fire department software

Responserack NFIRS Quick reference

Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems provide an email interface that can be used to deliver notifications to responders.

We created our own ‘Who Is Responding?’ do-it-yourself (at no cost) using GroupMe

Responserack helps volunteer firefighters have the right information at the right time, with integrated location lookup and location notes.

Responserack helps volunteer firefighters have the right information at the right time, with integrated location lookup and location maps.

Responserack helps volunteer firefighters have the right information at the right time, without overloading them or burying more things in their email. The Responserack briefings view is a personalized feed, customized for each firefighter.

Paper reports have their downsides also. At two in the morning, handwriting is increasingly illegible, firefighters make mistakes on who was in attendance or details of the incident, and those paper reports often go under reviewed.

Volunteer firefighters respond out of duty; to the community, to the department, and to their brothers/sisters in the service. Duty builds within the individual, and a culture of duty builds in the department, through firefighters engaging with the department; connecting with its mission, joining that mission.

After the incident is terminated (and units have cleared the scene) the administrative portion of the work begins. Reporting incidents to state databases allows response information to be aggregated at the state and federal level, providing critical insights for public safety and resource management.

At the fire barn we have hose storage racks, hose drying racks and turnout gear racks. We have tool racks, and SCBA racks and oxygen cascade and cylinder racks. Now we have Response**rack …