Union communication
Share announcements, bargaining updates, and local information in one place members already check.
App overview
Built for how fire departments actually run
Events and calendar
Keep meetings, training, socials, and key department dates visible without juggling separate tools.
Polls and member input
Collect quick feedback from crews and union members before decisions turn into long message threads.
Crew coordination
Keep updates, reminders, and day-to-day coordination organized across stations, crews, and shifts.
Shift trades
Trades still matter. Platoon keeps them simple, but now they live inside a broader department workflow.
Admin tools
Give command staff and local leaders cleaner visibility into activity, communication, and follow-through.
Who it serves
Built for small departments, unions, and large departments
Small departments
Platoon gives smaller teams one simple place for updates, events, polls, and crew coordination, even when trade volume is low.
Unions and locals
Keep announcements, member input, and event communication organized without relying on fragmented social threads.
Larger departments
Support high trade activity while giving the rest of the department a better system for communication and operational updates.
Why Platoon
Built for the firehouse — not generic workplace software
- Designed around fire department communication and coordination, not generic office software.
- Simple enough for everyday crew use, but structured enough for union leaders and admins.
- Consolidates announcements, events, polls, trades, and updates into one credible department tool.