StormOps for Campgrounds
A tablet and phone dashboard for provincial-park staff and private campground operators — push a single button to mass-alert registered campers, run a head-count, and capture a damage-check list the moment a warning clears.
Park operators and private campground owners running overnight sites in tornado- and severe-storm-prone regions
- Mass-SMS and voice-alert send to every registered camper on the site, gated by Environment Canada/NOAA warning polygons
- Live head-count and unaccounted-camper list with quick-call links and last-seen location
- Post-storm damage-check templates with photo capture, GPS-tagged, and auto-compiled into an incident report
- One-click export of the incident packet for insurance and the municipality
After Dillberry Lake was evacuated with five injuries, smaller operators lack a runbook — provincial alerts reach phones, but operators need an on-site accountability tool to actually clear the park.
Real anchor event (Dillberry Lake tornado, July 2026, 5 injuries) confirms a need, but storm events are sporadic and the operator base in tornado-prone provinces is narrow.Tornado touches down at Alberta campground - CTV News ↗Confirmed tornado touchdown at Alberta campground; damage assessment - The Weather Network ↗
ReadyAlert already sells RV-park mass-notification with severe-weather, site-level SMS/voice alerts and acknowledgment logs; OmniWarn and Alertus also target parks/camps — the alert half is crowded.RV Park Alert System | Campground Notifications - ReadyAlert ↗Emergency Alert Systems for Parks & Recreation - OmniWarn ↗Mass Notification Solutions for Camps - Alertus Technologies ↗
Campground management software is a ~$1.2B market, but small private operators have tight margins and a storm-specific tool used a few times a year is hard to sell standalone — needs bundling into existing reservation suites.Campground Management Software Market Size, Growth & Forecast [2034] - Verified Market Reports ↗
Severe-weather frequency is rising with climate change and provincial parks are under public pressure to harden safety, giving durable demand for several years at minimum.Tornado touches down at Alberta campground - CTV News ↗
Straightforward to build: SMS/voice blast (Twilio-class), web dashboard, mobile app, checklist forms, weather-feed webhook — all commodity pieces; main effort is onboarding operators and registering guest contacts.