Understand alert routing
Learn how services, schedules, escalation policies, and notification channels determine who is contacted. Read the alert lifecycle.
Firewatch documentation
Learn how Firewatch routes alerts, manages on-call coverage, escalates missed pages, and keeps responders informed.
Choose a guide
Section titled “Choose a guide”Connect integrations
Configure alert sources and outbound email, Slack, SMS, voice, and webhook delivery. Review integrations.
Build with the API
Discover the versioned REST API and its generated OpenAPI contract. Open the API guide.
Self-host Firewatch
Install the complete product with Docker Compose and configure the services you operate. Open the self-hosting guide.
Set up your on-call workflow
Section titled “Set up your on-call workflow”- Understand the alert lifecycle from ingestion through acknowledgement, escalation, and resolution.
- Create a service, schedule, and escalation policy that reflect your actual responder coverage.
- Connect an alert source and configure the delivery channels you operate.
- Send a test alert and verify acknowledgement, escalation, and recovery before relying on the system for production paging.
Firewatch is under active development. Evaluate the current release against your organization’s availability, security, and compliance requirements.