best software for fire chiefs

Bellingham, Wash., Sept. 24, 2020 –Tickets are now on sale for ADAPT 2020, a three-day virtual summit presented by Emergency Reporting® (ER), the global leader in secure, cloud-based reporting and records management software (RMS) for Fire and EMS agencies. The virtual event will take place on November 17-19, 2020 and will be sponsored by Microsoft. […]

Week 1 of the Summer Bootcamp series focused on “PPE Management/NFPA 1851.” In this educational webinar, Emergency Reporting’s Business Development Analyst and 22-year veteran of the fire service, Tom Louis, shows you how you can improve your agency’s PPE management and adhere to NFPA 1851 – the Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Protective […]

As technology continues to help shape and grow the fire service in ways that many of us couldn’t have imagined even 10 or 15 years ago, it has become imperative that we consider the physical space and data requirements when designing and renovating fire stations. In a recent Firehouse.com article, “Technology Challenges in Your New Facility,” author […]

Fire department data management. Just hearing that phrase can bring excitement and enthusiasm to a fire chief, right? For those rare data ninjas out there, most definitely. For the rest of us, not so much. Let’s face it, none of us joined the fire service to be data managers, but that’s exactly what we become […]

Written by Tom Louis Post-Incident Analyses (PIA), After Action Reports (AAR), Incident Debriefings, Tailboard Talks: All of these are examples of what every fire department does (or should be doing) after both major and minor incidents. In fact, if your department adheres to NFPA 1500, you are probably aware of the section that addresses the […]