Support

Getting started

1. Sign in with Apple. One tap, no password. Sign in with the same Apple ID on a new phone and your whole log comes back.
2. Enter your name, unit, and debit number. These print on Form 407 as your permanent assignment, for example “L5/D10”. You can change them later in Settings.
3. Allow location (recommended). The app uses your location once, when you log, to find the call you were on. You can skip this and pick incidents yourself.
4. Log an exposure. Tap Log exposure on the Exposures tab, or ask Siri. It saves instantly, even with no signal, and you can add Form 407 details now or later.

Setting up Siri

These phrases work right away, with no setup:

If Siri finds a few possible calls, it asks which one it was. You can answer, or say “neither” and pick it later in the app.

To just say “Log an exposure” (without the app name), make a personal shortcut once:

1. In Exposure Log, open Settings and tap Open a new shortcut in the Siri section (or open the Shortcuts app and tap +).
2. Add Exposure Log’s Log Exposure action.
3. Rename the shortcut Log an exposure and tap Done.

Siri runs personal shortcuts by name, so the short phrase then works anywhere Siri runs your shortcuts.

Incident numbers

Exposure Log looks up recent fire and hazmat calls in Seattle’s public Real-Time Fire 911 data and matches them to where you were when you logged. If it’s confident, it attaches the incident and marks it “Tap to confirm”. If a few calls are close, it asks which one.

• Needs incident # means nothing matched yet. New calls can take a few minutes to appear in the City’s data, and the app tries again the next time you open it.
• To pick or fix it yourself, open the exposure and tap Find incident (or Change incident). Choose a call from the list, or use Enter manually and type the number (an F followed by 9 digits, for example F260052397).
• If you logged at the end of a long shift, set Settings > Look back for incidents to 24 hours.

Exporting Form 407 and CSV

1. On the Exposures tab, tap the Export button (the share icon at the top right).
2. Choose Form 407 (PDF).
3. Pick the year. For an unusual date range, use Custom range.
4. If some exposures are missing Form 407 details or an incident number, you’ll see a warning. Tap Fix now to fill them in, or Export anyway.
5. Check the preview, then share it to Mail, Files, a printer, or wherever you hand in your form.

For a spreadsheet, tap Export > Export CSV. It opens cleanly in Excel or Numbers.

Gear washes

The wash card at the top of the Exposures tab shows when each set of turnouts was last washed and how many exposures it has had since. Tap Log wash after you send a set to be washed, or say “Log a wash in Exposure Log”.

Deleting your account

1. Open Exposure Log and go to Settings.
2. Tap Delete account and data and confirm. You may be asked to sign in with Apple again.

This permanently deletes every exposure, wash, and setting in your account, deletes your sign-in account, and revokes Exposure Log’s Sign in with Apple access. It can’t be undone, so export your Form 407 or CSV first if you want a copy. Signing out doesn’t delete anything. See the privacy policy for details.

Contact

Questions, bugs, or ideas: ben@shiftdad.app. Please don’t include any patient information in your message.

Exposure Log currently works with Seattle Fire incidents only. You can still log exposures anywhere and enter incident numbers by hand.