Skip to content
Zumu

A no-⁠heat call gets a tech tonight.

Your emergency rules decide every call Zumu takes: wake the on-call tech, book the first slot tomorrow, or fix it on the phone.

Free · about 30 seconds · no sign-up · preview calls are recorded

Talk to Zumu
A dispatch desk at night: a red lamp, a desk phone and a console of status lights

On call tonight

  • Marco R.HVAC
  • Dee K.Electrical

Northline Home & Air, (212) 555-0152Answered by Zumu

The dispatch list

By 7 AM, every call is dispatched, booked or resolved.

The list your dispatcher opens in the morning, each call sorted by a rule the owner wrote.

Northline Home & Air

11 calls, sorted by the owner’s 5 rules, 34°F outside

Example
Every call Northline Home & Air took, sorted by the owner’s rules
TimeJobRuleOutcomeThe owner’s rules
Dispatch tonight2
  1. 1No heat below 40°F with an infant or an elder in the home: send the on-call tech tonight.
  2. 2A breaker that trips again after one reset, or any burning smell: send the on-call electrician.
9:05 PMBreaker trips after reset77 Cedar LnRule 2dispatchedDee K. · ETA 9:50 PM
11:40 PMNo heat · infant at home412 Hawthorne AveRule 1dispatchedMarco R. · ETA 12:25 AM
On the schedule6
  1. 3No heat and everyone well: the first visit tomorrow, earliest window first.
  2. 4Tune-ups, estimates and new systems: the next open window, priced from the price book.
6:18 PMNo heat · house at 61°F19 Hill RdRule 3bookedWed 8–⁠10 AM
7:36 PMHeat pump estimate5 Orchard WayRule 4bookedWed 1–⁠3 PM
8:22 PMFurnace short-cycling230 Grove StRule 3bookedWed 10 AM–⁠12 PM
9:40 PMFurnace tune-up · new customer86 Maple StRule 4bookedThu 8–⁠10 AM · job 48219
10:48 PMNo heat · house at 62°F9 Elm RowRule 3bookedWed 8–⁠10 AM
12:30 AMSmart thermostat quote44 Birch CtRule 4bookedThu 1–⁠3 PM
Solved on the call3
  1. 5Try the fix first — batteries, the filter, the breaker. If it works, log it and close the call.
6:47 PMThermostat screen blank27 Oak RowRule 5resolvedNew batteries · heat back on
8:55 PMFurnace won’t start150 Pine StRule 5resolvedFilter swapped · running
1:15 AMOne room without power61 Ash CtRule 5resolvedBreaker reset · power back

What the night costAI time 40:28 × $0.156/min = $6.31

ServiceTitan, Job 48219, from the 9:40 PM callbooked

Furnace tune-up

Customer
Paul Hollis · new customer
Phone
(212) 555-0168
Address
86 Maple St
Arrival
Thursday · 8–⁠10 AM

The call, attached

  • Gas furnace, running normally; wants the annual tune-up before the cold.
  • Visit quoted from the price book; the customer accepted.
  • Side gate is unlocked. A dog in the yard.

Attached, Recording 4:25, Transcript

Booked: 9:44 PM, on the call, Confirmation texted

Books into ServiceTitan, Jobber and Housecall Pro.

Wake your tech only when the rule says so.

Write your rules with us, and see which calls go out tonight and which wait for morning.

11:40 PM · rule 1 · tech dispatched

Free · about 30 seconds · no sign-up · preview calls are recorded

Talk to Zumu
Book a demo