Incident Management System Tag Archives - Page 3 of 4

October 26, 2020

by donaldlloyd in Climate Change, Crisis and Emergency Management, Emergency Management, Uncategorized 0 Comment

Eyes on the Horizon

There I am more than a few years ago sitting in the door waiting for the signal to exit the aircraft from an elevation of 2,000 above an active wildfire. I can tell you this is an exhilarating experience – the noise of the aircraft engines, the force of the wind, the feeling of falling, […]

October 19, 2020

by donaldlloyd in Climate Change, COVID-19, Crisis and Emergency Management 0 Comment

Emergency Management Survey Follow Up

I would like to thank all those who responded to our recent Emergency Management Survey, which was conducted in association with IAEM Canada. The results confirm at a high level where the main capability gaps are from an incident management technology perspective. I would also like to thank the emergency managers and incident commanders who […]

October 13, 2020

by donaldlloyd in COVID-19, Crisis and Emergency Management 0 Comment

Virtual EOC Accelerator

We have arrived at a momentous time during the pandemic when the next steps we take may prove to be critical in terms of the outcome of our societal response. Internal information sharing and coordination between all levels of government will be key as well as communicating a clear uniform message to the public. Now […]

October 5, 2020

by donaldlloyd in Climate Change, COVID-19, Crisis and Emergency Management, Uncategorized 0 Comment

Ontario Disaster & Emergency Management Conference (DEMCON)

Hi Folks – I’m excited to be attending the virtual Ontario Disaster and Emergency Management Conference (DEMCON) this week on October 7th and 8th! I’m looking forward to learning from some of the sessions and networking with my peers across the country. I also look forward to contributing to the forums and getting the word […]

September 28, 2020

by donaldlloyd in Climate Change, COVID-19, Crisis and Emergency Management 0 Comment

Implementing Virtual EOC Software During a Pandemic

Hi Folks, In case you’re wondering if this can be done, the whole end-to-end process of implementing a turnkey virtual EOC software solution can be accomplished both remotely and quickly – even during a pandemic. Discovering whether a particular cloud-based incident management solution will meet your requirements can be explored online and tested in a […]

September 21, 2020

by donaldlloyd in Climate Change, COVID-19, Crisis and Emergency Management 0 Comment

Accelerating Capability Development While Exploring the Art of the Possible

If you know what you want with respect to an incident management system (IMS) solution but are constrained from moving forward soon for budgeting or procurement reasons, or you’re not yet sure what you need in an IMS, it may be possible to do one or both of the following: implement a more affordable and […]

September 16, 2020

by donaldlloyd in Climate Change, COVID-19, Crisis and Emergency Management 0 Comment

Technology as a Force Multiplier

In Canada, the next wave of COVID is building. We have anti-mask protests and police de-funding protests. We have smoke from wildfires in the west. And who knows what is going to happen on November 3rd, or what it is going to mean for Canadians? We live in a great country, but we are not […]

image of incident management software user interface

September 8, 2020

by donaldlloyd in Climate Change, COVID-19, Crisis and Emergency Management 0 Comment

Emergency Management Tech Survey

In an August 2020 survey conducted by CounterCrisis Tech, a large majority of emergency managers from across Canada told us they are finding it a challenge to comply with relevant government guidelines and industry standards. This same majority also said that, although they have a need to share information with other organizations in a timely […]

August 12, 2020

by donaldlloyd in Industry News 0 Comment

IDC’s #1 Public Safety Tech Trend of 2020 and IC4W

IDC’s #1 Public Safety Tech Trend of 2020 is “radically rethinking public safety workflow”. According to IDC, public safety agencies are fundamentally rethinking public safety workflow by integrating workflow processes while leveraging next-generation technology, including broader cloud adoption. As a consequence of COVID-19, “which created the space and urgency to radically rethink operations”, this trend […]

August 4, 2020

by donaldlloyd in Crisis and Emergency Management 0 Comment

A Message about Data Interoperability from our Founder & CEO

Hi, Folks – Here’s an old picture of me as a smokejumper. I was trained by the US Forest Service at the North Cascades Smokejumper Base (NCSB) in Winthrop, Washington – ‘the birthplace of smokejumping’. Some of you may know that the Incident Command System (ICS) was developed in the 1970’s following massive wildfires in […]

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