Electronic ICS Forms

Digital forms are an integral part of moving emergency management activities to the cloud. Here's why: 1. Quickly Retrieve Information ICS forms are excellent for collecting information during an emergency, but paper copies are a poor method for storing that documentation. Digitization allows emergency management teams to follow the industry standard ICS structure and quickly retrieve that information from their phone, tablet, laptop, or computer. 2. Improve Collaboration Multiple people can view your electronic ICS forms and collaboratively fill them out from the field. As the forms are now digital, the information is automatically synced and shared into the Common Operating Picture (COP) for all senior responders to see. 3. Maintain Accuracy The value of your output is the product of your input and no emergency manager wants garbage in and garbage out. Paper copies are plagued with misinterpretation of handwritten notes. Humans make mistakes and less data entry means less chance of errors. Maintain accuracy by linking fields in your FEMA ICS forms to your Situation Report. Enter key information once and D4H will instantly autofill it throughout your Incident Action Plan (IAP). 4. Shared Situational Awareness As an incident grows, if we are not sharing information digitally then we can only see part of the picture. It’s easy to lose perspective and miss patterns. Worse, emergency managers don’t want to make decisions based on partial information. Digitization allows for all information to be gathered, analyzed, and compared. 5. Track Goal Progress It’s important to measure what you want to improve. Emergency management measures success based on lives saved, property protected, and response times. Paper records can eventually be used to calculate an incident’s total damage or cost of responses but real-time emergency management reports based on information gathered digitally ensure decisions are being made based on current realities, not guesstimates.

Website

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Industry

Software Development

Company size

11-50 employees

Headquarters

Dublin

Founded

2008

Specialties

ICS, Incident Command, Cloud Emergency Response, FEMA Forms, Emergency Management Software, Electronic ICS forms, Digital ICS forms, and Virtual EOC