00 — The mark
The next record system for the fire service.
Firemarq is an AI-native records platform for fire and EMS — built for NERIS from the first line of code, and yours to run on any cloud or on your own servers.
In the 1700s, insurers fixed cast-iron fire marks to buildings so brigades knew what was on record. We're building the next one.
01 — The record
Every call is a record worth reading.
The national move from NFIRS to NERIS — the National Emergency Response Information System — has every department rethinking how it captures incidents. Most records systems were built around a paper form, not a data model. Patching them for a new schema means re-keyed fields, brittle exports, and reports that fail validation long after the crew has gone home.
- Fire, EMS, and everything betweenOne incident record, not a stack of disconnected modules.
- Captured once, used everywhereCAD, crews, and analytics share the same structured data.
- Readable by people and machinesClean data is what makes useful AI possible.
02 — The schema
NERIS-native, not NERIS-patched.
Firemarq's data model is designed around NERIS's structure from day one — incidents, dispatch, unit responses, locations, exposures, actions and tactics, casualties and rescues, risk reduction, and emerging hazards. Validation runs while the report is written, not after it's rejected.
- Dispatch & unit response
- Location & exposures
- Actions & tactics
- Casualty & rescue
- Risk reduction
- Emerging hazards
Firemarq is in NERIS vendor integration testing. We will say “certified” when it is true.
03 — The fireground
Intelligence that rides along.
AI should make the officer faster and the record better — never make the decision. Every Firemarq AI feature shows what it read, what it suggests, and who approved it.
ALive situational insightCommand staff
CAD and incident data stream to models that surface building history, known hazards, exposures, and resource gaps while units are still responding — the kind of fire-attack decision support now being piloted in the field.
- Reads
- CAD events, prior incidents, pre-plans
- Suggests
- Hazards, exposures, resource gaps
- Decides
- The incident commander
BNarrative copilotCompany officers
Claude drafts the incident narrative from CAD timestamps, unit notes, and crew input. The officer edits, then signs. Nothing is submitted without a human.
- Reads
- Timestamps, unit notes, crew input
- Suggests
- A draft narrative with sources cited
- Decides
- The reporting officer
CQA before submissionRecords managers
Missing, contradictory, or out-of-range fields are flagged against NERIS rules before a report leaves the station — with the reason and the fix.
- Reads
- The draft report and NERIS rules
- Suggests
- Specific corrections
- Decides
- The records manager
DAsk your dataChiefs & analysts
Plain-language questions — “How did turnout times change on B-shift after the new station opened?” — answered with a chart and the exact query shown, so every number can be checked.
- Reads
- Your incident warehouse
- Suggests
- Charts and the query behind them
- Decides
- You
The 3D fireground on this page is a concept visualization, not live data.
04 — Anywhere
Yours to run. Anywhere.
Your records belong to your department. Firemarq ships as containers on an open-source database stack, so you choose where it lives — and you can always take your data with you.
- Open exportDocumented API and open formats. No lock-in.
- Model choiceClaude via Anthropic's API or your cloud's model service.
- Audit trailEvery AI suggestion is logged with its inputs and approver.
05 — Dawn
Built from the station up.
“I've spent my career between the fire service and software — running data and AI pilot programs and architecting systems. Firemarq exists to build technology that genuinely helps the people who save lives and property, and to serve them with honor, pride, and integrity.”
Vinay DanepalliFounder, Firemarq · [email protected]
Join the founding pilot
We're looking for a small group of fire and EMS agencies — career, combination, or volunteer — to shape Firemarq with us. Pilot agencies get direct input on the roadmap and founding pricing.
Your details go only to the Firemarq founder and are used only to contact you about the pilot. Expect a reply within two business days.