If you wish to get started with eNFIRS, here are some good steps to take:

NFIRS WebTools is becoming eNFIRS

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.

NFIRS WebTools is becoming eNFIRS

Responserack is making progress in a number of areas. Much of it is behind the scenes work; infrastructure, automation, notifications and other such plumbing.

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 organizations are challenging; volunteers come and go, their availability waxes and wains in inverse proportion to life events, their contributions and capabilities and skills are diverse. Information is power; so empower with information…

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.