COVID-19 has changed every industry, including Fire Departments. While we all try and cope with the new "normal" and places opening up, fire departments across the nation are experiencing budget cutbacks, furloughs, and worst of all, possible fire station shutdowns. ...

PDFs are still being used by Fire Crews even though better solutions exist, it’s time for the PDF to retire.  That’s right. On June 15, 1993, Adobe first introduced the PDF, a digital file that is used across operating systems, “hassle free”. (Adobe claimed it as a...

Connecting fire inspection data with legacy RMS systems sounds great, but often reduces efficiency and creates unnecessary redundancies.As a Division Chief at the Hall County (GA) Fire Marshal's office, I get asked questions about all the different software we use on...