Most departments that run short on weekday days have members who could cover some of those hours. The problem is that nobody has asked in a way that can be counted: when each member is actually free, and what they can do on a crew when they are.
This survey asks exactly that, on one page. Send it to the roster tonight, count the answers this week, and set up one daytime duty slot you know you can fill.
What the survey asks
Page one is the form: a grid of weekday blocks from 06:00 to 18:00 for each member to mark usually free or sometimes, the positions they can fill, what changes month to month, and whether a daytime drill would help them stay current. Page two is for the officer sending it: a message to copy into a group text or email, and what to count when the answers come back.
What to do with the answers
Count members per weekday block, and drivers and interior members per block, to see where a standing daytime duty slot could actually be filled. Start with one slot you know you can staff, with a minimum crew and the position it needs, and ask the members who marked that block by name before the first shift.
Then ask again next month. Shifts rotate and jobs change, and a survey is only right on the day it comes back. That is the gap TurnoutFlow closes: members mark availability from their phone, the duty grid shows who is away each day, and a slot short a position opens a task for staff days ahead.