One system from hazard report to completed cut.
Linemen report the trees that need to come off the line. Foremen triage and assign the crew. Tree crews cut and close out. Canopy Commander keeps all three on the same job record — with storm triage and wire load ranking built in.
Linemen · Foremen · Tree crews · Storm response
Job 2291 · Circuit 14B
Handoff
- LinemanSubmitted
Reports the hazard
Pole 447-B · leaning oak on primary
- ForemanAssigned
Assigns the crew
Crew 3 · Priority 1 · today 09:00
- Tree crewComplete
Cuts and closes out
Removed · photos attached · 41 min
The problem
The work is coordinated by text message, and it shows.
The hazard is found by one person, prioritized by another, and cut by a third. When that handoff lives in phone calls and a spreadsheet, jobs get lost, crews roll to the wrong pole, and nobody can prove what got done.
Reports go missing
A hazard called in from the field lives in a voicemail nobody returns.
Wrong pole, wrong day
The crew arrives without the photos, access notes, or the actual location.
No shared status
The foreman has to call around to learn which jobs are still open.
Nothing to report
After a storm, the record has to be rebuilt from memory and text threads.
The handoff
Three roles, one job record.
Everyone works from the same job, and each role only sees the part that belongs to them.
Lineman
Sees the hazard, needs the tree gone.
Files a structured report from the truck — pole, circuit, photos, and what the tree is doing to the line — then watches it through to completion.
Foreman
Owns the queue, assigns the work.
Triages every open hazard on one board, sets priority, and dispatches a named crew with a window instead of a round of phone calls.
Tree crew
Cuts the tree, closes the job.
Gets the pole, the access notes, the photos, and the cut order on a phone, then closes out with completion photos and time on job.
Capabilities
Coordination first, with the field tools still in it.
Assignment and dispatch
Route reported work to the right crew with a priority and a window, and see who is holding what across the whole system.
Hazard reporting
Structured field reports with photos and pole references, filed in seconds by the person who found the problem.
Storm triage
Force ranking sorts contacting stems by the load they place on the conductor, so the most imperative removals surface first.
Crew visibility
Live status on every job: submitted, assigned, on site, complete. No dispatch call to find out where a crew stands.
Records and reporting
Inputs, assignments, photos, and time stamps stay on the job, so post-storm reporting is a lookup, not a reconstruction.
Utility-ready references
Circuit, span, and pole references on every record so your documentation matches what the utility asks for.
How it works
Report, triage, assign, cut, close out.
Report
A lineman files the hazard with location, photos, and line impact.
Triage
The queue is sorted by priority, and by wire load during storm work.
Assign
The foreman dispatches a named crew with a priority and a window.
Cut
The crew works the job with the full context already on their phone.
Close out
Photos, notes, and time stamps become the permanent record.
Who uses it
Everyone on a utility tree job.
- Linemen and patrollers reporting trees that threaten a conductor
- Foremen and general foremen assigning work across crews and circuits
- Line clearance and commercial tree crews doing the removals
- Utilities and municipalities tracking storm restoration work
A second opinion, not a substitute
Canopy Commander coordinates work and produces estimates from the inputs you provide. It is a decision-support tool for qualified crews — it does not replace on-site assessment, utility clearance procedure, or your judgment about an energized conductor. Treat every line as live.
Built by the trade
Designed by ISA-certified arborists, for arborists and foresters.
Canopy Commander was built by people who have spent time in buckets, on storm callouts, and in the woods. The workflow, the inputs, and the language all reflect how arborists, foresters, and line crews actually work together.
ISA-certified expertise behind every calculation
The ranking engine and field workflow were shaped by ISA-certified arborists who understand risk assessment, biomechanics, and the realities of working near energized conductors. It is a tool made for the crew, not for the desk.
- Developed with certified arborist input on failure types and load logic
- Field-tested language and inputs that match real-world tree risk assessment
- Built for forestry and utility crews, not engineers at a drafting table
Put every hazard, crew, and cut on one board.
See Canopy Commander run against real jobs from one of your own circuits.
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