Chief Officers at Company 1 and the rest of the departments in Calvert County were recently issued computers with software that will greatly improve their ability to command incidents and keep track of firefighters on the incident scene. Each of the departments’ command vehicles were outfitted with a mount and each chief officer issued a laptop computer containing software that the officers can use to monitor call activity, receive important messages while operating, and track firefighters while they are operating on scene.
The accountability tracking system uses signals from the firefighters’ portable radios and self-contained breathing apparatus that allows the incident commander to send alerts to each individual firefighter, correct the channel on the firefighter’s portable radio, and speed up the personnel accountability reporting process. These features are a major leap forward in firefighter safety and scene tracking.
