Firehouse Tech & Comm eNL - Jan 5th, 2024
 
 
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January 5, 2024
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Jason Moore provides the factors that members and departments must explore so that their decisions on purchasing new technology is as buttoned down as possible.
Eddie Tracey cuts to the chase in his explanation of the application of a new way to educate firefighters.
Barry Furey looks at new technology for the fire and emergency services, including making virtual 9-1-1 a reality, a means to measure firefighter health stats and traffic warnings for drivers.
Ken Sedlak explains the pluses and minuses of online meetings and learning management systems for volunteer fire departments.
TECHNOLOGY & COMMUNICATION NEWS
Fire departments had fun putting together these Christmas-themed videos that are going viral on social media.
Dispatchers used paper and pencil when technology failed, the outgoing deputy commissioner said.
Sedgwick County dispatchers did not tell Wichita firefighters where the woman was trapped despite her telling them the apartment numbers and their access to GPS coordinates.