ProbieTrack
You release a probationary firefighter. Then somebody asks to see the file.
Training records for probationary firefighters. Daily observation reports, phase sign-offs, and the export that goes in the personnel file.
The shoebox problem
Most departments run field training on paper. Daily observation reports go in a shift binder. A training officer keeps a spreadsheet of who is on what phase. Evaluations get signed a week late, or three weeks late, and nobody reads them twice.
It works right up until it doesn’t. A probationary firefighter gets released and files a grievance, or a new chief asks why somebody cleared probation with four phases unsigned. Now the file is the whole case, and the gaps in it are the argument against you.
The records that hold up are the boring ones. Filed the same shift, acknowledged by the person they describe, and never edited after the fact.
What you get
- Built for the way a shift runs. Evaluators file reports from a phone at the kitchen table, not from a desk the next morning. The member acknowledges on theirs.
- Records that stand up later. A report is locked the moment it’s submitted. Corrections become amendments, and the amendment names what changed and why. Nothing is quietly rewritten.
- You see who’s behind while there’s still time. Officers get the phase progress, the overdue acknowledgements, and the people running out of probation window.
- Your program, not a template. Your phases, your checklists, your evaluation form, your guidelines, your logo.
- No FTO program? It still fits. Plenty of departments run field training through their station officers instead of a dedicated cadre. Put your captains in charge, skip the one-to-one assignments, and rename every label to what your people say out loud. Whoever has the probationary firefighter that shift files the report.
- One export that goes in the file. The complete member record as a branded PDF, whenever you need it, including the ones you hope you never need.
You pay for the number of people you’re training at once, never for seats. Every officer and evaluator in the department gets an account at no charge, because shared logins destroy an audit trail and the audit trail is the point.
Try it with your own program
Set up your phases and run a real probationary member through it. Nothing is deleted if you stop, and you can export everything you entered.
90 days free. No credit card.
Would you rather look around first? View the demo. It’s an invented department with a full program in it, and the sign-in page gives you the way in.
Founding departments
The first 10 departments get 50 percent off the first year in exchange for feedback and a reference. That’s it, no other conditions, and the price you lock is the one you keep.
Founding departments get their say first. What they ask for goes to the front of what gets built next, and they’re named here if they want to be.
10 places. None taken yet.
If you want help setting it up
- White-glove setup, $750. We build your programs, phases, checklists, and evaluation forms with you.
- Historical data migration, $500. Your current records, brought across.
- FTO program development, $2,500 to $5,000 by department size. Your complete program, guidelines, and evaluation standards, delivered configured in ProbieTrack.
Ask about any of these at sales@commandandconsequenceleadershipgroup.com.
Who’s behind this
Jamie Jent. Twenty-nine years in the fire service, Chief Fire Officer through CPSE, Professional Emergency Manager, Pro Board Health and Safety Officer under NFPA 1521, and a Blue Card train-the-trainer. Also the author of Standard Practice, which does the same job for your SOGs.