If you’ve been thinking of deploying incident management software in your department, here are six key questions you need to consider before making the leap:
1. Is it mobile?
Having the ability to track an incident from the very first seconds of dispatch from ALL of your devices is key to faster response times and higher situational awareness not just for the IC but for everyone in the department.
2. Does it automate my existing processes?
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ICS,
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incident management software,
iPad,
iPad Pro,
Tablet Command
Some incidents are just worse than others.
When a high-speed train leaves the rails or a tornado rips the roof off the school gym, first responders face the confusion of a complicated incident scene. How many dead? Who is alive? Which of the living needs our help first?
Incidents like these require a different sort of response.
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Blog,
ICS,
mass casualty,
MCI,
simplicity
Sometimes a picture is worth much more than a thousand words. Especially when those words are taking up valuable radio bandwidth.
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Accountability,
AVL,
Blog,
ICS,
map,
maps,
situational awareness
It continues to be VERY busy at work these days. I responded to 7 legitimate working fires for the month of May. And three of those have been two alarm fires. It’s been a really crazy run!
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Accountability,
analytics,
Apple,
Fire ground accountability,
Firefighter Assist and Search Team,
best practices,
Blog,
Blue Card,
consistency,
Fire Command,
firefighter,
IC,
ICS,
incident command,
iPad,
Rapid Accountability,
Rapid Intervention Crew,
RIC,
Tablet Command,
training,
vision
Two things happened last week in my life as a Fire Captain that simply could not have happened a generation ago.
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Accountability,
analytics,
Apple,
best practices,
consistency,
Esri,
Fire,
Fire Command,
firefighter,
IC,
ICS,
incident command,
iPad,
iPad Pro,
Tablet Command,
tradition,
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Here’s a funny fact about entrepreneurs: The most common reason people start businesses is to avoid working for others.
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Accountability,
analytics,
Apple,
Blog,
bold,
entrepreneur,
Fire Command,
firefighter,
IC,
incident command,
innovation,
iPad,
iPad Pro,
startup,
TabletCommand,
vision
It’s easy to be provincial when you live on the West Coast. All of our sun, the mountains, the ocean… Indianapolis may not be a likely destination for the typical world traveler. In fact, Indy is one of the hippest cities we visit: great food, INSANE jazz, fun clubs and great drinks. Indy pride spills over as hipster kids and upwardly mobile millenials command the city, or at least the Mass Ave portion of the city. The best part? Wait for it…
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555 Fitness,
Apple,
Indy FD,
Indy Fire,
Blog,
Blue Card,
Esri,
FDIC,
FDIC2016,
FDIC2017,
Fire,
Fire Command,
Fire Show,
firefighter,
Firefighter suicide prevention,
Firescope,
IC,
incident command,
Indianapolis,
Indy,
Intterra,
iPad,
RTG,
tablet,
TriTech
For sports fans, myself included, Spring is a wonderful time of year. Of course there’s March Madness and tons of college sports championships, and the NHL, and NBA playoff picture is shaping up.
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analytics,
baseball,
mobile incident software,
Blog,
fireground accountability,
ICS,
iPad,
moneyball,
Tablet Command,
tradition,
training
Guest post by Eric Tomlinson. Eric is a Deputy Chief with the Kent Regional Fire Authority in Washington State
Much has been said about the brotherhood of the American Fire Service. Put firefighters from neighboring departments together at a conference, watering hole, or other neutral ground and we will buy each other beverages and compare our Maltese tattoos until the wee hours, celebrating our brotherhood of public service. For some reason though, when we broach the subject of change to our practices or operations with our mutual aid neighbors, we suddenly become very tribal and defensive. After all, most of us were hired by a Fire Chief who told us that
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Apple,
shared excellence,
mutual aid,
tribal thinking,
best practices,
consistency,
firefighter,
incident command,
iPad,
iPad Pro,
regional,
SOPs,
Tablet Command,
tradition,
training,
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