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Why Fire Services Need To Take Data Seriously
There’s no getting around it – data is everywhere these days. And for good reason. From businesses using data to make decisions instead of instinct, to governments employing data science to improve service delivery, to sports teams using advanced metrics to squeeze...
Fixing the Information Technology Gap in the Fire Service
In today’s fast-paced world, everything from our work lives to our personal lives, and the gray area in between appears to be linked to an overarching technological device. The term Smart City, defined as an urban area that leverages the Internet of Things (IoT) to...
Smart mobile technology on the horizon for pre-incident planning part 2
Integrating what first responders want with smart mobile technology Part 1 of this article (Applying Smart Mobile Technology to Pre-incident Planning Part 1) touched briefly on research studying what first responders themselves want to see in digital...
Applying Smart Mobile Technology to Pre-incident Planning Part 1
Since the advent of smart mobile technology, its widespread adoption and rapid evolution, the way organizations manage their business has undergone an astonishing revolution: stakeholders now communicate and collaborate across platforms, devices, time zones, borders,...
I’m sorry, who is responsible for public safety?
In the era of big data, just like those of past technological advances, there are always those who jump into the fray hoping to make money off of yet-to-be-understood technological paradigms. Though commendable as it pertains to the entrepreneurial spirit, the outcome...
