your agency to deal with forced migrations from outdated software, little to no product innovation, constant service disruptions, and a lack of adequate customer support.

As this happens, your agency is left with an increased total cost of ownership, additional man-hours due to manual data entry, poor adoption by your crew, and a greater risk of missed or incorrect payroll. As issues continue to rise, the hours spent trying to get support can leave you feeling stuck without help.

When your agency switches to First Due, you're met with a modern, easy-to-use platform that is built for fire and EMS. Deployment is quick without compromising enterprise workflows and staffing policies. You gain a fully automated solution designed to make your day-to-day staffing less time-consuming, regardless of the size of your agency. With consistent updates, you never have to worry about outdated software that fails to meet your ever-changing needs. And most importantly, best-in-class customer service means your concerns are given the priority they deserve.

Don't settle for solutions that weren't built for you. Learn why First Due is the scheduling solution you've been waiting for.

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Assets & Inventory

Get real-time insight and statistics on apparatus and equipment health, usage, and compliance—seamlessly linked to First Due's scheduling and incident reporting modules.

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Hydrants

Hydrant testing and management workflows have never been easier with First Due's Hydrant module.

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Training

Enable your crews to gain the expertise they need with First Due's training module.

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Events & Activities

Your agency is highly productive. The activities module lets you document that activity to the fullest each day.

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Data & Analytics

Data drives your department. First Due's reporting and analytics features put you in the driver's seat.

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Fire Investigations

Customize and manage your post-mortem fire documentation end to end.

Next-Generation Documentation

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Incident Command

Streamline critical incident management with a digital command board, enabling Incident Commanders to swiftly allocate and track resources.

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