Your One-Stop Shop for everyday station life
Connecting firefighters with essential resources
Firestock is an essential platform for firefighters, streamlining daily inventory management and providing delicious firehouse meal recipes. It connects users to firefighter-owned businesses, enhancing both operational efficiency and culinary experiences.
Welcome to Firestock: Your Firefighter's Companion
Background of our founder
Our founder, Zach McGrew is a firefighter paramedic with the San Jose Fire Department. He spent his first years at firehouse 4, which is constantly one of the busiest firehouses in the department running about 5,000 calls a year. As the “rookie” of the four person crew, he was assigned to be the “house manager”. Being the house manager required him to keep an inventory of all day-to-day station supplies. These supplies ranged from all wifi and entertainment services, dry goods and condiments all the way to laundry and soap. This responsibility also included gathering money from the other shifts totalling 12 people. He started with the bank account being given to him with $8 in it and no way to access the account since it was in a retired firefighter’s name. Despite working on average 72 hours at Engine 4, Zach had a difficult time keeping track of supplies, money, and most importantly retaining the trust with his crew members. One day while having to sit down with a printed out excel sheet and the roster of the last month trying to find the people that haven’t paid their dues while also locating that the station had 12 mustard bottles while not having any more salt, he knew he had to fix the root problem.
Our founder, Zach McGrew is a firefighter paramedic with the San Jose Fire Department. He spent his first years at firehouse 4, which is constantly one of the busiest firehouses in the department running about 5,000 calls a year. As the “rookie” of the four person crew, he was assigned to be the “house manager”. Being the house manager required him to keep an inventory of all day-to-day station supplies. These supplies ranged from all wifi and entertainment services, dry goods and condiments all the way to laundry and soap. This responsibility also included gathering money from the other shifts totalling 12 people. He started with the bank account being given to him with $8 in it and no way to access the account since it was in a retired firefighter’s name. Despite working on average 72 hours at Engine 4, Zach had a difficult time keeping track of supplies, money, and most importantly retaining the trust with his crew members. One day while having to sit down with a printed out excel sheet and the roster of the last month trying to find the people that haven’t paid their dues while also locating that the station had 12 mustard bottles while not having any more salt, he knew he had to fix the root problem.