Now enrolling founding fire departments

Rehearse the call
before it's real.

Build a command-incident scenario in minutes, run it live across your whole crew's screens, and review an automatic record of every decision. No hardware. No simulator room. Any browser.

Built from a real metro fire-department command-simulator program
01

Scenario training works.
Building it doesn't.

Everyone agrees rehearsing decisions under pressure makes better commanders. The trouble has always been standing up the training.

SLOW

Weeks to author

A realistic scenario takes hours — or a vendor content team. The training calendar has moved on by the time it's ready.

COSTLY

Six figures, one room

Live drills burn a shift. Legacy simulators run into the hundreds of thousands, with hardware, in a single room.

UNPROVEN

Can't show readiness

So teams recycle the same tired drills — and can't demonstrate their people are actually ready when it counts.

02

From a project
to a prompt.

Three moves, all in the browser. No install, no capital purchase, no specialist.

01 — BUILD

Build

Create a scenario in minutes — lay out the scene by hand, or describe it in plain language and let AI draft the whole thing.

02 — RUN

Run

Launch it live. Your whole team responds from their own screens while the instructor drives the incident in real time.

03 — REVIEW

Review

Debrief against an automatic record of every decision and timestamp — the after-action file writes itself.

03

Everything a
tabletop isn't.

DecideAhead competes with recycled tabletops and one-off drills — not with six-figure hardware.

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Minutes to buildNot weeks, and not a vendor content team.
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Zero hardwareNo capital project, nothing to install or maintain.
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The whole team at onceEvery role responds, not one trainee at a time.
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Repeatable & measurableRe-run the same incident across shifts and compare.
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Runs in any browserClassroom, projector, or across stations.
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Built by respondersFrom a real command-simulator program, for responders.
04

For anyone who trains
for coordinated response.

Starting with fire, built to travel across public safety and high-stakes operations.

Fire departments & academies Emergency management / EOC Industrial & site safety Law enforcement training Hospitals & healthcare prep Utilities outage response
05

Start free.
Grow by department.

Every account opens with 14 days of full Department features, then settles onto whatever tier fits. No credit card to start.

Free
$0 /forever
For trying it with a crew.
  • Up to 2 scenarios
  • Up to 15 participants
  • Core after-action report
  • No credit card
Start free
Team
$99 /mo
Small or single-station departments.
  • Unlimited scenarios
  • Up to 30 participants
  • Scenario library
  • Self-serve, cancel anytime
Choose Team
Most departments Department
$299 /mo
The whole department, every shift.
  • Unlimited participants
  • AI scenario generation
  • SSO & admin controls
  • Priority support
  • Grant-eligible (AFG / EMPG)
Choose Department
Agency
Custom
Multi-site & procurement.
  • Multiple departments
  • Cooperative contracts
  • Procurement & security review
  • Dedicated onboarding
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14-day full-feature trial on every signup Founding departments: 50% off year one No card required to start
Where it came from

Built from a real command-simulator program.

DecideAhead grew out of a major U.S. metro fire department's requirement for a strategic incident-command simulator — a documented, funded need for exactly this: a multi-screen command simulator, a reusable scenario library, and faster authoring. The need was specified by the buyer, not guessed at by a founder.

Generate · Customize · Train
Founding departments

Get first access.

We're enrolling a small group of founding fire departments to shape DecideAhead and see it first. Sign up now and you'll get 14 days of everything the moment live walkthroughs open.

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