Templates

Seven designs, one for every kind of department

Volunteer companies, combination and career departments, districts, rescue squads and EMS agencies each get a design built around how they serve. Pick one, add your color and photos, and every page follows along.

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The Modern template, shown as Marion Township Fire Rescue, a fictional department

Combination departments

Modern

Huge condensed headlines, angled color slabs and full-bleed photos. Confident and current.

  • Full-bleed photo hero cut by an angled accent slab
  • Oversized numbers for stats, steps and stations
  • An angled photo mosaic for life around the department

Shown as Marion Township Fire Rescue, a fictional department.

The Poster template, shown as Cedar Valley Volunteer Fire Company, a fictional department

Volunteer fire companies and auxiliaries

Poster

A mid-century public-service poster, reprinted for the web. Slab headlines and photos printed in two colors.

  • Photos printed in ink and your color, faces kept clear
  • Ticket-style events and a clip-and-send volunteer form
  • A pinned-up wall of community photos

Shown as Cedar Valley Volunteer Fire Company, a fictional department.

The Wayfinding template, shown as Marion Township Fire Rescue, a fictional department

Career and urban departments

Wayfinding

A signage system for a city department. Guide-sign panels, route numbers and a strict grid.

  • A guide-sign hero standing over a full-color photo
  • Stations as route markers, events as a timetable
  • A station-poster gallery with numbered plates

Shown as Marion Township Fire Rescue, a fictional department.

The Field Map template, shown as North Fork Fire Protection District, a fictional department

Rural, mountain and wildland departments

Field Map

The whole site printed like a topographic map sheet, in earth colors drawn from yours.

  • Contour map fields, legends and grid references
  • Photos set as numbered map plates
  • Burn permits and meetings laid out like a field log

Shown as North Fork Fire Protection District, a fictional department.

The Swiftwater template, shown as River Bend Rescue Squad, a fictional department

Water and technical rescue teams

Swiftwater

Heavy italic type, deep navy and rescue orange, and current that runs downstream.

  • A full-bleed action hero crossed by current lines
  • Slanted photo frames that step downstream
  • Water-safety pages built for quick reading on a phone

Shown as River Bend Rescue Squad, a fictional department.

The Public Notice template, shown as North Fork Fire Protection District, a fictional department

Fire districts and public agencies

Public Notice

Plain, heavy and unmistakably official. Built for boards, budgets and public records.

  • Large type in a clean document layout, with high-contrast text
  • Documentary photos with numbered figure captions
  • Meetings, minutes and records that are easy to scan

Shown as North Fork Fire Protection District, a fictional department.

The Livery template, shown as Tri-County Ambulance Service, a fictional department

EMS agencies and ambulance services

Livery

Ambulance livery on the web. Wide lettering, pinstripes and bold bands.

  • A photo hero framed by the vehicle stripe
  • Billing, records and CPR pages ready from day one
  • A compartment-door gallery of your crew at work

Shown as Tri-County Ambulance Service, a fictional department.

Sample sites use public-domain photos of real fire, EMS and rescue crews. Your site starts with them and swaps in your own.

Your colors

One template, your department's color

Pick your accent and the whole site follows: buttons, bands, backgrounds and map fields. Text stays readable whatever color you choose. Shown here with Field Map.

The Field Map template with a default ochre accent
Default ochre
The Field Map template with a blue accent
Blue
The Field Map template with a green accent
Green
The Field Map template with a red accent
Red
Made yours

What you can customize

Set these during setup and every page follows along.

Colors

Your department's colors across headers, buttons and accents.

Logo

Your patch, emblem or wordmark in the header and footer.

Starter content

Pages written for your kind of department, from volunteer companies to EMS agencies, ready to edit.

Hero media

A photo of your station, apparatus or members at the top of the home page.

Section order

Put recruiting, news or events first, in the order that fits your department.

What stays fixed

No custom code, on purpose

Templates do not take custom code or scripts. That is what keeps every site fast, accessible and safe to update by any member, and it is why routine changes never need a developer.

  • No custom codeNo pasted scripts, embeds of unknown origin or hand-edited HTML.
  • Accessibility built inEvery template is built to WCAG 2.2 AA.
  • The 911 barAlways on, on every page, in true red.

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