SOPs and SOGs that match the field

Upload your own SOPs and SOGs. Hotwash breaks them into searchable sections, flags deviations from real calls, and recommends updates so policy matches the field.

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unified command

PLAYBOOKS · 4 SECTIONS

Unified Command

As the operation expands, ICS transfers from a single command to a unified command structure.

SOP 3.2 · Uploaded binder · Indexed

Command Structure

Depending on the nature and complexity, the system may be a single or unified command structure.

SOP 3.1 · Uploaded binder · Indexed

Command Post

Unified Command is implemented, with law enforcement represented in the Command Post.

SOP 3.2 · Command Post · Indexed

Staging Area

Establish a staging area for incoming companies before assignment to Unified Command.

SOP 4.1 · Uploaded binder · Indexed

Policy your crews actually use

Broken into sections

Big SOP PDFs get split into a clear table of contents. Search the section you need, not a 200-page binder.

Broken into sections

Big SOP PDFs get split into a clear table of contents. Search the section you need, not a 200-page binder.

Broken into sections

Big SOP PDFs get split into a clear table of contents. Search the section you need, not a 200-page binder.

Deviations, not noise

Flags duplicates, newer versions, missing references, and policy conflicts. High-value findings first, short titles, no flood of low-priority gaps.

Deviations, not noise

Flags duplicates, newer versions, missing references, and policy conflicts. High-value findings first, short titles, no flood of low-priority gaps.

Deviations, not noise

Flags duplicates, newer versions, missing references, and policy conflicts. High-value findings first, short titles, no flood of low-priority gaps.

Your policies, your drills

Departments upload their own SOPs and SOGs. Use that library plus your reference material to sharpen drills and guidance.

Your policies, your drills

Departments upload their own SOPs and SOGs. Use that library plus your reference material to sharpen drills and guidance.

Your policies, your drills

Departments upload their own SOPs and SOGs. Use that library plus your reference material to sharpen drills and guidance.

Analysis: gaps, conflicts, and deviations

Hotwash compares each reviewed incident against your SOPs and shows where the call followed policy, where it drifted, and which page says so.

Incident 26-04446

Compared against your Fire Department SOPs

DEVIATION

Engine 1 ran its booster tank dry before establishing a hydrant supply.

Section 502.3, p. 46

WHAT THE SOP SAYS

A primary water supply shall be established at any incident where fire is expected to exceed the fire flow provided by the apparatus booster tank.

RECOMMENDATION

Run a brush refill drill: identify a water source within 3 minutes.

Added to training plan

RELATED SECTIONS

5.0 Water Supply

SOP match · hydrant before booster dry

5.2 Apparatus Refill

SOP match · brush refill within 3 min

Your library, broken into usable pieces

Hotwash parses the SOP binders your department uploads into sections, then ranks the deviations worth acting on.

Fire Department SOPs

Broken into 18 TOC sections · depts upload their own

TABLE OF CONTENTS

3.1

Incident Command

Indexed · 6 pages · from your uploaded SOPs

3.2

Unified Command

Indexed · 4 pages · searchable sections

5.0

Water Supply

Indexed · 8 pages · water supply SOG

7.4

Mayday Procedures

Indexed · 5 pages · mayday procedures

Library health

High-value deviations only

DEVIATIONS

DUPLICATE

Water Supply appears in two binders

NEWER VERSION

Mayday SOP revised Mar 2026

MISSING REF

ICS 300 cited, section not found

CONFLICT

Staging rules differ across SOGs

SOPs that keep up with the field

Upload your policy library. Hotwash turns it into searchable sections, surfaces the deviations that matter, and ties updates to real calls.

TODAY

Binders and guesswork

Big SOP PDFs with no usable table of contents

Duplicates and conflicting versions nobody tracks

Gaps and missing references buried in the noise

Updates wait on a committee and a reprint

Crews guess which binder is current on scene

WITH HOTWASH

A living policy library

Break big SOPs into clear TOC sections

Flag duplicates, newer versions, missing refs, and conflicts

Score high-value deviations so crews are not flooded

Turn findings into drills and recommended updates

Depts upload their own SOPs and SOGs, never borrowed copies

Make your policy match the field.

Start with a 30-day pilot. Send us your past incident reports and SOPs and we’ll load them in. Run it on real calls, then let your crews decide.

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