About this app

Built for STLFC public safety professionals and first-responders, STLFC Grid promotes interoperability between public and private agencies, allowing STLFC Grid users to find each other by location, organization, proximity or specialty; Grid and collaborate one-to-one or in groups; and share images, location, and real-time intelligence in an instant messaging conversation or an instant single-tap teleconference.

CLAIM YOUR PROFILE
Enter your agency-issued email address, and we'll match you to your validated by STLFC Grid profile already in the system. Once you've verified your identity, complete your profile in one simple step.

DISCOVER
Find and Grid with your team and specialists or experts in your region or across the country.

CONNECT
Grid with other verified members so you can start messaging and using GridCall - instant teleconference. Invite your entire team to Grid with just one tap. You control with whom you Grid - only your Grids can send you messages.

MESSAGE
Private 1:1 and group chat with your team and other public safety professionals across the US. Share images and your location. Create or edit the name of group conversations you start. Notifications will alert you to new messages received. View information on all participants in a group chat even if you're not Grided. Start an instant teleconference with your chat group with just one tap.

ALERTS
Receive critical alerts instantly from your agency coordinator in GridCommand, a web application that increases situational awareness, tracks teams, and advances interoperable communications. Acknowledge received alerts with "Accept" or "Reject" status, or choose "Reply" to alert sender with additional input. Push notifications will let you know when a new alert is received. Read receipts let your coordinator know whether you've seen the alert. A backup email will let you know about an alert when you're away from your phone.

GEO-CAST
Broadcast your location to your coordinator in GridCommand. STLFC Grid will continue transmitting your location at a battery-friendly interval until you tap the button again to turn it off or logout.
Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

COMPLIANCE, PRIVACY AND SECURITY
GE Grid encrypts your data in transit and at rest. The app follows NIST, DoD and FedRamp protocols.

New features

Priority bug fixes

App Permissions

Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an app to use fingerprint hardware.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.