Truck Check basics & concepts

What Truck Check is for

Truck Check replaces the paper binder on the dash. Your department defines what a proper check looks like once, then crews run that check on a phone or tablet, mark each item, and flag anything that needs attention. The result is a dated, searchable record of every check — and an automatic alert when something is wrong.

The four core concepts

• Apparatus — your trucks and the buildings/areas you check. Each apparatus can carry photos and documents and has its own check templates.
• Templates — the checklist itself: organized into sections and items, where each item is a question (Pass/Fail, a choice, a number, or text).
• Checks — a single run of a template. This is what a crew member actually fills out, item by item, in the check runner.
• Schedules & assignments — rules for when a check is due and who is responsible for it.

How a typical day flows

1. A crew member opens what is due (/checks/due) or assigned to them (/assigned).
2. They start the check and work through each section in the runner.
3. If something fails, they flag it — which raises an alert for the people who fix it.
4. They finalize the check, creating the permanent record.

The rest of the Truck Check articles cover each of these pieces in detail.