Frequently Asked Questions
How Does that Business-Government Partnership Work?
A local business, nonprofit, government, or civic group sponsors SpotOnResponse for the community. They purchase the subscription directly from SpotOnResponse paid by most popular credit cards and PayPal. The subscriber provides the name of the administrator with whom all operational discussions take place. The subscription unlocks 100 user licenses that are distributed by the administrator, usually the local emergency coordinator, across local government, businesses, community associations, schools, and any other partner. The administrator then gives registration information to any individual or organization they choose.
What Do You Get for $1,000/Year?
✔️ SpotOnResponse licenses for up to 100 local users
✔️ Full access to a secure, scalable, proven Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud platform
✔️ Tools for planning, response, communication, and recovery
✔️ Mobile apps downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play
✔️ Web browser application includes many but not all features of the mobile app
Is this a stripped-down app?
This is a platform purpose-built for public safety, offered at a price that reflects the mission — not the profit margin.
SpotOnResponse is not a freemium tool. Something with a bunch of "in app" purchases. No.
It’s a secure, cloud-based platform designed specifically for community-scale emergency coordination — with real-time planning, personnel and vehicle tracking, communications, mobile drills, and recovery tools built-in.
Is the pricing a gimmick that I will pay for later?.
Pricing is part of a deliberate partnership strategy to accelerate adoption. Widespread distribution throughout the Whole Community is essential to change the face of emergency management. This isn’t about profit. It’s about making the After FEMA Community Recovery Playbook possible, fast.
You get everything that commercial customers have paid 3-5X the amount. If you can put the app into the hands of the Whole Community you will fill the gap left by FEMA and we will all be safer. That is worth it to us. And should be to you, too.
What guidance is available to help deploy?
There is a Getting Started Guide for the administrator to help plan the roll-out. The After FEMA Playbook for Community Emergency Response provides hundreds of tasks that more than 60 different types of organizations should take to be ready for recovery. The After FEMA Playbook Technical Guide describes how to modify existing data collector templates to customize for special requirements.
Become A Community Sponsor
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community Needs a sponsor?
We're here to help you secure a sponsor for the $1,000 annual subscription to SpotOnResponse. The button below downloads your Sponsor Outreach Kit. It includes an introduction email and an electronic brochure. With the Kit you can easily approach potential sponsors who share your vision to request that they subscribe.
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how to sponsor a community
Any business, community organization, or other group is eligible to subscribe to the SpotOnResponse mobile app and web application. Then you donate access to 100 individuals or organizations, more than enough to empower the whole community to better coordinate response and speed recovery.
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Sponsor your community now
With FEMA and the Feds pulling back, sponsoring lets you take action, build for the future, calm community concern, and provide tangible evidence that the community has sound leadership. For only $1000 you can take your community from fearing the loss of FEMA to building Local First resiliency.