FireCARES in the Media
Fire Service Organizations Develop System to Assess Risk, Grade Communities
Published: May 19th 2017
Source: firehouse.com
A collaborative effort between several fire service organizations developed a new interactive online tool with the goal of improving both public and firefighter safety by building better departments to serve their communities.
The Fire-Community Assessment/Response Evaluation System (FireCARES), which launched in April, relies heavily on encouraging fire departments across the country to input data that will then be integrated inside scientific models to assist with community risk assessment and best firefighting practices.
"FireCARES includes more than a decade of research on structure fires and related injuries and death, as well as community building footprints, housing and mobile home units, public health and census data, and vulnerable populations," the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) said in a release. "This data 'tells the story' of a fire department's risk environment, resource capacity and overall capability to respond to emergency incidents." read more...
New FireCARES System Determines if Fire Departments Deploy Resources to Match Risk
Published: May 10th 2017
Improving public safety and fire fighter safety by building better fire departments to serve communities across the nation is the goal of the new Fire-Community Assessment/Response Evaluation System (FireCARES), an online tool based on emergency response data integrated inside scientific models for community risk assessment and best firefighting practices.
Launched in April, FireCARES includes more than a decade of research on structure fires and related injuries and death, as well as community building footprints, housing and mobile home units, public health and census data, and vulnerable populations. Combined, these data "tells the story" of a fire department's risk environment, resource capacity, and overall capability to respond to emergency incidents. read more...
IAFF Dispatch Season 2 Episode 1
Published: March 11th 2016
In this episode: big news about two new data systems that provide updated, simple and easy to use interfaces for our members, the unique challenges facing our federal affiliates and the incredible success our great union achieves on our members’ behalf when our locals, state and provincial affiliates and our international offices are strong and unified.
Risk vs. Response: The FireCARES Project
Published: September 2nd 2015
Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell (IAFF), Dr. Craig Weinschenk (NIST) and Ray Ranellone (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) presentation at IAFF Health, Safety and EMS Conference.
Fire Politics: Embrace Big Data
Published: February 1st 2015
Kevin O'Connor talks about embracing big data in the fire service and including FIRECares performance scores in your efforts to gauge improvements.
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