StormLink

Mobilize line crews before the storm makes landfall.

StormLink puts the utility, contractors, referral halls and linemen on one job call, from the first bid to the man camp.

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The utility declares the storm.

One form sets the resources needed, the staging address and the mobilization time. Every approved contractor gets it at once.

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Contractors bid while the lights go out.

The hall dispatches. Linemen answer from their phones.

Referral agents fill each order from the book, by batch or by name. A lineman reads the call and accepts it in a tap.

Every switch closed. The lights come back.

Rosters, trucks, camps and messages stay in one place until the last crew is released.

Illustrative storm and figures

Storm work runs on phone trees and spreadsheets because no one party owns the whole chain. StormLink gives each party its own view of the same order.

  1. Declare

    Publish the storm, resources needed, staging address and mobilize time.

    Utility

  2. Bid

  3. Approve

  4. Dispatch

  5. Accept

  6. Report

Rows of bucket trucks under light towers at a staging yard at night.

Utilities

Declare storms, compare bids and see who is actually coming.

  • Storm events
  • Bid approvals
  • Show-up locations
  • Live roster
Linemen walk to their trucks past sleeper trailers at first light.

Linemen

Get the call, know the per diem and report location, and find your partner.

  • Job calls
  • Storm map
  • Assignment
  • Availability

General contractors

Bring your own crews, fill the rest with subs, and answer for the total.

  • Sub bids
  • Sub rosters
  • In-house crews

Contractors

Bid with real numbers, then run the trucks, camps and crews you won.

  • Bids
  • Fleet
  • Man camps

Referral agents

Fill orders fairly from the book, and honor named requests in the open.

  • Hall orders
  • Batch dispatch
  • Member verification
A lineman in a bucket truck repairs a snapped pole at dawn after a hurricane.

Built for a phone in a wet glove.

Job calls, assignments and messages fit on one screen with large targets, in a dark theme for the 4 a.m. muster and a light one for daylight.

  • Access follows the jobEvery request is checked against your role and company on the server. A contractor can't open a competitor's bid by changing a URL.
  • Passwords and sessions done properlyPasswords are hashed with scrypt, sessions can be revoked from any device, and repeated failed sign-ins are locked out.
  • Two-factor sign-inAuthenticator-app codes for any account, with single-use recovery codes.
  • A record of who did whatApprovals, dispatches, role changes and admin actions are written to an audit log that can be exported.
  • Tickets verified by peopleA hall's referral agent confirms a lineman's ticket number and local before that member can receive calls.
  • Runs on your PostgresDeploy it to your own hosting and database. Your workforce data stays in your account.