Now available — Terminus Emergency Management System
Run the incident, not the paperwork
TEMS is incident management software built around the Incident Command System. Track resources, account for personnel, generate ICS forms, and keep your command post on the same operational picture — from first notification through demobilization.
The demo opens a live, fully-populated spill response incident at tems.terminus.us — no setup, no sales call required.
What is TEMS?
One platform for the whole command post
Most incidents are still managed with a patchwork of spreadsheets, shared drives, and paper ICS forms that fall out of sync the moment the tempo picks up. TEMS replaces that patchwork with a single, role-based system organized the way an Incident Management Team actually works — Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance, each with the tools that section needs.
What TEMS Does
ICS-Structured Workflow
Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Admin each get a dedicated workspace. Everyone works inside the same incident, organized the way the ICS expects.
Resource Tracking
Pull from a master database of more than 11,000 equipment items. Resources are imported into each incident as a snapshot, so your historical record stays accurate even as the master list changes.
Personnel & Check-In
Maintain a roster, assign people to ICS positions, and track check-in and check-out. Know who is on the team, what role they hold, and where they are at any point in the operational period.
Automated ICS Forms
Generate the documentation the response runs on — ICS 201, 207, 214, and 230, initial spill reports, and resource status reports — populated from the data your team is already entering.
Environmental & Safety
Dedicated space for the Environmental Unit and Safety to track monitoring, document decisions, and keep sensitive-area and responder-safety considerations in front of the team.
Common Operational Picture
A shared, map-aware view of the incident keeps Command and the field looking at the same picture — deployments, status, and situation in one place instead of scattered across email and whiteboards.
Built by responders, for responders
TEMS comes out of more than three decades on real incidents — Deepwater Horizon, Cosco Busan, and years of ICS training and real-world response operations for industry and government. It is designed around how Incident Management Teams actually operate under pressure, not how a generic database thinks they should.
The result is software that gets out of the way: fast to stand up for a new incident, organized by ICS section, and focused on the documentation and accountability that responses and regulators require.
Meet the Team Behind ItWho TEMS Is For
Incident Commanders & Unified Command
Keep the whole response on one operational picture and one set of records.
Planning Section
Build the IAP, manage resources and situation, and produce ICS forms without re-keying.
Logistics & Operations
Track equipment, deployments, and assignments against the resources you actually have.
Plan Holders & Cooperatives
Stand up an incident fast for a drill or a real event, with documentation built in.
Security & Trust
Security designed for operational response
TEMS applies layered security controls across application access, data protection, tenant isolation, hosting, backups, and operational practices. Customer data is encrypted in transit and at rest, hosted in the United States on SOC 2 Type 2-attested infrastructure, and logically isolated by organization.
Encryption & Data Protection
- Customer data encrypted at rest and in transit
- Managed PostgreSQL on encrypted volumes
- Documents held in a private, encrypted object store
- TLS 1.3 everywhere, with automatic HTTPS redirect
- Secrets encrypted and injected at runtime — never in source code
Infrastructure & Hosting
- Built on Fly.io — a SOC 2 Type 2-attested platform
- ISO 27001-certified data centers
- Hardware-virtualized (Firecracker microVM) workload isolation
- Private, encrypted internal network (WireGuard mesh)
- Database never exposed to the public internet
Access & Application Security
- Named accounts by invitation only — no open public sign-up
- Passwords salted and cryptographically hashed — plaintext passwords are never stored
- Role-based access control, checked on every request
- Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite session cookies with admin force-logout
- Protections against SQL injection, XSS, and CSRF
- Login and registration rate limiting
Data Ownership & Privacy
- You own your data; multi-tenant logical isolation keeps it separate
- US data residency — hosted in Chicago, Illinois
- Export to Excel and PDF anytime; export and deletion on request
- No payment, health, or classified data; no ads or third-party tracking
- Optional AI assistance — runs only when a user explicitly invokes it, can be disabled at the organization level, and sends only the context needed for the requested function
Reliability & Auditability
- Redundant application instances with automated health monitoring
- Encrypted database backups supporting point-in-time recovery
- Independent backup protections separated from normal application access
- Structured, tenant-scoped audit logging for security-relevant activity
- Defined software update and vulnerability-management practices
Running a vendor security review? Terminus supports reasonable customer security due diligence and can provide security documentation, complete standard security questionnaires, and discuss deployment-specific requirements. Enhanced testing, integrations, assurance requirements, and contractual security controls are scoped as part of the applicable customer agreement. Request security information →
Part of the Terminus Suite
TEMS works alone — or with the rest of the suite
One subscription covers all three products, priced by response plan with unlimited users.
Media inquiry logging, press release routing and approval, rumor control, and an approved messaging library.
Explore TJIC → RegPlanner Planning Standard ComplianceArrival-time calculations from real staging coordinates against applicable planning standards, with a submittable compliance spreadsheet.
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Try the live demo incident yourself, or schedule a walkthrough and we'll show you how TEMS handles resource tracking, personnel accountability, and ICS documentation end to end.
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