Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Great Android App for Rural Firefighters (and any other first reponders)

Fire Alert 2

I know this is a little off topic but as  a Volunteer Rural  Firefighter, when I'm not playing with electronic gadgets or working. I had been looking for a way to have custom sounds (siren) for the SMS's sent to dispatch us to fires. Every app I tried that did this had balloons, em-icons, colors and never worked properly. Fire alert 1 and 2 are written by a German IT guys that also is a Volunteer Firefighter so he understands the need for this type of app.They can be found on Google Play and are free and with no adds.
Read more at http://www.b4exit.de/index.php/en/firealert-2
This is how I set it up:


Trigger 1:
Settings TAB (The Cog)
Name: FIRECALL (or whatever you like)
Trigger (Sender): 7014 <Firecom> (Yours may be different)
Trigger include (Subject/Body): FIRECALL
Set a sound and colour of your choice
(I used Red and a siren sound I downloaded)
 Sound TAB (The Speaker) 
Volume 100%
Sound in silent mode. Enabled
Text-to-Speech  Enabled
Vibration: Long Vibrate 
Play Sound once: Disabled 
Duration: 10 sec 
Alert Screen TAB
Full screen (animated)
Notification Bar: Enabled 
Turn Screen On: Enabled 
Dim Screen (Saves Battery) : Disabled 
Duration (Screen): 50sec
Use Flash-Light : Multiple Long
Duration(Flash-light): 60 sec 

Trigger 2:
Settings TAB (The Cog) 
Name: STOP (or whatever you like)
Trigger (Sender): 7014 <Firecom> (Yours may be different)
Trigger include (Subject/Body): STOP
Set a sound and colour of your choice
(I used Green and an internal sound)
 Sound TAB (The Speaker) 
Volume 100%
Sound in silent mode. Enabled
Text-to-Speech  Enabled
Vibration: Long Vibrate 
Play Sound once: Disabled 
Duration: 10 sec 
Alert Screen TAB
Full screen (animated)
Notification Bar: Enabled 
Turn Screen On: Enabled 
Dim Screen (Saves Battery) : Disabled 
Duration (Screen): 50sec
Use Flash-Light : Multiple Long
Duration(Flash-light): 60 sec 

Trigger 3:
Settings TAB (The Cog) 
Name: TURNOUT (or whatever you like)
Trigger (Sender): 1st Officer
Trigger include (Subject/Body): GO
Set a sound and colour of your choice
(I used Yellow and a different siren sound I downloaded)
 Sound TAB (The Speaker) 
Volume 100%
Sound in silent mode. Enabled
Text-to-Speech  Enabled
Vibration: Long Vibrate 
Play Sound once: Disabled 
Duration: 5 sec 
Alert Screen TAB
Full screen (animated)
Notification Bar: Enabled 
Turn Screen On: Enabled 
Dim Screen (Saves Battery) : Disabled 
Duration (Screen): 50sec
Use Flash-Light : Multiple Long
Duration(Flash-light): 60 sec 






  For both the wildcard search should stay turned off and the field Trigger exclude (Subject/Body) should be empty. 
Of course all triggers should be active, but all other settings you can setup as you want.

I you want to test you have it set correctly, temporarily set the sender to a friends number and get them to send you a message with the key word/s you are using for a (Subject/Body)trigger.

If you are really having trouble you can contact the author or even myself .

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