How Do You Measure Up – Benchmarking
Your FireQ system now contains benchmarking to help firefighters assess and record the situational points on the fireground.
The FireQ Difference
FireQ is an all-in-one solution that is different from most other products currently on the market.
Dispatch: There’s More than One Way to Get Those Alerts
Every firefighter knows the frustration of pager limitations and the challenges of getting emergency dispatch alerts
New FireQ Updates: Responders on the Map & More!
Technologically speaking, few things engage firefighters like mapping and the information those maps can provide.
The FireQ App for iPhone Just Keeps Getting Better and Better
Wondering how it could get any better? The latest release for iPhone includes some juicy new features, so hold onto your hat
Communicating Comfort with CareQ in the Second Wave
The second wave is here. Covid cases, along with stress and worry, are rising again. In those worries, however, there is a paper-thin sliver of a silver lining.
Why It Is Not Enough Just to Make Safety Preplans
Creating safety pre-plans is a powerful tool in the public safety toolbox. Ensuring firefighters have quick and ready access to them is equally important.
Hand Gestures to Maximize your Mapping Experience
FireQ mapping features provide potent information to firefighters. Knowing more about gesture controls will help you to get more out of the maps on the FireQ app.
Flu Season and Family Communication for Long-Term Care Facilities
Long before Covid-19, the month of October would have long-term care facilities managing multiple building closures due to influenza.
Records Management for the Community Fire Department Part 2:
Human Resources Management
One of the best features of the FireQ fire department software is the ability to easily track firefighter and fire department activities and hours.
Records Management for the Community Fire Department Part 1:
FireQ is the Complete Solution Fire Departments Need and Deserve
This administrative burden of fire department management is growing, particularly for community-based fire departments that are often staffed by volunteers and lack the budget to use many of the available records management software.
The Dollars and “Sense” of CareQ
Emergency communication systems, like CareQ, make communication with staff and families faster and more efficient. A single message can be sent to unlimited recipients simultaneously.
Getting Creative with CareQ and Pandemic Communications
At a time when their duties were increasing and the most common tasks took much longer to perform, staff in long-term care facilities dug a little deeper and found a little more to give.
Fire Department Pre-plan Software,
Pre-plans in the Palm of Your Hand
FireQ allows firefighters to upload pre-plans to the FireQ fire department pre plan software, so that they are always visible and available to firefighters.
FIRS & FireQ – New Brunswick Fire Incident Reporting System Integration
In New Brunswick, fire departments are legislatively required to complete an incident report for each emergency to which they respond.
Long-Term Care Facility Weekly Update PDF Template
Use this free template to communicate updates both internally and externally.
How You Can Use Your FireQ During the Covid-19 Pandemic
These are challenging times. The communities you protect are self-isolating and practicing physical distancing. Many people who count on the fire service, as well as many firefighters themselves, are feeling stressed and disconnected.
Pandemic Planning and Preparedness for Long-Term Care
As people across Canada attempt to navigate the Covid-19 maze, provincial health authorities moved to the increase protections for the vulnerable residents living in long-term care.
Construction Safety and Communications
Edward is a construction supervisor for a large construction company in Central and Eastern Canada that specializes in all areas of heavy civil construction, with an uncompromising commitment to health and safety.
To know a Firefighter
To watch a firefighter at work is to witness courage, strength and dedication. They respond to fires, car accidents, flooding, technical rescues, water rescues, animals through the ice and cats in trees.
The Fire Chief’s Favourite FireQ Feature: Firefighter Statistics
The life of a Fire Chief is no small or easy thing. The very nature of the job they do is defined by things that, at a glance, seem incompatible. They have to be stern and approachable; they have to be consistent and flexible; and, they have to be strong and gentle.
Benefitting from the Experience of Ground Search and Rescue Personnel
Stories of the elderly dementia patient who wandered away from home, or the child lost in the woods are all too common. Images of searchers working vast areas, grid by grid, looking for clues, evidence and any sign of the missing are also very common.
The 6 Best Things About CareQ
CAREQ is an emergency communication system that allows care administrators to easily and effectively manage communications in the event of a facility emergency. It gives a voice the emergency response plans care facilities have in place.
S*** Happens
In the course of living our lives, you-know-what happens…and it happens again and again and again. There is even a Canadian Disaster Database that has been tracking the events that fall under this description since 1900.
At Breton SmarTek we pride ourselves on serving those who serve our communities. Created by emergency responders for emergency personnel, Breton SmarTek provides emergency communications software systems for a variety of industries and institutions across North America. Our applications are designed for local level emergencies and can be customized to meet organizational reporting needs as well as local and regional government requirements. Breton SmarTek takes pride in providing customers with unparalleled customer support for our software applications Please visit the support center or contact us directly with any questions you may have.