Blog
Updates, release notes and stories from the iOnCall team.
iFireiCrewiRescueUnder the hood: the engineering behind iOnCall
Most app companies keep the engineering behind closed doors. We'd rather show you. Here's an honest tour under the hood of iOnCall — one codebase serving three apps, a self-healing fleet on AWS in the UK, and the thinking that keeps it fast when it matters most.
iFireiCrewiRescueGeofencing: a one-tap nudge as you arrive and leave
Forgetting to mark yourself available when you get back, or unavailable when you head out of the area, happens to everyone. Geofencing watches the edge of your station area for you — and gives you a one-tap prompt to update your availability as you arrive and leave.
iRescueiRescue now works with HM Coastguard Alerting and Tasking
Coastguard rescue officers shouldn't have to update their availability twice. iRescue now works alongside HM Coastguard's Alerting and Tasking system - set your status once in the app, and send the matching update with a single tap.
iFireiCrewiRescueOur journey to UK G-Cloud
We're working to list iFire and iRescue on the UK Government's G-Cloud framework, so fire & rescue services and HM Coastguard can adopt them quickly and with confidence. Here's the journey so far - and what's still to come.