Fire service
SleepValor for members who sleep between calls — not a readiness dashboard.
Shift work, station nights, and post-call recovery don’t look like a consumer sleep chart. SleepValor is the same Sphere / Gap Report / Experiment product — with optional member-provided duty context — so you can see one connected picture and try one informed next step.
Not medical advice. Not a diagnosis. Not apnea treatment. Not fitness-for-duty. Not a department surveillance feed.
$10/monththe ongoing subscription price, not a trial or intro rate.
Individual membership is $10/month. iPhone access is currently through TestFlight.
The usual fixes
Trackers, checklists, and house advice each see a slice.
A wearable can show what happened on a quiet night or a busy one. Sleep hygiene tips assume a schedule you don’t have. House culture may treat sleep as optional. None of that connects your labs, habits, history, and the nights you actually get.
That’s a synthesis problem — not a willpower problem.
Founder note
Built from a long personal sleep fight — not from the firehouse.
SleepValor grew out of founder Paul Petro’s twenty-year effort to get his own sleep from abysmal to much better. Paul is not a firefighter. This page is for members and departments who want a careful product conversation — not a claim that Paul has lived your schedule.
Disclosure: Paul Petro is not a firefighter and does not claim fire-service experience.
The outcome
Less guessing across duty and off-duty nights. Not a miracle metric.
One connected picture of what may be influencing your sleep — including optional tags you provide for duty, off-duty, and post-call context — and enough clarity to try one informed experiment at a time.
SleepValor does not promise fewer missed calls, lower cancer risk, guaranteed gains, readiness scores, or fitness-for-duty results.
The product
Same Sphere. Optional duty context you provide.
SleepValor brings available data into the Sphere, narrows attention with a Gap Report, and sequences one Experiment at a time — tracked against your own baseline.
- Connect what you already use.
- See gaps and patterns in one place.
- Optionally tag duty / off-duty / post-call nights yourself.
- Run one bounded experiment at a time.
Duty tags are member-provided. SleepValor does not sync live CAD or station systems.
How it works
Connect what you already use, see one Sphere, narrow gaps, then try one bounded experiment. Screens below are product visuals — not medical advice or fitness-for-duty scoring.
Connect what you already use
Wearables, labs, and habits — optional, on your terms.
See the gaps and patterns in one place
The Sphere links available signals instead of four separate opinions.
Narrow what’s missing
A Gap Report highlights unresolved questions — not diagnoses.
Run one bounded experiment
Track one change against your own baseline over time.
Integrations
Wearables and labs you may already use — not a station feed.
Named sources include tools like Oura, WHOOP, 8 Sleep, and labs listed on Integrations. How each arrives — live connect versus upload — can vary by build. This marketing site does not claim live CAD, station, or house-system sync.
- Oura
- WHOOP
- 8 Sleep
- Wyze Scale
- Stelo CGM
- InBody
- Function Health labs
Experiments
One bounded next step — not a department protocol.
An Experiment is one variable to try next, tracked against your own data over time. It is not medical treatment, not a readiness drill, and not a fitness-for-duty evaluation.
Public evidence
Research and fire-service writing about sleep — not SleepValor outcomes.
The citations below are public sources about shift work and sleep in the fire service. They are not SleepValor clinical trials, product outcome studies, or proof that SleepValor treats any condition.
Barracks vs home sleep (small EEG study)
Hunnicutt et al. (2024) measured sleep in 10 male career firefighters at home and in barracks. Several EEG-derived measures differed between settings, with barracks sleep described as more disturbed, and results compared poorly to age-matched normative data.
Peer-reviewed open-access study; small sample. Not a SleepValor study or product outcome.
PMC11431023 · Int J Environ Res Public HealthSleep insufficiency in the fire service
The Minnesota Firefighter Initiative summarizes how shift work and nighttime disruptions make consistent adequate sleep difficult for many members, and references broader public-health framing of night shift work (including IARC Group 2A “probably carcinogenic to humans”).
MnFIRE public education page citing broader research/IARC context. Not evidence that SleepValor lowers cancer risk or treats related conditions.
MnFIRE · Sleep Insufficiency in the Fire ServiceShift schedules and sleep disruption
An AllFirefighter career guide discusses 24/48, 48/96, and related schedules as physiologically demanding patterns that disrupt circadian rhythms and can accumulate sleep debt.
Industry editorial guide — not peer-reviewed SleepValor evidence.
AllFirefighter · Shift Work and Health guideSleep deprivation culture in the fire service
Fire Engineering’s “Addicted to Awake” feature discusses sleep-deprivation culture and summarizes published screening research on sleep disorders among firefighters (including work associated with Laura K. Barger / Harvard Medical School).
Trade press summarizing research. Not SleepValor clinical outcomes.
Fire Engineering · Addicted to Awake
SleepValor does not diagnose or treat sleep apnea, cancer risk, cardiac risk, mental health conditions, or fitness-for-duty. Do not read the sources above as product efficacy.
Departments & wellness officers
A conversation path — separate from individual Stripe checkout.
If you coordinate wellness, peer support, or local benefit conversations, inquire here. Individual members keep opt-in control. Data stays member-owned. There is no house dashboard, no chief feed, and no department surveillance product on this path.
- • Member opt-in — not automatic enrollment of a roster
- • Member-owned data — not a chief or house feed
- • No house dashboard or surveillance product
- • No unnecessary health fields on this form
Individual $10/month Stripe checkout stays on the member path below. This form does not start a subscription.
Inquiry
Department / wellness inquiry
Fire service FAQ
Short answers. The rest is in the guide.
Is SleepValor medical advice or a diagnosis?
- No. SleepValor is not a physician, does not diagnose, and does not treat medical conditions — including sleep apnea. Insights should be validated with your own healthcare provider before you act on them.
Is this a fitness-for-duty or readiness tool?
- No. SleepValor is not a fitness-for-duty evaluation, not a readiness dashboard, and not a scoring system for duty status. Optional Scorecard questions collect shift context only as a non-diagnostic check-in.
Does SleepValor sync the station or live CAD?
- No. Members may optionally tag duty, off-duty, and post-call context themselves. SleepValor does not claim live CAD, station, or house-system sync.
Can a department see member data?
- Individual membership is member-owned and opt-in. The department inquiry path is a conversation request — not a house dashboard, chief feed, or surveillance product.
Is the founder a firefighter?
- No. Paul Petro is not a firefighter and does not claim fire-service experience. SleepValor comes from his long personal effort to improve his own sleep through synthesis — not from claiming to have lived a firehouse schedule.
How much does it cost, and how do I get access?
- Individual SleepValor is $10/month — the ongoing subscription price, not a trial or intro rate. iPhone access is currently through TestFlight. You can subscribe via Stripe Checkout, join the early-access waitlist, or take the optional Sleep Scorecard first. Department conversations use a separate inquiry form.
Start here
Individual path or department conversation.
Members can take the Scorecard with optional firefighter context, request TestFlight early access, or subscribe for $10/month. Departments use the inquiry form above — not Checkout.
$10/monththe ongoing subscription price, not a trial or intro rate.
iPhone access is currently through TestFlight.
Department or wellness conversation? Use the inquiry form above — separate from Stripe.