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Dashboard Content Planner
A screen full of the wrong things is worse than no screen at all. Tell us your agency, your locations and what matters most, and this planner drafts a content strategy: what to show on displays vs. desktop vs. mobile, who it’s for, where it comes from, how often it refreshes, and who owns it — with a note on what to keep off public-facing screens.
SampleSee a sample report — all 7 sections
This is an example plan for a combination fire & EMS department, generated instantly from our template. Yours is tailored to your answers below. The systems shown are illustrative; your plan links to the specific integrations you select.
Download sample PDFTop 10 to include
- Active and recent incidents or calls for service, on the bay display for on-duty crews
- Unit and staffing status - who is in service, out of service, or committed right now
- Today's shift roster, riding assignments and any minimum-staffing gaps
- Weather, road and hazard conditions for your response area
- A situational-awareness map with response zones and hydrant locations
- Required acknowledgements and time-sensitive announcements members must see
- Apparatus and equipment readiness, plus open maintenance items
- Training schedule and certifications coming due
- Recognition - calls of note, milestones and new-member introductions
- Recruitment and approved community content for public-facing screens
Operational & incident content
- Active/recent incidents or calls for service - audience: on-duty crews; channel: large screen; source: your CAD if available; refresh: near real time
- Unit and staffing status - audience: crews and officers; channel: large screen and desktop; source: your CAD/scheduling; refresh: on change
- Weather, traffic and hazard alerts - audience: everyone on shift; channel: large screen; source: a weather/alert feed; refresh: every few minutes
- Situational-awareness map with response zones, hydrants and routing - audience: crews; channel: large screen; source: your GIS layers; refresh: as data changes
Performance & analytics
- Call/case volume and trend by day, station and unit - if available from your RMS/CAD; audience: officers; channel: desktop
- Turnout and response-time trends against your targets - if available from your RMS/CAD; audience: command staff; channel: desktop
- Busiest units, stations and times of day - if available from your RMS/CAD; audience: leadership; channel: desktop
Department communications
- Announcements and policy updates - audience: all members; channel: large screen and mobile; owner: admin; expire when no longer current
- Required acknowledgements - audience: affected members; channel: desktop and mobile; owner: training/admin; track completion
- Training schedule and events calendar - audience: all members; channel: large screen and mobile; owner: training officer
Recognition, culture & community
- Recognition, milestones and calls of note - audience: members; channel: large screen; keep sensitive details off public-facing screens
- New-member introductions and safety messages - audience: members; channel: large screen and mobile
- Recruitment and approved community/social content - audience: the public; channel: public lobby screens only; no personal or operational data
Screen & device assignments
- Bay and watch displays - live operations: incidents/calls, unit status, weather and the awareness map
- Training room and admin offices - schedules, announcements, performance summaries and recognition
- Desktop dashboards - analytics, required acknowledgements and documents for officers and staff
- Mobile - announcements, schedules and acknowledgements for members away from a screen
- Public lobby - only approved, non-sensitive community and recruitment content
Ownership & governance
- Assign a single owner to each content type - operations, communications, training and community
- Set refresh and expiration rules so nothing shows stale content, and auto-retire dated posts
- Review the screen mix on a simple cadence (for example monthly) and prune what no one reads
- Keep sensitive and personal information off any public-facing screen by policy
What we can display from your systems
Based on the integrations you selected, here’s what we can display on your dashboards — at minimum, from our documentation.
Your CAD / dispatch
- Active and recent calls for service
- Unit status and availability
- Incident type and location
Your RMS / records
- Call and case volume by day and unit
- Response-time trends against your targets
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