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4th Quarter, 2010
FireVISION is a quarterly publication from ACS Government Systems with fire-industry news, FIREHOUSE Software tips, and other helpful information. We hope you find this and future issues to be both informative and useful.
Previous newsletters are available in the Newsletters section of the FH web site. If you have any questions or concerns related to the newsletter distribution, please email: FHdocumentation@acs-inc.com. If you would like to be removed from our mailing list, see the instructions at the bottom of this email.
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The Exceptional Year that was 2010!
From start to finish, 2010 was an exceptional and busy year. Special events occurred at the beginning and end of the year, with new product releases and debuts in between. We'll take a quick recap.
· The acquisition of ACS by Xerox Corporation in early February was completed. Combining the organizations created a company that offers unmatched business process and document management technologies and services worldwide.
· The FH maintenance update to version 7.5 was distributed to the majority of clients with active support contracts. FH 7.5 ensures that departments are compliant with the current NFIRS specifications. FH 7.6 and 7.7 were also distributed on a limited basis for NEMSIS reporting enhancements.
· FH Mobile 1.7 was released, providing enhancements to FH Mobile ePCR and FH Mobile Preplans.
· FH Sketch was released in May. The sketch application you've been asking for was integrated into the Occupancy module, letting you draw, update, and export scenes and plans.
· FHinspector for iPad debuted in August at Fire Rescue International. Client 'excitement' might be understating the interest it received.
· The Westin Seattle hosted the 2010 FIREHOUSE Software Education and Training Seminar in Seattle. WA. Over 400 attendees from 300 different departments across the country were treated to seeing some of the upcoming 2011 FH products and enhancements.
Once again, we thank you for choosing FIREHOUSE Software. We appreciate your business, and will continue to provide the products, support, and innovation to serve you now and in the future.
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Stay Tuned in 2011!
You'll be hearing more about new FH product announcements and integrations coming soon. Truck checks and inventory management will soon become easier as we incorporate a Bar Coding solution into our FH Inventory module. FH Mobile Response & Analysis and Mapping with ESRI Maps and Google Earth will take mapping integration to a whole new level. And for those looking for the next step in learning management solutions integration, we'll have something for you coming as well.
Once again, FIREHOUSE Software is working on solutions for your needs. More details will be announced soon.
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2011 FHETS Location and Dates Announced!
We're excited to announce the location and dates for the 2011 FIREHOUSE Software Education and Training Seminar (FHETS). This year's seminar will be in the city of "Cowboys and Culture", Fort Worth, Texas. FHETS 2011 will be held Tuesday September, 27 through Friday September, 30 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Fort Worth, Texas.
Staying with tradition, the registration, FH user's group meeting, and an opening night reception will be held on the 27th, followed by three jam packed days of classes and interaction with FH staff and clients. Seminar and hotel room prices are being finalized at this time. Online registration will open in late February or early March.
The 2010 FHETS customer satisfaction survey is complete. Thank you to everyone who filled out the survey. Attendees who submitted their survey before November 27 were entered into a drawing for a free 2011 FHETS registration. We would like to congratulate the winner, Sarah Barrett from Gainesville Fire Dept, GA.
More information will be posted soon. If you have any questions, please contact our training coordinator at fhtraining@acs-inc.com. Come join us in Fort Worth!
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lt's time to use the app for that!
FHinspector for iPad ™ is available now! FIREHOUSE Software has combined iPad's trademark interface and live GPS with your inspections, pre-incident plans, permits, and hydrant records allowing your department to tackle more inspections, and making them faster and easier than ever before. By using the FH Cloud Service, a Wi-Fi or 3G connection is all you'll need for real-time communication to your FH database.
The FH Cloud service is a secured connection using an HTTPS address and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to protect data as it is pushed to the FH Cloud from the FH database at the fire station and then pulled to the iPad in your hands. Synchronizing with the FH Cloud copies data, codes, and checklist information used in FIREHOUSE Software to FHinspector to keep your information consistent throughout.
Designed for fire company inspections, FHinspector unleashes the power of today's most creative and dynamic technology to provide another level of mobile implementation for scheduled occupancy and hydrant inspections. Occupancy inspections are filtered by the unit/company and shift to provide the company with only their activities. Inspection checklists ensure quality documentation of passed and failed inspection items, capturing inspector notes with each finding. Existing preplan information and alerts can be reviewed and edited for accuracy, and new preplan information can be added. Hydrant inspections, an addition to FH's mobile offerings, works very similarly. Scheduled hydrant activities assigned to units and shifts are pulled down to FHinspector for the company to capture their flush, service and inspection information.
Stop allowing the inspection paperwork to pile up on your desk. Contact your FH sales representative today for pricing information.
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Stop By and See Us
Look for us at these upcoming events in the coming months!
02/04/11 to 02/04/11: 30th Annual MU FRTI Winter Fire School, Columbia, MO.
02/16/11 to 02/18/11: Texas SAFE-D 10th Annual Conference, Austin, TX.
02/25/11 to 02/26/11: VA Fire Chiefs Assoc 2011 Mid-Atlantic Expo & Symp., Virginia Beach, VA.
02/27/11 to 02/28/11: Southwest Fire Rescue, Galveston, TX.
03/24/11 to 03/26/11: FDIC 2011, Indianapolis, IN.
04/04/11 to 04/07/11: GA EMS 2011 "Changes" Conference, Atlanta, GA.
04/14/11 to 04/16/11: 2011 LA Fire Chief's Association Conference, Baton Rouge, LA.
04/14/11 to 04/16/11: 2011 Annual SAFC Conference and Trade Show, Weyburn, SK. Canada
04/27/11 to 04/29/11: 2011 Kansas State Firefighters Association Conference, Manhattan, KS.
04/28/11 to 04/30/11: 2011 MI EMS Expo, Grand Rapids, MI.
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 Department Profile
In each newsletter, we profile a different department using FIREHOUSE Software. If you would like your department profiled, please send information about your department to: FHdocumentation@acs-inc.com.
Fire Department: Kingston Forty Fort Fire Department
Location: Kingston and Forty Fort, PA.
Fire Chief: Frank J. Guido
Personnel: 30 full time, 30-50 on call
Stations: 2
Pop. Served: 33,500
Calls: 3,267 in 2009
Apparatus: 1 Ladder, 3 Engines, 3 Medic Units, 1 Heavy Rescue, 1 Squad, 1 Chiefs car, 1 Fire/Police Truck
Software: FIREHOUSE Software Standard Version 7
Comments: Located in the northeastern section of Pennsylvania, Kingston and Forty Fort are 120 miles west New York City and 110 miles north of Philadelphia. Kingston Forty Fort Fire is a full service department that covers the towns of Kingston, Forty Fort, Pringle, and mutual response with the Edwardsville Fire Department. Kingston Fire merged with the Forty Fort Fire Department in 2006, having the career firefighters fall under the command of the Kingston Fire Chief.
The region has a combination of schools, businesses, shopping centers, high rises and residential structures. The municipality of Kingston built a brand new fire station in 2002 at a cost of $3.4 million. This necessitated the consolidation of the two Kingston stations into one headquarters station. The building is state of the art with a watch room with computers and trip log, a full gym, individual rooms for on duty firefighters to sleep in, and spare bunkrooms in case of an emergencies when additional staffing is necessary. All bays are drive through bays for the vehicles. The facility also includes a day room with a full commercial kitchen and a diesel emergency generator in case of a power outage.
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