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This week we will start rolling out our v3 update for our Responder app to the Apple and Google Play app stores. This v3 update is a huge deal for us. Not only is it the 3rd major version of our premier mobile app it’s also our 2nd major revision utilizing Cordova and our fist …
Long gone are the days where we can just post new procedures, trainings, SOP’s, etc on a memo board, or email them out to our personnel. Personnel not following policies and procedures can open departments and organizations up to liability, not to mention the life safety concerns that that the personnel is exposing themselves to. …
On 10/18 we launched Resgrid Personnel Shifts Beta. With this launch departments can create shifts, assign those shifts days that the shift is on, assign the groups and roles needed to be filled by personnel for the shift and finally the ability to assign personnel to the shift. This is the first version of the …
On September 12th we launched the initial beta of the Notification system for Resgrid. This system allows your department to create complex notification rules for a number of discrete activities, operations and states. Our notification beta launched with 10 events that can trigger notifications, some of which allow you to select the type of data …
Today we released the beta of our Text Command Interface (TCI) for Resgrid. This allows your personnel to interact with Resgrid completely via Text Messages. Allowing all your personnel to get access to complex features and perform actions by sending simple commands to a private number. In addition to allowing personnel without smartphones to use …
In the personnel logistics space for first responders there are some options out there. A number of those options are cloud based offerings with mobile applications. A question we get is why a first responder organization should choose Resgrid over anyone else? Below are some of the reasons we feel that you should use our …
Volunteer originations have a lot of challenges relating to the nature of their personnel. Coordination of personnel, response to events/incidents, active communications and sharing and dissemination of knowledge and vital information can be challenging. Existing technologies and methods of communicating and coordinating with volunteer forces work, but require giving people expensive technology, using multiple methods …