Something is
happening.
You’ll know first.
Fires, crashes, wires down and flooding — reported in one tap by the people who are actually standing there, and on your phone seconds later.
One town free, forever.Good evening, Evan
3 active near Huntington
One tap for minor.
Two for major.
Only the first step is yours. Everything after it is designed so a report cannot drift or turn into forty posts about the same fire.
Tap what you see
Minor is already selected, so an odor of smoke or a fender bender is one tap. Major takes one more. No form, no typing.
Scout writes it
The words come from the title you picked, identical every time. Nobody translates anything and nobody embellishes it.
Your block hears
A major call pushes to everyone following that town. A minor one lands in the feed without waking anybody.
It stays honest
Unconfirmed, active, contained, cleared. Reports are designed around nearby confirmations and a clear record of changes.
Twelve types. Two titles each.
The minor title is what most people see. The major one is the version worth waking a town for.
The story behind the alert.
Scout tells you something is happening. Dispatch tells you what happened, with photos from the people who were standing there.
Working structure fire holds the second floor on Pulaski Rd
Huntington Station
Two aboard a capsized skiff recovered off Northport Harbor
Northport
Brush fire runs three acres along Peconic Trail
Riverhead
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Everything you need to know what is happening where you live.
For anyone watching more than one town: where you live, where you work, where your parents are.
Proximity alerts are always free. Scout’s app is designed to keep nearby alerts available to every account, paid or not.
The parts we left out on purpose.
No scanner codes
No second alarms, no box numbers, no ten-codes. If you need a glossary to read it, it is not a Scout report.
No patient information
A Fire / EMS activity report says units are out. It never says who, or why, or how badly.
No engagement bait
Views earn no points. Nothing is ranked by outrage. The story matters more than the reaction.
No selling you
No ad networks, no device advertising IDs, no cross-app tracking. Your attention is not the product.
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