Reno Training Workshop - June 13-14
Emergency Reporting is pleased to announce a two day training workshop June 13-14 at the Regional Public Safety Training Center in Reno, Nevada. The workshop includes hands-on training using individual computers with internet access for real-time account modification and improvements. Registration form and lodging (800-648-1177).
Friday, June 13 - Workshop Topics:
- Today's Informational and Organizational Challenges
- Overview of Emergency Reporting Web-based Records Management
- Modules Orientation
- Emergency Reporting Account Setup and Options
- Emergency Reporting Module Setup
- Incidents module
- Message Center
- Hydrants Module
- Maintenance Module
- Occupancy Module; scheduling inspections, forms, tracking violations
- Training module
Saturday, June 14 - Workshop Topics:
- Building Task Sheets and Templates
- Reports Module
- Library Module
- Shifts and Calendar
- Events Module
- Managing Consumable Supplies with Inventory
- Daily Roster and Daybook
- Payroll Module
- Risk Assessment with Demographics and VISION™
- Forecasting through Information Analysis*
*Turning Data into Information (Leveraging information into decisions and plans; improving communications by aggregating Information; implementing Continuous Quality Improvement through metrics).
Registration form - sign up now for $650
Lodging - mention Training Center Discount
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Training options
We offer a variety of options, including training your staff at your site, regional workshops and several self-paced online opportunities to familiarize users with the features and required set up configurations.
Onsite Training provides your department with an assessment of your department's needs and prepared lessons presented by a qualified representative for up to 10 attendees, with an option for additional attendees.
The fee is $2,650 plus instructor travel and lodging expenses for a two-day class. Additional consecutive days are charged at $1,000 per day.
Regional Workshops are conducted in state of the art training facilities. Students each have high-speed internet connections to their agency accounts while the instructor is providing live demonstrations, PowerPoint presentations that illustrate best practices for turning data into information that allows agencies to measure their respective level of compliance with laws, rules, regulations, standards that are imposed on emergency services.
Students are also shown how to measure compliance with their own agency objectives.
Training Calendar
Date: February 14-15, 2008
Location: Pasco Fire Department, WA
Type: Onsite Training
Date: March 10-11, 2008
Location: Lacey Fire Department, WA
Type: Onsite Training
Date: March 12-13, 2008
Location: Classrooms In Seattle, WA
Type: Regional Workshop
Date: April 5-7, 2008
Location: MCBJ Fire Department, Japan
Type: Onsite Training
Date: June 13-14, 2008
Location: Regional Public Safety Training Center, NV
Type: Regional Workshop
About Training
Emergency Reporting is dedicated to helping our customers best utilize the system for reporting and records management services. The Training Workshops and Onsite Training sessions are intended to:
1. Improve Administrators' ability to:
a. Turn data into decision
b. Maximize return on investment
c. Utilize data to meet regulatory compliance
d. Recognize anomalies in actual vs. planned operations
2. Deliver IT and Systems managers ability to:
a. Understand inter-relationship of modules and features
b. Setup user accounts
c. Create ad-hoc reports and templates
d. Export data
e. Process changes in pick lists, customized features
3. Improve Users' ability to:
a. Understand inter-relationship of modules and features
b. Utilize data entry shortcuts
c. Retrieve information from collected data
Emergency Reporting has a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) link option which links between the system and a department's Dispatch Center. To learn more about the CAD link option, please contact Emergency Reporting, meanwhile the following responses to frequently asked questions may provide useful information:
How does the CAD link work?
ER uses software to query incident data from the CAD system. Received data is transmitted to ER's database and is then displayed in the Incident module. All the crew will need to do is to then finish the call by filling out the fields that were not collected by CAD. Emergency Reporting will attempt to capture up to 72 unique elements from the CAD system, if available.
What does the ER system administrator need to do to?
There is a section in the Administration module, called CAD Settings, with tools available for administrators to monitor and use for the CAD link. See the next page of this document for more information. Administrators may also find it helpful to contact the Dispatch Center regarding data values used in their database.
How is the data from our Dispatch Center recognized in the ER account?
Whenever possible, the CAD link is set up to transfer data directly to the Incident module. String fields, such as narrative, make this easy. When that isn't possible, as is the case with Apparatus, tools are available for ER administrators to map the CAD values to the appropriate ER values. See page 3 of this document for information on mapping values.
The EMS Billing Link is a secure electronic connection in which EMS data for billing purposes is sent between an agency's Emergency Reporting account and the EMS billing solution.
Upon agreement, Emergency Reporting will contact your agency with account access information and review the initial steps to set up the Emergency Reporting account; The agency's EMS billing software representative will also be notified.
Once your initial set-up in the system is complete, you're ready to start entering Incidents. As Incidents are entered and "reviewed" in the system, your agency will control when Incidents are exported to the billing software. To learn more about the specifics of this option, please contact an Emergency Reporting representative.
Emergency Reporting uses Access and XML for all data exports. Current export options include the following:
Export NFIRS Reports
Emergency Reporting will validate and send your reports to the proper authority, whether it's the State Fire Marshal's office or FEMA. A department representative will receive a digital copy of the email sent to the state.
Export Access Data
The MS Access Data Export feature is designed to allow departments to download their entire account's database to a Microsoft Access (.mdb) file, for the purpose of data storage and/or writing and querying their own reports, beyond the report capability of the system. Emergency Reporting designed this feature as an external option and assumes users have some knowledge of Access or other report-writing program.
Export EMS Data to (Agency) State
Emergency Reporting will export data to the State for reporting purposes. Not all State requirements are meant, please contact Emergency Reporting to see if your state can receive data in the NEMSIS 2.2 dataset standard. Note 52 states and U.S. territories are compliant and/or endorse the dataset standard.
Medical Billing Export
Emergency Reporting uses the NEMSIS standard for XMS file exports, or Ortivus (formally known as Amazon) format.
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