There’s no doubt that the use of social media for public relations and public distribution of information is a powerful tool. It’s a tool that a city government or first responders can use to their benefit. Evacuations, weather or traffic … Read More
Is Social Media Good for Fire Companies?
The Free and the Fee
We’ve begun our initial Beta Testing for the first release of Command Journal. This version will be a FREE edition, available via the app store in iTunes. We’re really excited to get this new edition into your hands ASAP, but … Read More
Fire Departments and Gathering of Data: Part Two
As communities fight for emergency resources, budgets, and access to first responder performance data, it is becoming essential for fire departments and other first responder agencies to develop appropriate processes to not only develop accurate data, but to extract and … Read More
Starting to Understand the ICS Matrix
As today’s first responder matrix becomes more complex, having a solid understanding of the Incident Command System (ICS) and how it is implemented via “best practices” is more important than ever before. The good news is that via cross … Read More
Are You a Natural?
<img class=" wp-image-192 aligncenter" title="fire-scene" src="http://pcnews cialis generika indien.rcomcreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fire-scene1.jpg” alt=”firefighters arrive at an auto fire” width=”800″ height=”323″ /> When your company arrives on-scene at an incident, within seconds, you as company commander will need to make a series of decisions. … Read More
Fire Departments and Gathering of Data: Part One
Data collection is a sensitive issue when putting the fire service in front of politicians and the public. There is a lot of data out there, and while some of it is complete and useful, much of it leaves … Read More
Is Your Agency Ready for Severe Weather?
<img class=" wp-image-158 aligncenter" title="severe-weather" src="http://pcnews.rcomcreative cialis rezept.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/severe-weather1.jpg” alt=”FEMA says be ready for severe weather” width=”800″ height=”286″ /> No matter your perspective on why, we’re encountering more severe weather than in years past. These issues are affecting us in a … Read More
Updated iPad App Development
The Command Journal iPad application has been updated to support the protocol set forth by NFIRS 5.0 specification. This addition will enable appropriate addition of data either while on-scene or when back in quarters. The iPad app is designed to … Read More
Navy F/A 18D Crash Highlights Value of ICS Training
When a Navy F/18D suffered a catastrophic engine failure after takeoff from NAS Oceana, in Virgina Beach, VA, the first two officers from VBFD on scene had some immediate and critical decisions to make. District Fire Chief Michael Barakey and … Read More
Getting Started with ICS 100
FEMA offers a series of online courses in Incident Command. If you’re in the fire or emergency services business, you’ve probably already completed a series of ICS education programs. If you’re new to ICS, then get ready to rev up … Read More