Written for the people who actually issue the permits — chiefs, deputy chiefs, fire prevention officers, and the clerk who ends up with the binder.
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Twelve questions that separate software built for fire departments from a generic form builder with a fire truck on the homepage. Most of them are about what happens after the permit is issued.
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Residents don't want a weather station. They want to know whether to light the fire. Three numbers, in the right order, answer that — and the order is the whole trick.
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A ban is only as good as the last resident who heard about it. The declaration takes a minute; reaching everyone who already has a permit is the part that decides whether it works.
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The permit fee covers the paper. It doesn't cover the phone call, the drive to the hall, the binder, or the Saturday a captain spends telling people the ban is still on. Here's how to actually price a paper program.
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