Retire the GroupMe. Real-time station chat with official channels, direct messages, @mentions, reactions, and urgent SMS blasts — all inside WATCHDESK, where your roster and roles already live.
Station chat usually lives in a consumer app nobody controls — former members still in the group, no roles, no record, and no way to escalate something truly urgent. WATCHDESK Messaging keeps the conversation inside the system that already knows who’s active, with official channels, moderation, and a built-in way to break through with an urgent text.
Everything you expect from a modern chat app, scoped to your station and your roster.
Official public or restricted channels, ad-hoc groups, and one-to-one direct messages.
Tag a member to get their attention and trigger a notification straight to them.
Acknowledge a message with a tap — quick confirmation without the reply clutter.
Find any past message, decision, or detail across your channels in seconds.
When it can’t wait for someone to open the app, escalate a message to an SMS blast.
Live delivery across every device and instance, with moderation tools for the channels that need them.
Live conversation with the people who are actually on the roster.
Send to a channel or DM a teammate.
Everyone sees it in real time across devices.
Push an urgent message out as an SMS blast when it can’t wait.
Chat, paging, and staffing all coordinate the same crew.
In-App Messaging is a premium add-on available to every member once it’s enabled. Sign in to turn it on, or see how it fits with everything else.