A fire is unpredictable and can change in an instant.

For that reason, firefighter accountability is critical to the mission of incident response commanders. They need to know who's responding to an incident, what resources have been deployed, and where personnel are located at all times.

If you need help tracking responding and operating personnel, IMT's fire department management software was purposefully designed to optimize your response and safety efforts.

Let's review how the incident management system operates and the potential advantages it can create for your department.

What Is Personnel Accountability Software?

IMT's Personnel Accountability Management System (PAMS) is a fire accountability app that emergency responders can leverage to improve their situational readiness and awareness.

Oftentimes, incident response teams lack visibility and accountability over their resources and personnel. But in the midst of an emergency, maintaining control of the scene requires that you know exactly where everyone is and what they're doing.

PAMS lifts the veil of confusion, affording responders and officers real-time clarity and detail over personnel availability and response activities.

How Does Fire Response Management Software Help You Track Responding and Operating Personnel?

PAMS improves your visibility and control of a response in three vital ways:

  1. Pre-Incident Preparedness – The cloud-based software is viewable by all authorized personnel, whether they're on a smartphone, tablet, PC, or laptop. The department status screen lets leadership see:
    • Which staff are available for deployment
    • Who has already been deployed
    • Which resources have been deployed
  2. Incident Response – Instant alerting from CAD creates a common operations picture that all personnel can see simultaneously. Once an incident occurs, responders can quickly confirm that they're available and on their way to the scene. The system then analyzes responder geolocation data to calculate on-scene ETA and tells you:
    • Who is responding
    • Which apparatus will be on the scene
    • Who will be in charge of those tools
    • When personnel will arrive
  3. Incident Management – As the most critical component of your accountability efforts, the incident management portal makes it possible to continuously track, monitor, and manage all responder resources and assignments. Real-time data provides you with the information you need to make better decisions and ensure that every responder is safe and accounted for.

What Can You Do with Fire Department Management Software?

IMT's PAMS functions as a continuous, two-way communications channel. It integrates into existing response workflows, improving the efficacy of a department's firefighter accountability and emergency response by:

  • Logging new incidents
  • Automatically tracking all operating personnel and resources
  • Providing real-time, on-scene updates on resource deployment
  • Giving incident response teams the information they need to ensure the safety of every boot on the ground
  • Sharing responder's location, destination, and on-scene ETA with the entire department

IMT—End-To-End Accountability

Even a well-planned and executed emergency response can involve confusion and chaos. Knowing that a situation can change in the blink of an eye, incident response commanders need to be able to track responding and operating personnel at all times.

IMT's PAMS provides that accountability solution, answering who, what, where, and when.

Equipped with this real-time information and automated accountability, your department can effectively and safely respond to any emergency situation.

If you want to see how the powerful system works, schedule your demo today.

 

Sources:

IMT. Personnel Accountability Management System (PAMS). https://pamsfd.com/