Lack of SOPs is one of the five things that kill firefighters.
Every SOP, every signature, every proof of compliance — in one place, built from your apparatus, staffing, water supply, and rank titles.
Used by volunteer, combination, and career fire departments of all sizes across the US.
Your department
Apparatus
Engine 1 · 1,250 GPM
Ladder 1 · 100 ft
Staffing
3 on the first-due engine
Rank titles
Captain · Lieutenant
Water supply
Hydranted · 1,000 GPM
Tender mutual aid
Responsibility
NFPA 1561The first-arriving Captain assumes Incident Command and completes a 360° size-up.
Procedures
NFPA 1710Engine 1 advances the initial attack line with a crew of three.
Water Supply
NFPA 1142Establish supply from the nearest hydrant, with tender mutual aid on second alarm.
Illustrative. Section structure and standards references are what SOPReady generates; the apparatus and staffing are not a real department's.
What gets checked
95 topics. Every one mapped to a standard.
SOPReady measures your department against the full operational surface an inspector, a carrier, or an attorney would look at — then shows you exactly which ones you're missing.
Referencing 26 NFPA standards
SOPReady writes SOPs aligned to these standards and cites the sections it drew from. It does not reproduce NFPA text, and it does not certify your department. Your chief keeps full editing control and approval authority. Nothing goes live otherwise.
The five factors
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
Improper risk assessment
- 2
Lack of incident command
- 3
Lack of accountability
- 4
Inadequate communications
- 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.
Run the kind of department you'd want your kid to join.
Time to a manual you can stand behind
Stop scheduling meetings about writing SOPs.
The work doesn't change — a chief still reads and approves every word. What changes is how long you wait before there's anything to approve.
Committee
Months
Monthly meetings. Officers writing on their own time.
Outside consultant
Weeks
Weeks of back-and-forth, then their template with your name on it.
SOPReady
Tonight
Draft your first SOPs tonight, approve them as you go, build out the rest at your pace.
One line item for your fiscal year, not a recurring card charge your finance office has to chase.
Nobody has to give up another evening to a committee to get a first draft on paper.
What you get
Everything you need to answer the question.
Whether it comes from an ISO inspector, your insurance carrier, a city council, or an attorney — the question is always some version of “prove it.”
Know what you're missing
Your department measured against 90+ NFPA-aligned topics, so you find the gaps before an inspector does.
Prove every member read it
Members sign off from their phone. Every acknowledgment is timestamped against the exact version they read.
Answer the carrier in one click
Pull a report showing what's approved, who acknowledged it, and when.
New hires covered on day one
Send one link. They read your SOPs and sign before their first shift.
Never lose the paper trail
Every edit, approval, and signature kept permanently. If it's ever questioned, the record is there.
Written for your department
Your apparatus, your staffing, your water supply, your rank titles. Not a template with your name on it.
Already have SOPs? Keep them
Upload the binder you've got. SOPReady reads each one, credits it against the gaps, and only writes what's actually missing.
One plan. Every feature. Priced to your roster.
There is no feature ladder. A 20-person volunteer company gets the same product as a city department and pays less because it has fewer people, not fewer rights.
- Unlimited SOPs and bulk generation
- Upload the SOPs you already have
- Gap analysis against NFPA
- Acknowledgment tracking and reminders
- New hire onboarding packets
- ISO audit report and training certificates
- Full audit trail and version history
- Annual review reminders
Everyone who needs to read and sign SOPs — career, volunteer, paid-on-call, explorers.
Or $979/year — one invoice for your fiscal year, with a month free.
Covers 16–25 members · every feature included
Every price, top to bottom
- 1–15 members
- $79/mo
- 16–25 members
- $89/mo
- 26–35 members
- $109/mo
- 36–50 members
- $139/mo
- 51–75 members
- $169/mo
- 76–110 members
- $219/mo
- 111–150 members
- $269/mo
- 151–225 members
- $359/mo
- 226–300 members
- $449/mo
- 301–400 members
- $549/mo
- Over 400 members
- Talk to us
Annual is one invoice for your fiscal year with a month free. Most departments buy this way because it matches how the town budgets, not because of the discount.
Start free for 30 days →No credit card to start · No setup fees · Cancel anytime
Buying through the town? We'll invoice against a purchase order and send whatever your treasurer needs — W-9, quote, sole-source letter.
“We already use Lexipol or PowerDMS.”
Good — keep them. Those write administrative and legal policy: harassment, discipline, HR. SOPReady writes the operational side they don't: fireground tactics, RIT, EMS protocols, specialty ops. Different documents, different job. Most departments that need one need both.
“We already have SOPs in a binder.”
Then you're ahead. Upload what you have and SOPReady reads each one, marks it covered, and only drafts the topics you're actually missing — instead of making you start over from nothing.
Start tonight. Build your manual at your own pace.
Tell us about your department
4-minute wizard. No consultant. No IT. Just your apparatus, staffing, water supply, and response district.
See what's missing
Instant gap analysis against 90+ NFPA-aligned topics. What takes a consultant weeks takes SOPReady seconds.
Generate your first SOPs in minutes
What your officers spend 6 months on in committee, SOPReady drafts for you. Start with your most critical topics, then build out the rest at your own pace. You review and approve every one.
Distribute, acknowledge, prove it
Members sign off from their phones. New hires get one link. Pull an ISO audit report whenever you need it.
Approved
0
Signed off
0/18
Audit ready
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Purpose
Scope
Responsibility
Procedures
Safety Considerations
Crew acknowledgment
0 of 18
Written from your apparatus, staffing, water supply, and rank titles — not a template.
Illustrative walkthrough of the workflow
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 show an insurance carrier exactly which members acknowledged the current SCBA policy and when.
- How is this different from Lexipol or other policy services?
- Those services quote per department after a sales call, and for most departments the number lands in the thousands per year. SOPReady generates policies specific to your department (your apparatus, your staffing, your water supply) starting with your first SOPs in minutes, and you build out the rest at your own pace. Pricing is published, based on roster size, starting at $79/month, self-serve, no sales call. 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?
- Try it free for 30 days, no credit card required. After that, price is based on roster size and steps up in small increments — $79/month for a 15-person company, $549/month for a 400-person department, and a dozen points in between. Enter your roster size in the pricing section to see your exact number. Annual billing gives your finance office a single invoice for the fiscal year, with a month free. Every feature is included at every price — roster size changes what you pay, not what you get.
- 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 password to remember, no account to create for new-hire packets, no training needed.
Your first SOP is minutes away.
Not a committee. Not a consultant. Tell us about your department, review what it drafts, and approve the first one tonight. The rest of the manual can wait until you're ready. Free for 30 days.
Free for 30 days · No credit card required