fire department records management

Unless you’re living in a Wi-Fi-free cave on a remote island, you’ve seen how technology has become an integral part of our lives at home, work, the grocery store, the doctor’s office – pretty much everywhere, you name it. Doctors no longer need to fill out prescriptions on a pad of paper, stores often email […]

Preparing for an upcoming ISO audit can be stressful and time-consuming. But many fire departments have continued success with their ISO audits, without the unnecessary stress. So, what’s the secret? We recently spoke with one of our customers, Fire Chief Reginald Freeman at Hartford Fire Department (ISO Class 1), to get some insight on the […]

Emergency Reporting, with Microsoft as our global sponsor, is excited to announce our inaugural virtual summit: ADAPT 2020. This three-day event brings together the finest from the fire and emergency services industry along with thought leaders from other disciplines. Over twenty speakers across fifty sessions will share their expertise with attendees.

If you or someone on your team missed our recent CPSE-sponsored webinar, “DoD & Civilian Perspectives on Data Management for Accreditation Success,” we’ve got you covered. This blog post will give an overview of the key points from this webinar, which offers perspectives on the value of effective data management from the Department of Defense […]

We hope you’re coping well during these dog days of summer despite the many challenges you’re facing. The team here at Emergency Reporting is still working remotely and continues to make enhancements to the system. These changes are intended to make your data management routine a little bit easier. Anything that can make our jobs […]

The Development team at Emergency Reporting has been working on updating and improving the Occupancy module. We are excited to announce a new feature coming to Occupancy/Inspections that will enable users to import fire codes on inspection reports. Users will be able to import fire codes by use of an import template or manual entry […]

Thanks to huge growth in technology, it’s never been easier to build a data-driven fire house. Here’s what that looks like in practice and how to get started.

Summer is flying by…ER keeps soaring with rapid-fire changes to the system. Let’s get you up to date on the newest features and some new partner information.

Even though the ER team is working remotely, we’re still here to take care of our customers. We’ve been making continuous improvements to the system. This month, we have a particularly exciting announcement to share with you. So, without further ado…

The development team at Emergency Reporting has been working on updating and improving the Occupancy Module. The final component of the updates, Inspection Pages, will be released before the end of this month. The updates will be released as a beta test and will give all of our customers with the Occupancy Module a window […]

Emergency Reporting is pleased to announce the release of new Business Intelligence analytics for users with the Analytics Module. These new dashboards will provide insight into incident and EMS data. The data visualizations in our BI Basic tool will enable your department to leverage current as well as historical data to make data-driven decisions, evaluate trends, and drill into data variances.

When it comes to responding in the fire and EMS service, first responders often work together with their neighboring departments to do their jobs. Why not bring that same teamwork mentality to your records management duties as well? Countywide fire software helps save personnel time spent on redundant paperwork when providing mutual aid by taking […]

Most EMS leaders understand that providing clear, detailed, and secure ePCRs are an important part of both taking care of a patient and ensuring your agency stays compliant with government requirements. However, while EMS leaders may understand this, a common problem that many agencies face is that the rest of the crew may not truly grasp their importance

Emergency Reporting’s Occupancy Module is a useful tool for managing valuable data for buildings and other structures in your agency’s coverage area. In this blog post, we’ll discuss some of this module’s uses and benefits as well as new and improved features you can look forward to in the coming we

Hearing the words “administrative training” is enough to make most action-oriented public safety professionals cringe. But the truth is, administrative training can be vital to our success in the fire service and beyond. Anything we can do in this area to develop our management, leadership, and technology skills can help us become better at our […]

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 the minute we begin our fire service careers

Before signing up for Emergency Reporting fire department records management software, many of our customers spent years using paper records and Excel spreadsheets to try to manage their data and incident reports. This outdated method of managing fire department records is cumbersome, inefficient, and ineffective. As a FireRescueMagazine.com article states, “Under the best conditions, paper […]

The third installment of our series on Community Risk reduction (CRR) discusses the importance fire inspections and permits and how tools from Emergency Reporting can help.