Customer Support Specialist – Emergency Response

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Wildfire Response Specialist monitoring Frontline’s connected wildfire defense systems and supporting customers during emergencies. Troubleshooting systems, coordinating response, and improving readiness for wildfire events.

Responsibilities:

  • Monitor active wildfire incidents and Frontline fire-tracking alerts
  • Identify customers within alert range and prioritize outreach based on fire proximity, behavior, and evacuation status
  • Proactively contact customers in a fire’s path and guide them through activation or override decisions
  • Verify controller connectivity, backup battery, water pressure, and secondary water sources
  • Provide calm guidance to evacuating or stressed customers, reinforcing personal safety and official evacuation orders
  • Track incidents using CAL FIRE, InciWeb, National Weather Service Red Flag Warnings, and local evacuation maps
  • Log system activity and performance during fire events and escalate failures to engineering and field service
  • Respond to inbound calls, texts, emails, and app messages around the clock
  • Troubleshoot the Frontline app, controller, alerts, and Wi-Fi, cellular, and satellite connectivity
  • Follow escalation procedures and own issues through resolution
  • Create service tickets and dispatch requests
  • Maintain detailed interaction, decision, and follow-up records
  • Follow up after fire events to confirm system status and schedule refills, inspections, or repairs
  • Document system performance and property outcomes for product improvements and performance reporting
  • Lead readiness check-ins before fire season and during Red Flag Warnings
  • Help build response playbooks, call scripts, escalation protocols, and knowledge bases
  • Identify recurring issues and customer pain points and share them with Product, Engineering, and Field Services
  • Perform additional related tasks as assigned

Requirements:

  • 2+ years in a high-pressure, customer-facing role such as emergency dispatch, alarm or central station monitoring, a network operations center, crisis support, or technical support for connected devices
  • Ability to remain calm under pressure, de-escalate distressed callers, and communicate clearly and empathetically
  • Comfort troubleshooting connected technology over the phone, including apps, Wi-Fi, cellular devices, and controllers
  • Sound judgment and ability to prioritize quickly during multiple urgent situations
  • Strong documentation habits and experience with ticketing or CRM systems
  • Availability for rotating shifts, including overnights, weekends, and holidays, plus extra shifts or on-call time during active fire events
  • Quiet, private home workspace with reliable high-speed internet and a backup connectivity plan
  • Proficiency in Google Workspace and Slack
  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • U.S.-based
  • Successful completion of comprehensive background checks

Benefits:

  • Company-provided cell phone and laptop
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Flexible time off
  • 14 paid holidays, including your birthday
  • Work-from-home stipend to support your remote setup
  • Remote-first work environment
  • Company-provided equipment
  • Overtime eligible