Case Study: Nassau County Florida ARES achieves $100K+ annual savings and streamlined volunteer time tracking with Track it Forward

Radio Emergency Services save County $100k+ per year with Time Tracking Reports

Nassau County Florida ARES, the county‑affiliated amateur radio emergency services unit that supports Nassau County during storms and disasters, needed precise volunteer time tracking because FEMA credits volunteer hours at $29/hr — translating their 4,000–5,000 annual hours into roughly $100,000–$150,000 in county savings. Previously they used pen-and-paper logs and manual Excel entry, which was time-consuming and risked reporting errors. To address this, they implemented Track it Forward’s volunteer time-tracking and reporting solution.

Track it Forward lets volunteers enter their own hours and provides customizable, savable report filters and Excel exports that can be uploaded to FEMA reporting software, streamlining monthly and quarterly reporting. As a result, Nassau County Florida ARES preserved accurate records for the $100k+ annual FEMA credit and cut administrative time by about 15 hours/month from self-reporting plus another 10–20 hours/month from easier reporting (roughly 25–35 hours saved monthly), enabling faster, more reliable submissions.

Nassau County Florida ARES

Bud Sinor

Emergency Services and Volunteer Coordinator