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Pre-incident plans can be created in the FireQ software and firefighters can access them from the FireQ app.
Pre-plans help firefighters effectively and efficiently handle the situation.
Firefighters are routinely being asked to do more less and often without thanks. Increasing administrative burdens are making them feel grumpy and unappreciated. Learn how FireQ is taking some of the grumpy out of paperwork.
FireQ is an all-in-one solution that is different from most other products currently on the market.
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.
Sometimes pagers get a bad rap. They are limited in range. They provide one-way communication only. They are often considered to be old technology.
Your FireQ system now contains benchmarking to help firefighters assess and record the situational points on the fireground.
FireQ is an all-in-one solution that is different from most other products currently on the market.
Every firefighter knows the frustration of pager limitations and the challenges of getting emergency dispatch alerts
Technologically speaking, few things engage firefighters like mapping and the information those maps can provide.
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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.
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.
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.
Long before Covid-19, the month of October would have long-term care facilities managing multiple building closures due to influenza.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In New Brunswick, fire departments are legislatively required to complete an incident report for each emergency to which they respond.
Use this free template to communicate updates both internally and externally.
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.
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.
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