It's not too late! The registration deadline for the 2009 FIREHOUSE Software Education and Training Seminar (FHETS) has been extended to October 1st.

   FHETS 2009 will be held Tuesday, October 13th through Friday, October 16th at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in the beautiful Orlando suburb of Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Click FHETS Registration or go to www.firehousesoftware.com/FHETS/FHETS_1.php to sign up.  The three-day seminar costs $695.

   Breakfast, lunch, and between class snacks will be provided for the class attendees during the seminar's 3 days. Other great attendee perks courtesy of the Disney's Coronado Springs Resort include:

• Free use of health club
• Free parking for hotel guests
• Complimentary local phone and long distance access from guest rooms
• Complimentary transportation to Disney Theme Parks and Downtown Disney
• Complimentary airline check-in and baggage at the hotel
• Complimentary airport transportation
• NEW Buy 2-Days, Get 2-Days Free Meeting/Convention based Theme Park Tickets

For travel planning, check-in for FHETS will begin on the 13th at 2:00pm, followed by a welcome reception from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Breakfast will be served on the 14th at 7:00am, including our keynote speaker, and classes will begin at 9:15am. The last class will end at 5:00pm on the 16th.

Twitter users can follow us for the latest news updates and activities at http://www.twitter.com/FHETS2009. If you have any questions, please contact our training coordinator at fhtraining@acs-inc.com. We'll see you in Florida in October!

CAD Monitor 5.1 Update Available with New Functionality for Importing Personnel

Products Involved: FH 7.3 or later; CAD Monitor 5.1

   In FH CAD Monitor 5.1, you have the choice of where to gather the names of responding personnel from for an FH incident record - the CAD software (if the data is available) or the FH Scheduling module. 

   To extract responding personnel data from the CAD data and deposit the personnel data in an FH incident, select From CAD Data in the Query Personnel section of the System tab in Options in CAD Monitor. Once CAD Monitor data collection is restarted, responding personnel will be populated in FH incidents using data from the CAD system as usual if the responding personnel data is available.

   To automatically add responding personnel from their duty schedule in FH Scheduling to an FH incident:

1. Ensure that the FH Staff Scheduling module has been purchased and activated.
2. In FH, on the Scheduling tab in Tools > Workstation Options, ensure that a default schedule has been specified and the Real-time Link with Station Roster option has been selected.
3. In CAD Monitor, under Tables to Process on the General tab in Options, ensure that Staff Activity and Responding Personnel have been selected.
4. Select From FH Roster in the Query Personnel section of the System tab in Options in CAD Monitor.

   Once CAD Monitor is restarted, responding personnel will be populated in FH incidents using the FH Staff Scheduling modules' data instead of CAD data. NOTE: The FH Staff Scheduling module must be purchased and activated for this feature to operate.

   For further questions about this functionality, contact FH Technical Support at 800-921-5300 extension 2.

New Inspection Violation Codes Available in November

   In November, the 2009 NFPA Life Safety Codes, 2009 NFPA 1 Codes, and 2009 International Fire Codes will be available for purchase in an FH-ready format. For price information, please contact your regional FH sales representative.

NFIRS 5 January 2009 Specification Cycle Coming in the FH 7.5 Maintenance Release

   The distribution of the FH 7.5 maintenance release has begun for some states. Shipments to certain states have been delayed to address specific recent NEMSIS updating features. This maintenance release will address the NFIRS January 2009 changes, most notably the canceled en-route time validation and Fire Spread in association with the Object of Origin for the Structure Fire section of a fire report. To bridge the time before the maintenance release can be sent to departments, an installable .FHz containing a system rule and browsing query has been created to assist departments. The system rule will require the correct Unit Action Taken code, and the browsing query will display previous incidents entered in 2009 needing to have the record edited. The .FHz file is available under the Downloads column on the FH Support page http://www.firehousesoftware.com/sup/index.php.

   Design documentation for the 2009 specification cycle, including specification changes and corrections, is available at http://www.nfirs.fema.gov/documentation/design/.

FH Customer Interview by Fire Chief Magazine

   Jack McCoy, EMS Director for the Washington Township Fire Department in Ohio, was interviewed by Fire Chief Magazine about the importance of pre-planning and the convenience of electronic pre-plans and data gathering in the field. The department uses FH Software for its pre-plan and data-gathering and distribution needs. See more in the interview with Fire Chief Magazine at http://enews.penton.com/enews/firechief/v/627