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What do we publish?
- Product updates - Quick information from our development team on new features, upgraded functionality, and bug fixes.
- Thought-pieces - If we have an opinion on something happening in the first responder scheduling realm, we'll let you know.
- Shift scheduling advice - We want to help you and your agency operate like a well-oiled machine.
- Interviews, surveys, and data articles - Our team enjoys speaking with leadership in the first responder space. Anything we do will be published here.
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Product Updates [May 2024]
April and May have seen great progress in Hero Schedule development, especially with new features. Here’s a quick update: Custom Color & Style With Hero Schedule, you can now add…
SURVEY: Most Common Shift Types Used by Iowa Fire Departments
Our team wanted to look at what shift types (24/48, 48/96, California Swing, Paid-on-Call, Volunteer, etc.) are used by Iowa fire departments. There is an active debate on what type…
Product Updates [March 2024]
March brought big updates to the Activity View within the Main Schedule View, including badge numbers and an expanded activity view with colors and icons. Activity View Enhancements (Part II)…
Product Updates [February 2024]
The development team rolled out several new features this month. Activity View Enhancements Some agencies rely on the Activity View mode to best display their schedule. We’ve been working on…
Product Updates [January 2024]
To kick off a new year, the development team rolled out the following updates to the Hero Schedule application. Revamped accrual account maintenance screen We changed the look and function…
Product Updates [December 2023]
Shift bidding has been one of the most requested features from our customer base. The Hero Schedule development team has been working hard the last few weeks to roll out…