FirstGround Intelligence
Operational Dispatch Intelligence

You shouldn't need hours of weather apps, maps, spreadsheets, and phone calls to figure out whether tomorrow's field plan still works.

AMI builds the dispatch plan around your sites, crews, operating standards, access conditions, travel time, and forecast windows.

When conditions change, AMI shows what changed, which work is affected, and whether the plan deserves another look.

You still make the decision. AMI does the analysis.

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Use a real location. AMI Live uses current and forecast operational data, not canned demo results.

AMI Live lets you evaluate any location. AMI Pro continuously monitors the locations that matter to your operation.

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Live Operational Data
ami.live / route LIVE
22.8 mi · 34 min·GO at arrival
Snow depth along route
Clear24"+
ROADSSNOWFIRESSMOKE
© CARTO · OSM
Leave
Today · 8:00 AM
ETA
Today · 8:34 AM
Can I still make the window?
YES
Arrives Within Viable Window
Conditions at arrival
Go
Workable time remaining
~10 hr
Window closes
Today · 7:00 PM
Next restriction
Thunderstorm · stop-work

Arrival falls inside the current operating window with sufficient time to work. Proceed with normal dispatch checks.

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No login required · Live operational data

The Problem

Field dispatch is still stitched together manually.

Crews arrive. The work isn't ready.

Weather changed, access failed, or the workable window closed before the crew got there.

The decision lives in too many places.

Forecast apps, maps, road information, spreadsheets, site notes, crew availability, and phone calls.

When the plan changes, the reasoning disappears.

There is rarely one record of what conditions were known and why the dispatch decision changed.

AMI turns those moving pieces into one operational plan.

Before / After AMI

The same dispatch desk — with and without AMI doing the analysis.

Without AMI
  • Spreadsheets and sticky notes tracking sites, crews, and weather
  • Best-guess weather from three apps — none checked at the actual arrival time
  • Phone calls to the yard to ask whether the road is passable
  • Crew rolls, then finds out at the site the work can't happen
  • Standby day billed — mobilization wasted
With AMI
  • One screen — every site, every condition, current status
  • Route, access, and arrival-time forecast checked before dispatch
  • Viable operating window flagged automatically
  • No-Go caught before the truck leaves the yard
  • Mobilization spent only when the work can actually happen
How AMI Works

From site intelligence to a dispatch plan.

01
Add Your Work

Import your own portfolio, create a new location, or discover infrastructure through optional TowerMap Intelligence.

Upload your own CSV / coordinates / ArcGIS data, or simply create a new site, facility, access point, project location, staging area, or any field location you want to track. Optional TowerMap Intelligence can help you discover and research existing tower infrastructure when you need it. Once added to My Sites, AMI can begin tracking the operational intelligence behind that location and building history over time.

02
Plan

AMI finds viable operating windows and builds dispatch options around sites, crews, travel, route conditions, priorities, and cost.

Weather-Aware Plan or Route-Optimized Plan

03
Monitor

Conditions do not stop changing after the plan is built. AMI refreshes the intelligence behind the work and shows:

What changedWhat is affectedWhy it matters
How AMI Decides

See what AMI checks before the crew rolls.

AMI evaluates each assignment against the conditions that matter for the work being performed. Watch the decision build as each part of the mission is checked.

ami.live / decision
Evaluating
Snoqualmie Pass WA-047
checking…
Weather & Wind
HOLD
Visibility / Lightning
PASS
Environmental Hazards
PENDING
Access
PENDING
Route
PENDING
Operational Readiness
PENDING

Know when to go, where to go first, and whether it's safe to dispatch at all.

The Dispatch Engine

Every dispatch run delivers both plans — you pick which to run.

AMI evaluates the same work through different planning strategies so the dispatcher can see the operational and cost tradeoffs before crews are committed.

Weather-Aware Plan
Prioritizes workable operating windows and reduces exposure to conditions likely to cause standby, delay, failed mobilization, or rescheduling.
  • Sites sequenced to hit confirmed clear weather windows first
  • High-risk sites pushed to later forecast days when conditions improve
  • Avoids days exceeding your wind, precip, or visibility thresholds
  • Zero weather-risk days in plan — crews work when conditions are confirmed
💰 Saves by avoiding standby cost — not by cutting drive time
Best for: icing-prone terrain, UAS missions, tower climbs, safety-critical work
Route-Optimized Plan
Prioritizes efficient sequencing and travel while still surfacing work where weather, access, or hazards create additional exposure.
  • Sites clustered using real road-matrix data, not straight-line proximity
  • More sites per crew-day — maximizes output per mobilization
  • Shorter total project duration, lower mobilization cost
💰 Aims to save on drive time — savings depend on avoiding standby days
Risk: may include 1–2 days with marginal weather. AMI flags these days and quantifies the standby risk cost.
Side-by-side comparison — example 20-site project

Costs calculated from your actual crew rates, equipment, and mobilization inputs — not generic estimates.

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Metric
Weather-Aware
Route-Optimized
Total Sites in Plan2020
Sites Excluded (gate hold)
Same — both plans exclude the same gated-out sites
33
Total Project Days8 days6 days
Total Drive Hours14.2 hrs10.5 hrs
Weather Risk Days02 days
Standby Risk Cost$0$3,600 estimated exposure
Crew + Equipment Cost$24,800$19,200
Total Estimated Cost$24,800$22,800 – $26,400*

*Route plan cost range reflects weather-risk standby exposure. If both risk days proceed without incident, savings are real. If one turns into a standby day, the cost gap closes. AMI surfaces this so the dispatcher makes an informed tradeoff — not a guess.

AMI recommends. The dispatcher decides.

Overrides and reasons can be recorded with the conditions that drove the recommendation.

Weather Threat Intelligence

One storm. Hundreds of locations. Know what is affected.

AMI Pro continuously evaluates monitored locations against changing conditions so operations teams can see where threats are developing and where attention may be needed first.

Explore AMI Pro
AMI Weather Threat Intelligence dashboard
Operating Windows + Route Intelligence

Will the work still be viable when the crew actually gets there?

AMI evaluates the destination at the estimated arrival time — not just current weather — then looks forward to see how much workable window remains. Same trip, two outcomes.

When the window holds — dispatch with confidence
ami.live / route LIVE
22.8 mi · 34 min·GO at arrival
ROADSSNOWFIRESSMOKE
© CARTO · OSM
Route to Location
Leave Now
Today · 8:00 AM
ETA
Today · 8:34 AM
22.8 mi · 34 min
From:Dispatch Yard — Ephrata, WA
To:47.0890, -119.8432
Can I Still Make the Window?
YESYes — Arrives Within Viable Window
Conditions at arrivalGo
Viable time after arrival~10 hr
Window closesToday · 7:00 PM
Next restrictionThunderstorm — immediate stop-work
Estimated arrivalToday · 8:34 AM
Operational guidance: Arrival falls inside the current operating window with sufficient time to work. Proceed with normal dispatch checks.
Now vs At Arrival
NowAt ETA
AMIGO|GO
Wind5 mph|5 mph
Gusts7 mph|7 mph
Precip8%|1%
Temp58°F|66°F
Visibility9.9 mi|9.9 mi
Route Intelligence
No active fire perimeter crossing routeClear
No snow depth along routeClear
AMI Route Intelligence
Live Traffic & Delay IntelligenceSUBSCRIPTION · SOON
Road Closures & RestrictionsSUBSCRIPTION · SOON
RMI Access VerificationSUBSCRIPTION · SOON
Good departure window

Leaving now places the crew onsite while conditions remain within operational limits. Proceed with normal dispatch checks.

AMI decision support. Final operational authority remains with your team.

When AMI catches a problem before you spend the mobilization
ami.live / route LIVE
22.8 mi · 34 min·NO-GO at arrival
Route exposure · Wildfire
ClearFire
ROADSSNOWFIRESSMOKE
© CARTO · OSM
Route to Location
Leave Now
Today · 8:00 AM
ETA
Today · 8:34 AM
22.8 mi · 34 min
From:Dispatch Yard — Ephrata, WA
To:47.0890, -119.8432
Can I Still Make the Window?
NONo — Arrives Outside Viable Window
Conditions at arrivalNo-Go
Viable time after arrival0 hr
Window closesCloses before ETA · 8:20 AM
Next restrictionWind 28 mph — exceeds hard limit at 8:20 AM
Estimated arrivalToday · 8:34 AM
Operational guidance: Wind is forecast to exceed the hard limit before the crew arrives. Conditions at arrival: No-Go.
Now vs At Arrival
NowAt ETA
AMIGO|NO-GO
Wind12 mph|28 mph
Gusts18 mph|34 mph
Precip0%|5%
Temp58°F|61°F
Visibility9.9 mi|4.2 mi
Route Intelligence
No active fire perimeter crossing routeClear
No snow depth along routeClear
AMI Route Intelligence
Live Traffic & Delay IntelligenceSUBSCRIPTION · SOON
Road Closures & RestrictionsSUBSCRIPTION · SOON
RMI Access VerificationSUBSCRIPTION · SOON
Hold dispatch — window closes before arrival

Dispatching now risks a standby or failed mobilization. Recommend rescheduling to the next viable window — AMI flags the next one automatically.

AMI decision support. Final operational authority remains with your team.

Evaluates at ETA, not now

A site that's Go at 6 AM can be No-Go at 10 AM. AMI checks the forecast at arrival so you don't find out after the drive.

Stops wasted mobilizations

One avoided standby day pays for months of AMI. The bad-outcome run above is a trip that doesn't leave the yard.

Flags the next viable window

When today closes, AMI surfaces the next workable window automatically — so the crew goes when conditions will actually hold.

The Intelligence Behind the Decision

AMI gets stronger when it knows more about the work.

Location Intelligence

Track and build operational history around any location you manage — a facility, project site, access point, staging area, construction location, remote field location, or infrastructure asset. Import your own portfolio or create new locations directly.

Any U.S. LocationImport PortfolioCreate NewOperational HistorySite Knowledge
Environmental Intelligence

Current and forecast weather, wind, visibility, lightning, wildfire, smoke, AQI advisories, snow, seasonal conditions, and other operational hazards.

Route Intelligence

Travel time, ETA conditions, wildfire exposure, snow exposure, operating-window-at-arrival analysis, and increasingly deeper road and access intelligence.

Field Intelligence

Crew observations, access notes, site knowledge, actual field conditions, and lessons from previous work feed the next decision.

Source freshness, confidence, and coverage are shown with the result. Missing information is not silently treated as clean data.

Why I Built AMI

AMI came from the operations side of field work.

FirstGround Intelligence was founded by Jared Schexnider after years working across telecom infrastructure, GIS, field operations, broadband planning, and national-scale UAS inspection operations.

The same problem kept showing up: teams had plenty of information, but the information lived in different places.

Weatherin one system.
Sitesin another.
Routessomewhere else.
Crew availabilityin a spreadsheet.
Access knowledgein someone's head.
Field conditionsin a phone call.

The hard part was not finding another forecast. It was turning all of those moving pieces into a decision someone could actually use before the crew mobilized.

AMI was built around that problem.

Know when to go, where to go first, and whether it's safe to dispatch at all.

FirstGround is built around field reality — not replacing the people making the decision, but giving them better information before they have to make it.

Real Data. Real Operating Conditions.

See AMI track a real season as conditions change.

The 2025–2026 replay shows how monitored sites changed as snow accumulated, access deteriorated, and conditions later improved.

Pre-Snow
Week of Oct 1, 2025–26
Depth:
Status:

AMI surfaced Monitor and Hold states before sites became unworkable, giving dispatchers time to adjust before crews were already committed.

Snow is one example. AMI now evaluates changing conditions across the full field operation.

Who It's For

Built for field operations where timing, access, and conditions matter.

UAS Operators

Find viable flight windows before pilots begin long mobilizations. AMI evaluates mission-specific weather, visibility, lightning, wildfire, smoke, arrival timing, and operating windows.

Best Work WindowETA ConditionsMission Thresholds
Tower Climb Crews

Evaluate wind, gusts, weather, snow/access conditions, and environmental hazards against climb-specific operating standards.

Wind & GustSnow / AccessEnvironmental Hazards
Crane & Heavy Equipment

Evaluate sustained wind, travel time, access conditions, route exposure, and other constraints before mobilizing expensive equipment.

Sustained WindTravel TimeRoute Exposure
Ground Crews & Maintenance

Sequence field work around operating windows, travel time, access conditions, site priorities, and nearby opportunities.

Operating WindowsAccess ConditionsSite Sequencing
Pre-Construction Teams

Understand when sites become accessible and when seasonal or environmental conditions are likely to affect planned work.

Access TimingSeasonal ConditionsEnvironmental Windows
Operations Managers

Monitor the portfolio, identify workable windows, compare dispatch options, understand what changed, and retain the decision record.

Portfolio MonitoringDispatch OptionsDecision Record
From AMI Live to AMI Pro

Start with one location. Scale to the whole operation.

AMI Live

Evaluate any location using live and forecast operational intelligence.

Current AMI readinessNow / +24 / +48 / +72 / +96 / +120 outlookDetailed weather intelligenceRoute generationWildfire / smoke / snowNo login required
AMI Pro

Save and continuously monitor your locations, apply your operating standards, track what changed, identify portfolio threats, and turn intelligence into dispatch decisions.

Continuous monitoring Configurable operating standards What Changed tracking Weather Threat Intelligence Projects & Dispatch Field Intel Decision records
Extend AMI with FirstGround Intelligence

AMI can operate with your own sites and data. Optional FirstGround intelligence services add deeper infrastructure discovery and remote-access intelligence when your operation needs it.

TMI · TowerMap Intelligence
Site Discovery + Infrastructure Intelligence
Optional Subscription

Find infrastructure you already know about — and infrastructure you don't.

TowerMap Intelligence gives AMI a deeper view of the infrastructure itself. Search approximately 119,500 tower locations nationwide with available intelligence such as ownership, structure type, height, historical snow behavior, seasonal context, and environmental conditions.

TMI can also help teams discover infrastructure they may not already have in their own records — whether they are evaluating network expansion, entering a new market, looking for infrastructure near a target area, or researching a tower they have recently encountered.

Users can create their own site, facility, or field location and begin tracking it inside AMI — or select an existing tower from TowerMap Intelligence when infrastructure discovery is needed.

Find the infrastructure. Understand the site. Bring it into the operational plan.

119,500+ TowersOwnerStructure TypeHeightHistorical SnowEnvironmental ContextInfrastructure DiscoveryExpansion Planning
RMI · RouteMap Intelligence
Remote Access + Advanced Route Intelligence
Optional · Coming Soon

The road on the map is not always the road the crew can use.

RouteMap Intelligence extends AMI beyond conventional navigation for remote field operations. Consumer navigation platforms are designed primarily for everyday travel. Remote infrastructure work can depend on forest roads, service roads, access roads, seasonal routes, private or field-known approaches, and other road systems that may not be represented well by conventional mapping.

RMI is being built to combine those additional road systems with AMI's operational intelligence so teams can evaluate not only how to reach the site, but what the crew may encounter along the way — route difficulty, snow exposure, wildfire exposure, access conditions, road class, restrictions, and other factors that can affect whether the route is practical for the mission.

The shortest route is not always the route the crew can actually use.

Remote RoadsAccess RoutesRoute DifficultyEnvironmental ExposureSnow ExposureWildfire ExposureRoad IntelligenceAccess Verification
Future RMI Capabilities
Live Traffic & Delay Intelligence Road Closures & Restrictions Deeper RMI Access Verification Advanced Route Intelligence
AMI Pro Plans

AMI Live itself does not require an AMI Pro subscription. Pricing is based on portfolio size and deployment frequency — we'll scope it on the call.

Solo
Up to 30 sites

Full core AMI capability for a single crew or independent operator. One region, one dispatch queue.

Most Common
Team
Up to 100 sites

For active regional contractors running 1–3 crews. The most common fit for tower, UAS, and crane operations.

Operations
Up to 500 sites

Multi-crew, multi-project operations. Full ArcGIS sync, role-based access, unlimited dispatch runs.

Enterprise
500+ sites

Multi-region, multi-contract. Custom configuration, priority onboarding, SLA, and API access.

FAQ

Common questions about AMI.

AMI Live lets anyone evaluate current and forecast operational conditions at a location. AMI Pro extends that intelligence across the locations your organization manages with continuous monitoring, configurable operating standards, What Changed tracking, portfolio threat intelligence, projects, dispatch planning, and operational history.

Your next field plan shouldn't take hours to build.
Let AMI do the analysis. You make the call.

Try AMI on one real location right now, or let us run it against your actual sites and show what the dispatch looks like.

Try AMI Live