Clik here to view.
Staying Safe Twitter Tips for Emergency Responders
I think by this stage almost everyone has heard about the 'Bad Lieutenant' Twitter account that spouted 'inappropriate' tweets. The tweets were by Tim Dluhos - A 12 year veteran of FDNY. This has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Podcast Episode 30 - Emergency Responders and Twitter, Culture and HAZMAT...
Pop on the kettle, take off the PPE, throw the BSI gloves in the medical bin and sit back and enjoy the premier emergency response chat. Find out more at http://decisions.d4h.orgIn this episode, Adam...
View ArticleClik here to view.
8 Tips to Reduce Stress for Emergency Responders
Emergency responders tend to be incessant multi-taskers with many involved in a number of full-time, volunteer and education rolls. Add all of these commitments together and you have a huge possibility...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Importance of Effectively Managing Emergency Responders' Expectations.
Managing expectations in any walk of life is important. If you don't manage the expectations of a subordinate, boss or the people you serve, you may find yourself in a hostile, unproductive situation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Podcast Episode 31 - Managing Expectations, Interview With a RN/CERT Member...
Pop on the kettle, take off the PPE, throw the BSI gloves in the medical bin and sit back and enjoy the premier emergency response chat. Find out more at http://decisions.d4h.orgIn this episode, Adam...
View ArticleClik here to view.
6 Tips For Emergency Response Problem Solving
Responders face problems on a daily basis. It’s how we deal with these problems and move on regardless of their size or complexity, that shapes our success. Unfortunately there isn’t any one size fits...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Getting The Most From Your Training Session.
As emergency responder skills are usually done as a system or parallel in the 'real world' - It is important to have training session scenarios that reflect this as much as possible. It is important to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How To Add Equipment to your Decisions [D4H] Account.
Every second week, we are going to produce a video which shows you how to achieve certain task on [D4H]. As Decisions [D4H] is so intuitive, they will normally be between 1-2 minutes long. This week...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Leading your Organization? Remember to have Compassion
‘Compassion is the understanding or empathy for the suffering of others’ Presuming it wasn’t an accident that propelled you to the top of your field I’m sure you have put in a lot of time, effort and a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creating A Framework for Mass Casualty Incidents.
In the wake of the terrible atrocity that happened at the Boston marathon, you may be thinking that your organization requires an update/creation of a process to deal with a mass casualty incident...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Podcast Episode 32 - Mass Casualty Incident, Showing Compassion and Interview...
Pop on the kettle, take off the PPE, throw the BSI gloves in the medical bin and sit back and enjoy the premier emergency response chat. Find out more at http://decisions.d4h.orgIn this episode, Adam...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Announcing Extra Weather with Tides, Snow Conditions, Avalanche Risk, Water &...
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Strategic Planning During An Incident.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Getting the most from [D4H] - Issuing Equipment To A Member
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....
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Shared Response Team Address Book
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Google Glass for Emergency Response
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.The product is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Developer at [D4H] - Hiring PHP / Javascript
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Getting the most from [D4H] - Creating Qualification Expectations
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Announcing: Incident History of Persons Involved
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
D4H @ Canada Task Force 2 (CA-TF2)
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...
View Article