Seneca promised first systems in the field for the 2026 fire season, and Aspen Fire planned to start deploying its five-aircraft Strike Team this summer. But Seneca's own latest post is the February contract announcement, and the "Summer 2026" video page has a title and no words. The new Operations & Marketing Associate is hired to run social, briefings and video. The season's evidence is the strongest sales material Seneca has, and it is not yet on the site.
First action
Ask Aspen Fire's chief which figures and footage from the summer can be published.
How to measure it
Qualified agency inquiries
- Now
- –
- Target
- 20 in the quarter after publishing
- By
- 1 quarter
Steps
Agree what is public
Figures, footage and quotes Aspen Fire approves.
Founder and CEO 1 week
Collect the data
Missions, response times, hours flown, crew feedback.
Flight team 1 week
Write the report
A plain page with numbers and photos.
Operations & Marketing Associate 1 week
Fill the video page
Summary and context for the Summer 2026 video.
Operations & Marketing Associate 1 day
Make the one-pager
PDF for chiefs, boards and councils.
Design team 3 days
Cut social clips
Three short clips for LinkedIn, X and Instagram.
Operations & Marketing Associate 1 week
Send to prospects
Every department in the pipeline gets the report.
Head of Public Sector Sales 1 week
Make it yearly
Template for the next season report.
Operations & Marketing Associate yearly
Why it works
With Aspen Fire's sign-off, publish a field report: where systems were stationed, missions flown (training, Rx burns, mop up, any initial attack), time from detection to suppressant on target, hours flown, and what crews said. Add the Summer 2026 footage with a written summary, a one-page PDF for chiefs and city councils, and cut-downs for LinkedIn, X and Instagram. Then make it a recurring "season report" each year.
Fire chiefs buy from peers' results, and a first-of-its-kind deployment written up with real numbers answers the question every next department asks: does it work in the field?
Ready to use
CopySeason report outline
1. Where the Strike Team was stationed 2. Missions flown by type (training, Rx burn, mop up, initial attack) 3. Time from detection to suppressant on target 4. Hours flown and availability 5. What crews said (two quotes) 6. What changed in the product during the season 7. Next season: what departments can expect 8. Contact: request a field demo
Risks and how to handle them
Partner sensitivities
Aspen Fire approves every figure and image.
Few live fires in the first season
Report training and Rx burn results honestly.
Evidence
- Your websiteNews post, February 23, 2026: Aspen Fire acquires a five-aircraft Seneca Strike Team on "a five-year, multi-million dollar contract", "the first time in history a U.S. fire department has acquired an AI-driven autonomous aerial suppression system"; Aspen "will begin deploying the aircraft ... this summer"; initial attack "as early as 5-10 minutes from detection"; each aircraft makes "over 50 gallons of finished foam".Source
- Your websiteSitemap (20 URLs, checked October 22, 2026): three Seneca-written news posts, two from October 20, 2025 and the Aspen post of February 23, 2026, and nothing since. The videos page lists six videos; the "Summer 2026" video page has only a title, with no description or written context.Source
- HiringOperations & Marketing Associate (posted September 15, 2026, Sausalito): "amplify our online presence, support customer deployments"; "Defining and executing Seneca's social media presence across LinkedIn, X, and Instagram"; "Coordinating deployment and demo logistics"; "Preparing customer ready briefings, one-pagers, and presentations"; "Representing Seneca in the field at demos, summits, and industry events"; "Shaping the structure and context of internal and external video content"; fire service experience preferred; at least 25% travel.Source
- Your websiteLaunch post, October 20, 2025: $60M raised, "the largest venture capital financing in fire technology history"; development partners include chiefs from San Bernardino County, Orange County, Aspen and Gold Ridge; capabilities "demonstrated ... on live fire and with fire agencies in four states"; first systems to the field "during the 2026 fire season".Source