StationSmarts, the mobile-based, records management system designed exclusively for fire departments, welcomes Heather Vaughn to our team. Heather will play a key role as Project Manager, working to enhance the support services we offer our user community. As we’ve traveled throughout New England over the past 18 months meeting with fire chiefs, we’ve heard many…
We strongly encourage all departments seeking to acquire new records management systems to apply for EMPG funding. EMPG funding is available now. Due date for applications is August 18, 2017. This year, the state has about $2,000,000 allocated for grant funding. Eligible award amounts range from $2,200 for the smallest towns to $69,975 for the largest cities…
We sat down recently with StationSmarts customer, Deputy Chief Mark Nelson of Milford, MA Fire Department. Like many in the fire industry, a direct family lineage has been the inspiration for Mark’s twenty-plus year (and counting) career in fire service. Mark’s father is a retired lieutenant. Starting out in Southbridge, MA in 1994, Mark moved up…
A 35-year veteran of the fire service, Assistant Fire Chief Tom Judge of Concord Fire Department recognized a good thing when he was first exposed to the StationSmarts records management platform. He recalls attending an academy class that included a StationSmarts demonstration. “StationSmarts does the things we need it to do, while letting us…
This month we had the pleasure of speaking with Chief Richard White, a 31-year veteran of the Natick Fire Department. Chief White has held the position of chief for the past 3 ½ years and says he still loves being a firefighter, as much today as he did his first day on the job. He…
This month, we spoke with Cotuit Fire Chief Christopher Olsen who recently acquired the StationSmarts platform for his department’s data management needs. It was a lively and informative conversation during which we learned a great deal about the 30-year industry veteran’s passion for his work and lifelong commitment to public safety. Chief Olsen has led…
One of the many benefits of StationSmarts’ ongoing engagement with more fire departments, is the chance to meet the department chiefs. The chiefs hold the primary responsibility around departmental information processing and they are the often the initial points of contact when StationSmarts arrives on the scene. We’ve really enjoyed getting to know these dedicated…
When Chief Anthony Stowers took the helm at the Maynard Fire Department in 2012, he was charged with the task of putting together a strategic and capital plan for the next twenty years. To provide the best possible service to the community in the most efficient way possible, Chief Stowers was determined to operate his…