A mountain valley layered with fog and evergreen forest.

Beacon

Field system

Field context, captured

Operations, reviewable

Built while the work is happening.

A wildland firefighter holding a phone displaying Beacon in the field.

THE VISION

Beacon captures the operational record while crews are doing the work.

  1. Structured shift history
  2. Work and rest context
  3. Cleaner supervisor review
  4. Records preserved beyond the incident

Records without paper chaos

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UPLOAD THE INCIDENT REPORT

Beacon reads the document and identifies incident details, operational period, resource assignment, reporting times, and shift information.

Wildland firefighter reviewing an incident report on a mobile device in the field.
Boots moving across a burned landscape.

Field visibility and event history.

Beacon connects field activity to location context, giving organizations a clearer view of latest known position, event history, and the operational timeline.

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Latest known position

See the clearest current position available to the operational team.

Field context / Continuous record

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Location logs for auditability

Keep location history available for operational review and reporting.

Field context / Continuous record

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Shift events with location context

Read lifecycle events alongside the field context surrounding them.

Field context / Continuous record

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Data quality checks

Flag stale or low-confidence location pings before they shape a decision.

Field context / Continuous record

Time stays connected to the operational story.

ACTIVE SHIFT / LIVE RECORD

WORK AND REST CONTEXT

Read timing in the same place as activity. The dial keeps the active shift, work period, and rest period in one continuous view.

EVENT HISTORY / LIVE

07:20 / ASSIGNMENT SETSHIFT CONTEXT CONNECTED

10:46 / ACTIVITY UPDATEEVENT ADDED TO RECORD

14:10 / REST PERIODTIMING STAYS ATTACHED

03 EVENTS

EVENTS STAY ATTACHED

Assignment, activity, and rest updates enter the record in sequence—without breaking the operational context around them.

CONNECTED EVENT HISTORY RECORD OPEN

  1. 01 / ASSIGNMENTSHIFT START

  2. 02 / WORKACTIVITY UPDATE

  3. 03 / RESTTIMING ATTACHED

  4. 04 / REVIEWRECORD READY

ACTIVITY SIGNAL / CONTINUOUS
EVENT RECORD / READY

READY

REVIEWABLE SHIFT RECORD

Move from summary to event-level detail. The same connected sequence remains readable during the shift and ready for review after it.

CONTINUITY BY DESIGN

Beacon carries the operational record forward so every handoff begins with context—not reconstruction.

Wildland firefighter capturing operational information on a mobile device near an active incident.

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Capture at origin

Capture what happened at the point of origin—before details are lost to distance and fatigue.

Wildland fire crew leader surveying an incident and coordinating the next operational shift.

02

Structure the shift

Beacon structures incident details, assignments, reporting times, and shift context into a usable record.

Wildland fire crew working together along a glowing fireline at night.

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Handoff with context

Incoming leaders see what changed, what matters, and what comes next—without replaying the entire day.

Aerial view of a wildland hand crew moving along a contained fireline.

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Carry the record forward

The operational story stays continuous across shifts, reviews, and future decisions.