In 2013 we experienced a significant flash flood that destroyed our primary highway and gave our community challenges for months. As we started working a continuous day and night incident we quickly created our community communications infrastructure for communicating with the public…

Navigating inclement weather (winter storms and more) with preparation and communication.

USFA’s National Fire Programs’ National Fire Data Center in coordination with the International Association of Fire Chiefs will be hosting the first annual NFIRS Week from February 22nd to the 26th, 2021.

When not on scene using radios, fire departments and fire department members need to communicate in sub-groups, and as a whole. Fire station notice boards are no longer the solution.

Responserack NFIRS Quick reference

Using Everbridge we can send a message to all our team members; phone (land line, mobile, work), email, text messaging - all devices / mechanisms - almost instantaneously.

Drones (UAV/UAS) helping on remote lighting strike fires in the mountains.

Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems provide an email interface that can be used to deliver notifications to responders.

We created our own ‘Who Is Responding?’ do-it-yourself (at no cost) using GroupMe

How to change or reset your eNFIRS password