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County approves Tablet Command mapping and incident-management system for fire operations, funded with Homeland Security and mitigation fees
Summary
Supervisors authorized a three-year service agreement for Tablet Command to provide mapping, incident management and vehicle-location tools for fire operations, plus cellular connectivity and CAD integration; the county will use Homeland Security grant funds and mitigation fees to cover startup costs.
The Board approved a three-year service agreement with Tablet Command, a mobile incident-management and mapping system, and authorized related connectivity and CAD-integration charges.
Fire department staff described the system as an integrated incident-management tool that time-stamps tasks, provides firefighter accountability, supports mapping with Esri integration and offers automatic-vehicle-location data for closest-unit dispatch. Fire Chief Lancer said the system also supports offline data capture that syncs when a cellular connection is restored, and that El Centro Fire — which has purchased the system — will be able to share resource visibility under an…
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