FireServiceRota
Productivity
Free
Easily manage your availability anywhere, anytime. Prevent understaffing by providing 24/7 insight into on-duty crew. Flexibly provide coverage to one or multiple fire stations.
With the FireServiceRota app firefighters can:
- change their duty schedule (availability) at one or more stations.
- review upcoming understaffing warnings and act on them.
- be notified when they are about to leave the coverage area and forgot to update their (un)availability. (Coming soon)
- communicate with colleague firefighters.
You need a FireServiceRota.co.uk account to use this app. Contact us at info@fireservicerota.co.uk if you are interested in a free trial account.
more Standard Rota:
- Cloning an interval in the Standard Rota now copies it only to the days or weeks you select, instead of every week of the rota.
Settings:
- Users can now become available automatically when they enter a geofence, in addition to the existing automatic unavailability.
- Users can now give Do not disturb an end time.
Messages:
- Fix crash when removing a poll from a new message.
1.16.0 4d ago
Messages:
- We've redesigned the list to be cleaner, simpler, and much more comfortable to navigate.
OnCall:
- After an availability change is saved, the app now shows a confirmation message that says what changed and for which time window.
1.15.0 Oct 21
Messages:
- Fixed an issue where deleted messages would sometimes reappear.
- Users can now delete multiple system messages at once.
- Users can now filter the inbox down to unread messages only.
- The bottom navigation bar now stays visible while you read a message, also when you open it from a
notification, so you can go straight to the rota or another screen.
Navigation:
- Fixed an issue where the More menu didn't update after adding or removing tabs in Configure Tabs.
Settings:
- The user can choose when the app icon badge clears, and fixes the reasons the badge was unrealiable.
1.14.0 Oct 15
- Performance improvements to the Group Rota screen. This screen should load faster, stay responsive, and reduced loading times.
- Screens with pull to refresh now also refresh by themselves when you return to the app after more than 5 minutes, so they no longer show data from before the app went to the background. Contracts, future team exchanges and station member details can now be pulled to refresh too.
- Opening an incident or message from a push notification no longer crashes the app. A message now opens right away and loads while you see it.
- When you respond to an incident, the Accept and Reject buttons now stay visible and your choice is highlighted, so you can see and change your response at a glance.
1.13.1 Oct 9
What's New
Requests Redesign: The Requests tab has been completely visually overhauled. Statuses are spelled out clearly, colors match Website, and the notification badge now only counts requests that require your action. The list also defaults to a new "Relevant to me" filter.
Smarter Duty Exchanges: When creating an exchange, you can now filter candidates by group and availability. The detail screen also shows exactly who was invited and how they responded (pull down to refresh).
Time-Sensitive TTS: Incident text-to-speech alerts will now intelligently skip playing if the notification arrives too late to be useful.
Update Banner: Added an in-app banner to gently notify you when a newer version of the app is available.
Performance & UX
Instant Schedules: The app now instantly loads your last-viewed rota on a cold start while quietly refreshing in the background. No more waiting on the loading spinner when opening the app.
Smoother Scrolling: The underlying schedule engine has been massively optimized. Paging through the Group Rota and On-Call views is now significantly faster, especially for large stations.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a critical issue where editing your availability could fail or cause infinite loading spinners.
Fixed iOS 27 scrolling glitches where the schedule toolbar and timeline ruler would get stuck or drift out of place.
Fixed Personal Tiered Response Levels (L1-L4) not displaying on the on-call schedule.
Fixed the bottom availability indicator occasionally disagreeing with the timeline schedule.
Fixed absence requests occasionally missing certain availability codes.
1.12.0 Sep 29
General
- Fixed the toolbar no longer hiding and reappearing while scrolling the schedule on iOS 27.
Group Rota
- Fixed the hour ruler above the on-call timeline not scrolling correctly on iOS 27.
1.10.2 Sep 22
Group Rota
- Fixed Personal Tiered Response Levels (L1-L4) not displaying on the on-call schedule.
1.10.1 Sep 17
General:
- Added new Skill icons for Dark Mode.
Availability Change:
- Improved the Quick Availability Change form header to reflect the changes made when selecting
a different start time or end time.
Personal Calendar:
- It is now possible to choose whether to hide or show teams and comments for an interval in the Personal Calendar screen.
Group Rota:
- Fixed an issue where sometimes skill icons would not display correctly
Incidents:
- Fixed an issue where not all appliance options where show when creating an alert.
- Fixed answering incident via push notification.
1.10.0 Sep 8
Authentication:
- Fixed an issue where, shortly after signing in, opening an incident or a message sent you back to the login screen.
- Signing in with a magic link is much faster.
Incidents:
- Users with the right permissions can now create incidents from the app. Choose the station, alerting text, incident type, location, priority and either the appliances or specific users to alert.
- It is no longer possible to respond to any incident. Users who were originally alerted can respond to an incident as usual.
- Users who were not originally alerted, but are plannable members of one of the Stations alerted can also respond to the incident.
Group Rota:
- The quick availability form now fits on smaller screens such as an iPhone SE, so the 'custom period' button is no longer cut off the bottom of the sheet.
- Bottom action bars are no longer hidden behind the tab bar on smaller iPhones. This affected the Team Exchange, Requests and Group Rota screens.
- Removed a stray line between the bottom action bar and the tab bar.
Schedules:
- Bottom action bars are no longer hidden behind the tab bar on smaller iPhones. This affected the Team Exchange, Requests and Group Rota screens.
- Removed a stray line between the bottom action bar and the tab bar.
- Refreshing now always fetches the latest data. Pulling to refresh, and the schedule right after you change your availability, no longer show a result from up to 10 seconds earlier.
1.9.0 Sep 3
Settings:
- Added device-specific settings for repeating alert sounds overrides for incoming incidents.
- Settings now load instantly and save reliably.
Incidents:
- Much smoother scrolling and faster load times, including quick access to large attendance reports.
- Fixed an issue with duplicate skill labels.
Group Schedule & Schedules:
- Managing future availability is now more intuitive: 'until' times align perfectly with the selected day without overwriting your default settings.
- Schedules throughout the app load significantly faster, and scrolling through the Group Schedule is now smooth and free of visual glitches.
1.6.0 Aug 28
## Duty Transaction
- Bug fix: Now, when user request an absence, the date selector keeps at the user slection if the avialability code does not have adjust default time.
### Group Rota
- Bug fix: Fixed an issue by decreasing the maximum schedule lookahead to get the correct intervals in Wholetime.
### Authentication
- Fixed an issue that randomly signed you out while the app sat in the background.
### Group Rota
- Added visibility for tiered response levels on the Group Rota screen.
- Bug fix: Availability changes after the first one are now reflected on the Group Rota straight away, instead of only after a pull to refresh.
### Incidents
- Fixed an issue that caused connections to drop and display a red indicator on the Incidents screen.
### Settings
- Added a setting to turn off the sound that plays when you accept or reject an incident. The setting applies to this device only.
- Bug fix: Restores the user's volume after receiving an incident push notification.
1.5.0 Aug 18
- Availability Change
- You can now add comments when you change your availability.
- Settings
- New alert tones available for Primary Alerting users.
- Navigation
- It is now possible to go to the station overview screen from the station selector. This is in addition to the navigation menu entry.
- It is now possible to switch between the Personal Calendar and the Monthly Overview using tabs.
- Bug fix: the navigation bar sometimes incorrectly disappeared.
- The station selector is now in the necessary screens.
- Push Notifications
- Push notifications now more reliably confirm their delivery in the background.
1.4.5 Aug 9
- Availability Change
- You can now add comments when you change your availability.
- Settings
- New alert tones available for Primary Alerting users.
- Navigation
- It is now possible to go to the station overview screen from the station selector. This is in addition to the navigation menu entry.
- It is now possible to switch between the Personal Calendar and the Monthly Overview using tabs.
- Bug fix: the navigation bar sometimes incorrectly disappeared.
- The station selector is now in the necessary screens.
- Push Notifications
- Push notifications now more reliably confirm their delivery in the background.
1.4.0 Aug 7
Personal Calendar
- Fixed an issue where the personal calendar was not updated immediately after shortening an availability interval.
General
- We have implemented performance improvements 'under the hood' to make the app faster and
more responsive, especially for professional staff
1.3.0 Jul 29
Duty Transactions:
- You can now track see your response status for any type of duty request.
General:
- Fixed an issue that caused users to be unexpectedly logged out when open the app.
1.2.0 Jul 14
Contracts
- To save you time, we now automatically select the correct period based on your contract details.
- The contract balance will now always display with the correct colors.
Incidents
- Notification sounds (like the incident acknowledgment sound) are now muted when your device is connected to external audio devices.
1.1.0 Jul 8
Duty Exchanges
- In the Duty Exchange screen, the list of exchange candidates now correctly
shows all members.
Group Rota
- Display "Understaffed" instead of "Out of Service" when an appliance is out
of service because of an understaffing.
Stations Overview
- Users with access to multiple stations can now view a high-level overview
of all appliance statuses in one place. (FIR-13603)
Crew
- Added new Station Member crew list, to view the members of your station
and their contact information. (FIR-14210)
Personal Calendar
- In the Personal Calendar, you can now only filter by stations where you are
plannable. (FIR-14007)
- Fixed an issue win the Personal Calendar Wholetime Monthly overivew, where
the duties were not always associated to the correct Duty Regime if there were
multiple stations displayed.
Availability Change Form
- When creating a custom availability change, you can now only select stations
where you are plannable. (FIR-14007)
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where not all crew members were correctly displayed. (FIR-14135)
- Fixed an app crash that occurred when switching stations.
- Fixed issue where the name of a member would sometimes not load, and show
"Unknown" instead. (FIR-13990)
- Fixed an issue where the "no data" error would display when not expected
to show. (FIR-14245)
1.0.0 Jul 1
This version includes several fixes for the new screens introduced in version 0.18, such as the Crew Members, and the Wholetime Duty monthly overview.
0.19.0 Jun 16
This version includes various bug fixes, including improvements to the new Wholetime Monthly overiew.
0.18.0 Jun 10
This version introduces new ways to see your schedules. Wholetime users can now access an overview of their monthly duties, while On Call users can try out the new Group Rota display option.
0.17.5 Jun 2
This version includes a new monthly overview for your duties in Wholetime stations, and a new display for the On Call Group Rota. It is now also possible to select a specific number of hours and minutes for a quick availability change, rather than just a few fixed options.
0.17.0 May 26
Accessibility — Added color-blindness support and visual improvements to make the app easier to use for everyone.
Siri Shortcuts — You can now use Siri to change your availability.
Incident Filters — Primary alerting now supports custom incident filters, so you can set different alert sounds based on the type of incident.
Several bugs were fixed and some improvements were made.
0.16.0 May 15
We've reworked the way you can navigate through the app, including customizable quick menu options. This version also includes the ability to send messages, as well as some stability improvements for the Group Rota.
0.15.0 May 6
This version includes minor fixes for refreshing information in the background
0.14.1 Apr 23
This version includes new features, such as allowing you to delete messages in bulk, open attachments in messages, and edit and submit incident attendance reports if you posses the access rights to do so. In addition, performance improvements and bug fixes around the On Call Group Rota and connection stability are also included in this version
0.14.0 Apr 15
Standard Rota:
- Cloning an interval in the Standard Rota now copies it only to the days or weeks you select, instead of every week of the rota.
Settings:
- Users can now become available automatically when they enter a geofence, in addition to the existing automatic unavailability.
- Users can now give Do not disturb an end time.
Messages:
- Fix crash when removing a poll from a new message.
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