Red Card Garage · coming next
Can this truck go to work right now?
And can you prove why? The Garage is the mechanic's side of Red Card: a real workspace for the engine bay, where the mechanic, the crew boss and the owner work from the same truck, the same record, and the same answer.
✦ by Becoming Boundless
Already working
The foundation is in.
The Garage starts from parts of Red Card that work today.
Only ready trucks go out
Working todayDispatch offers only trucks that are ready, and holds back a truck that's grounded, failed, or out of inspection, with the reason in plain words.
The fleet at a glance
Working todayHow many trucks are ready, which need attention, which are grounded, and what service is coming due.
Each truck's record
Working todayMiles, pump hours, upcoming service, open work and reported defects for every unit. View only for now.
Built to grow with your shop
Foundation built- Work orders, labor and parts
- Scheduled maintenance
- A role for your mechanics
How your shop runs them, we shape with you.
The heart of the Garage
One truck. One timeline. One source of truth.
Every truck gets one living record: every inspection, every defect, every repair, every part, every note, in order, for the life of the truck. We record the story of the machine, and the mechanic's thinking along with the outcome.
It's in prototype now, and you can see it in a private walkthrough.
Who works in the engine bay
Four people. One truck.
Everyone sees the same truck, each from where they stand.
The owner
"Where do I have risk, cost, or lost availability?"
The mechanic
"What exactly is wrong with this truck?"
The crew boss
"Is my truck ready today?"
Dispatch
"Can I actually send it?"
How the call gets made
The crew reports what they find. The mechanic diagnoses and repairs. Only the mechanic or the owner puts a grounded truck back to work. Red Card gives a readiness status and records who decided, when, and why. The call always stays with your people.
What we're building
A real mechanic's workspace.
From the first report on the fireline to the truck rolling out ready again.
In the field
- Daily checks from the phone, before the truck rolls
- Notes for the next driver, shift to shift
- Photos of the problem and the fix
In the shop
- Work orders from symptom to repair
- Parts requested, approved and installed
- Back in service, signed off by the mechanic or owner
For the owner
- The truck timeline, every repair in one place
- The mechanic's notebook, the story of each truck
- Cost per truck, and the problems that keep coming back
The foundation is built. Every piece is shaped with our founding members.
A library that grows with every truck
Every kind of rig, understood.
A Type 3 engine, a water tender and a dozer each need different care. The Garage is being built to know the difference.
- Service by type of rigAn engine prompts for pump hours, hose and foam. A tender prompts for tank baffles and PTO. A dozer prompts for tracks and undercarriage.
- Every component, its own historyThe pump, the chassis, the plumbing: each part of the truck with its make, model, serial number and hours.
- Checklists your company shapesVersioned, so an old inspection always shows the checklist it was done with.
- Papers in their placeDocuments sorted by company, person, truck and assignment, set up for each state you work in.
The road
Built with founding members, one season at a time.
- NowReadinessOnly ready trucks go out. The fleet at a glance. Each truck's record.
- NextThe workbenchWork orders and diagnosis, the truck timeline, and the mechanic's notebook.
- ThenThe fieldDaily checks from the phone, issue reports, photos, and the crew boss view.
- After thatThe whole shopParts and purchasing, cost and fleet intelligence, offline use, and connections to the tools you already use.
Back the build
Help us build the Garage.
The Garage is where Red Card grows from a readiness tool into the record every wildland fleet runs on. The foundation is built and ready. Founding members get the best price Red Card will ever have, and a seat at the table as we shape the next level of fleet and mechanic tools for wildland fire companies.
If you'd like to help fund the Garage, partner with us, or bring your shop in as a founding engine bay, let's talk.
No customer data goes into Red Card until the security work is finished.