The iFirePager service does everything a standard Fire Pager does, plus much more.

• - In the app, you can change the toggle switches to (Monitor and Alert) (Monitor Only) (Alert Only)
• - The app allows you to scan up to 25 channels per 'Feed Group'.
• - Priority scan (selectable with a toggle switch).
• - The app can receive 2-tone alerts, just like a traditional fire pager. Example (368.5/600.9) tones would be decoded, then your smart device will 'beep' and play the message. It also can alert with single long tones.
• - Stored voice messages automatically saved, for both alerts and non-alert messages.
• - Set specific times during the day to be alerted. For example, if your Department has a channel with 3 tone alerts. You can select which of the alerts to be alerted on, and what time of the day to get alerts. You can even set a different 'beeping' sound for each alert.

There are 2 parts the iFirePager service. The app which is used on a smart device, and the audio uploader software.

The audio uploader software, streams audio in real time to our servers. The tones are decoded using software running on our servers.

The tones are detected using software on our servers. The tones do not need to be known ahead of time to be detected. The audio stream is continually analyzed, and when a tone is broadcast, the detector decodes the tone.

If the decoded tones are in the proper 2-tone or long tone sequence, an alert is sent to the iFirePager app. Users who have subscribed to that feed, will receive an alert.

In the uploader software, when the audio level received is higher then the squelch level for 3 seconds, the audio stream begins. These first 3 seconds are stored, then sent up to the server when the broadcast starts. So no part of the transmission is lost.

After the broadcast starts, the uploader software will continually send the audio stream, until it detects 8 seconds of silence, then the stream stops.

In the iFirePager app, on your smart device, you can set up custom 'Feed Groups'. The feed groups are similar to radio channel banks. The feed groups hold 1 or more feeds (channels). You can create as many groups as needed. Then in the app, you select 1 of the groups to be the active group.

The channels in the selected group are scanned automatically, so you can listen to all the feeds in the group when in monitor mode. One of the feeds in the group can be set as priority.

If a tone is detected, an alert will sound (beep) then the audio from the alert is played. Alerts are always treated with priority, and will override all other feeds, including priority feeds.

In the app, on your smart device, all audio broadcasts that you have received, can be played back. This includes both alert audio, and non-alert audio.

When you respond to an alert, your position is marked on a map, along with all the other responders. During the alert, you can communicate with the other responders using text messages without leaving the map.

The audio is streamed in mono, using the opus codec at 48kHz 16-bit (fullband). The opus codec incorporates SILK which was designed specifically for voice communications, combining high quality voice audio with low bandwidth.

This is a real time app, all alerts and audio are streamed live, or as close to real time as possible.

Other similar alerting services wait until after the transmission has ended. Then they package the audio/alert into a bundle and send it to you. This causes unnecessary delays in receiving the alert and audio.

• - Our unique uploader software, live streams the audio up to our servers. The only delay, is in the buffering of audio, which is unavoidable, due to the nature of the internet. The audio is not delayed longer than the total buffering time (typically 10 to 20 seconds). If the buffering is reduced too much, the audio stream will cut in/out causing chunks of the audio to be missed.
• - Our servers decode the paging tones in real time, as the audio is received. The app is immediately alerted when the tones have been detected.

The delay will vary, so an exact number can't be given.

• - Typically, the iFirePager app will alert between 1 and 5 seconds behind real time. Example: if your pager alerts, approximately 1 to 5 seconds later, your phone/device will also alert. The alerts are not buffered, they happen as close to real time, as the internet and computer processing allow.
• - Typically, the audio stream starts between 8 and 20 seconds behind real time. Example: you hear audio on your pager/radio, approximately 8 to 20 seconds later, you will hear the same audio on your phone/device. The audio stream needs to be buffered, causing the audio to be delayed proportional to the buffer size. The buffer size can be adjusted by the user in the iFirePager app as needed. The lower the buffer is set, the quicker the audio starts, but the more likely the audio will cut in/out. Using the default buffer size, the audio will begin approximately 15 seconds behind real time.

You do not need to know what the alert tones are to use the service. You simply broadcast the audio, then we do the rest.

• - Our software, continuously listens to the audio stream. Whenever a 2-tone alert happens, our software automatically decodes the tones.
• - After the tones are decoded, the tones are saved in a database along with the audio stream information. Over time, all of the tones from your broadcast will be detected and saved.

Being on more than 1 department is not a problem. The app allows you to be a member of multiple departments.

• - In the app, you can create 'Feed Groups' and in the group, you can place any broadcast you want, including broadcasts from different departments.

Yes, you may apply, if it's on behalf of the Fire Department, and with the Department consent. If not, you should contact the person in charge and ask them to apply.

The Organization who uploads the audio, has full control over who may receive it.

• - The broadcast may be made available to the general public, so anyone can listen to it.
• - The broadcast might be for the exclusive use of the members of the Organization.
• - The broadcast might only be available to select group of people.
• - The broadcast could be made available to other Organizations, and the members of the other Organizations (mutual aid).

Using our client uploader software, each organization may broadcast audio streams. Each stream is a dedicated channel of audio. The uploader software sends the audio from the source, to our servers.

• - Each installation of the software, can upload multiple simultaneous streams of audio.
• - Each audio stream uses very little bandwidth. A standard 5 Mbps internet connection can handle over 100 audio streams.
• - You may install the software in multiple locations, with each location sending different audio streams.

In the app you create your own 'Feed Groups' with each group holding up to 25 channels. You may create as many feed groups as you want, so there is no limit to the number of channels you can listen to.

• - You can create a group with just 1 channel, or multiple channels, it's up to you.
• - Each group will scan all the channels in the group. Switchable from live mode, to standard mode.
• - Each group can have a 'Priority' channel (switchable on/off).
• - Each group can be set up with different 2-tone alerts.