Incident Notes from your Responserack Mobile App ...


Firefighter Operational Notes

Most of the time - as a firefighter putting wet stuff on red stuff - you leave your phone in your pocket, or back at the station. Then again, there are times to use a device (a tablet in the truck, or your phone) to capture information.

When your assignment / role is:

  • Water Supply - record water shuttle loads, tallied by apparatus.
  • Staging - capturing check-ins and check-outs, and which agencies are assisting.
  • Safety - good practices, bad situations, for any AAR.
  • Command - notes galore! Half the job of command feels like documenting the incident. Times, actions, tactics, and more.
  • Firefighter - vehicle/damage details for MVAs, smoke sighting bearings, and increasingly other uses.

… and this is just the start of the list. I’m sure you’ll find more.

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