NIOSH-identified cause of firefighter line-of-duty deaths

Lack of SOPs is one of the five things that kill firefighters.

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This isn't a hypothetical problem.

Real firefighters. Real frustrations. Anonymized.

My department took ten years to type up our approved SOPs. By the time we finished, twenty of them had already been changed, deleted, or added. None of those changes made it into the so-called updated documents.
Career firefighter · 10+ years on the job
We get them on a thumb drive. We don't track if people read them — which means no one does.
Volunteer firefighter
Plenty of ours are older than that. Outdated, not practical, even illegal.
Prevention chief
I have two or three new SOGs to sign every week. They're constantly updating them. I just pencil-whip them.
Career firefighter

Not testimonials. SOPReady has not been used by these departments. This is the problem we built SOPReady to fix.

NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Program

SOPs aren't paperwork.
They're life-safety equipment.

NIOSH investigates every firefighter line-of-duty death. The same five contributing factors appear in case after case.

  1. 1

    Improper risk assessment

  2. 2

    Lack of incident command

  3. 3

    Lack of accountability

  4. 4

    Inadequate communications

  5. 5

    Lack of SOPs or failure to follow established SOPs

    We fix this

NFPA 1500 has required written SOPs as part of every fire department safety program since 1987. ISO grades departments on their written procedures. Every accreditation body treats SOPs as non-negotiable.

From zero to a complete SOP manual tonight

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Tell us about your department

4-minute wizard. No consultant. No IT. Just your apparatus, staffing, water supply, and response district.

2

See what's missing

Instant gap analysis against 90+ NFPA-aligned topics. What takes a consultant weeks takes SOPReady seconds.

3

Build your manual in 20 minutes

What your officers spend 6 months on in committee, SOPReady drafts for you. Every SOP uses your real department data — you review and approve.

4

Distribute, acknowledge, prove it

Members sign off from their phones. New hires get one link. Pull an ISO audit report whenever you need it.

Chief approval on every SOPImmutable version historyMobile acknowledgmentsISO reports on demandBuilt by a career firefighter

Aligned to the standards your department is graded against

NFPA 1500

Safety & Health

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Career Depts

NFPA 1720

Volunteer Depts

NFPA 1561

Incident Mgmt

FEMA FA-197

SOP Guide

ISO PPC

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Common questions

Questions chiefs ask before signing up

Can't I just use Google Docs?
Google Docs can store a document. It can't generate SOPs from your department profile, track who read what, produce an ISO compliance report, alert you when NFPA updates a standard, or prove to an insurance carrier that 98% of your members acknowledged the current SCBA policy.
How is this different from Lexipol or other policy services?
Services that write policies for you charge $4,000-10,000/year and give you their template. SOPReady generates policies specific to your department — your apparatus, your staffing, your water supply — in 30 minutes. Free during beta, then starting at $79/month. You own the content and can edit anything.
I don't trust AI to write safety policies.
Neither do we — that's why nothing goes live without your approval. The AI generates a draft. You review every word, edit anything you want, and approve it as chief. Same as a committee drafting something and the chief signing off, except the draft happens overnight.
What happens to my data if I cancel?
It's yours. Before canceling, download your full data export (SOPs, members, acknowledgments, audit trail) from Settings. We retain your data for 30 days after cancellation, then delete everything. Your SOPs are never used to train AI models.
What does it cost after the beta?
The beta is completely free with every feature unlocked. After beta, plans start at $79/month — less than $4/member/month for a 20-person department. Beta departments will get a permanent discount. The compliance report alone saves hours per insurance audit, and a single OSHA fine starts at $15,000.
My members aren't tech-savvy. Will they be able to use it?
Members get an email with a link. They tap it on their phone, read the SOP, check a box, and they're done. No app to download, no account to create (for new-hire packets), no training needed. Chiefs consistently tell us the hardest part is choosing which SOP to approve first.

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Stop running your department on a thumb drive and a prayer. Give your members the SOPs they deserve. Prove compliance when it matters. Build a safer, smoother, more efficient operation — starting tonight. Free during beta.

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