As it was Mark Zuckerberg's birthday this week, I decided to take a look at what Facebook resources would benefit response teams. For some this may seem basic but if ordinarily you only use Facebook for personal use there are subtle differences worth knowing. If all the Facebook users[...] Read More »

CA-TF2 have been using Decisions [D4H] for a few years now. We took the chance to visit their USAR warehouse recently in Calgary. The CA-TF2 USAR Warehouse is incredible. Millions of dollars of equipment, ready to deploy within a few hours notice to disasters anywhere in Canada. All the eq[...] Read More »

If you work in a commercial or industrial setting, the persons involved in your incidents are probably contained to the same group of people be they employees, site contractors, or clients. Rather than just referencing a name, you're now able to select the same person involved as a victim, witness, [...] Read More »

Your [D4H] emergency response team is full of methods to optimize your personnel tracking. One such useful function is 'Expectations' - you can create a group such as 'Team Leaders' and make it mandatory that all members of that group have a certain qualification - for example, &[...] Read More »

Decisions [D4H] is a multi-award winning emergency response team management technology experiencing rapid growth around the world. Our international operation has had particular success and we are firmly committed to growing our capacity. We are now looking for another ambitious engineer to join our crew in the lighthouse - yes, we work in a lighthouse. Read More »

The much anticipated Google Glass has been bestowed upon a few lucky candidates. With a release to the public expected in 2014, we examine their potential uses for emergency response. Read More »

Today we've upgraded all user accounts to include an Address Book to store the shared contact details of personnel from the resources that work with your organization and the companies that service you. Track involvement of these personnel at events, training exercises, and incidents. Store phone numbers, email addresses, and contact notes against their online profile so their details are never far away when you're in the field. Read More »

Issuing equipment to a member of your emergency response team is a normal, everyday task. It's a pain to document this with a spreadsheet or on paper records but Decisions [D4H] makes it very easy. Adam our customer success lead talks us through how to issue a piece of equipment to a  [...] Read More »

There is a huge amount of literature and thought on strategic planning for business and nearly as much on emergency response. The most notable difference between strategic planning for business vs emergency response situations is that the emergency response situations usually require quicker ac[...] Read More »

We've added the ability to customize and switch on-off weather adding Tides, Snow Conditions, Avalanche Risk, Water Temperature, and Air Temperature to our existing Conditions, Visibility, Wind, Sea State, Sea Swell, and Cloud Base weather reporting options. Take a read and watch[...] Read More »