Who Is StreetWise Software For?

Who Is StreetWise Software For?

Wednesday, 03 July 2024 14:16

Firefighting is a dangerous business, even on slow days. Firefighters and other emergency responders must always have proper situational awareness on every call from when the dispatch is received until all units are safely back at the station.

Properly utilizing relevant information is crucial to a firefighter's ability to respond to emergencies effectively and safely. StreetWise provides software packages to emergency responders that have been proven effective in assisting firefighters in their jobs.

As StreetWise® software continues to be utilized by many departments nationwide, the number of satisfied customers continues to share what they love about our software. StreetWise values our customers and does everything possible to ensure that our products meet the demanding and growing needs of firefighters and emergency responders.

Our Software Is Designed To Help Firefighters And Firehouses

With an all-in-one system like StreetWise, you can be confident that your department’s response will improve. Our software improves life-saving situational awareness, which can save the lives of your firefighters and those you are helping. 

A sophisticated and well-trained cadre of paid and volunteer professional firefighters must handle this country's growing fire calls. The firefighting profession in the United States is a complex and multi-layered organization that reflects the diversity of the hazards and types of fires encountered. Our software is designed for the different disciplines of the first responder community.

StreetWise Software Is Designed For All Within The Fire Community

Examples of different fire and first responders that utilize our software include positions such as:

  • Station Dispatcher
  • Engine Captain
  • Operations Section Chief
  • Incident Commander
  • Emergency First Responder
  • Law Enforcement Officer
  • Station Public Information Officer
  • Logistical Officer
  • Staging Area Manager
  • Firefighter

When you look at the broad spectrum of jobs within the fire and first responder world, you will quickly see that our software is applicable in many situations and is utilized throughout the different disciplines of the community to handle emergency situations safely and efficiently.

Our Software Offers Technology Designed For First Responders

The software is very complex but easily used and offers many attributes designed specifically for fire firefighters and first responders, including:

1) Notification & Mapping

Calls received from a client’s CAD to StreetWise interface are automatically sent to the assigned devices. The incident information is shown in a full-screen, easy-to-read display complete with a call index. If the CAD system sends updated information, the display is also automatically updated, with a pop-up notification to the user.

2) Navigation & Routing

Calls are instantly mapped and displayed at the push of a button. For the ultimate situational awareness, the incident can be displayed in street map view, as an aerial photo image, terrain view, or even in Google’s 360-degree interactive StreetView. 

All map views use a simple and intuitive pinch-zoom and finger-swipe user interface. At the touch of a button, navigation to an active alert is automated for either a simple route overlay or even turn-by-turn directions.

3) Unit Locations

See other apparatus displayed on the tactical map in real-time for improved coordination. Labels display your own selected vehicle names with a choice of icons for various apparatus types. Icons realistically rotate in the direction of travel.

Tap any apparatus icon to see staffing, pump and tank capacity, EMS level, speed, and course. Engaged device filtering means you can tell which units are responding to your call; multiple incidents can be handled without confusion.

4) Hydrant Data Display

Hydrants and water points can be displayed on the street map, terrain view, or aerial image view. Hydrant icons are interactive and can display information such as flow capacity, primary size, location notes, etc. 

A choice of icons can match hydrant capacity to NFPA colors. You can instantly change a single hydrant to an “out of service” icon on all devices simultaneously. Hydrants can be easily imported and exported.

5) Shared Waypoints

More than just a mapping program, StreetWise gives you revolutionary new ways to help manage an incident. Fully interactive, tactical waypoints can be instantly dropped on the map with a simple tap of your finger, automatically appearing on the maps of all other devices engaged in your call within seconds.

6) Total Preplan Management

Occupancy preplans sort and list automatically by proximity to the call you’re responding to. They can also be displayed as map icons. Select any preplan to view a comprehensive, easy-to-navigate, tabbed display of occupancy information.

Preplan surveys, complete with embedded photos, are easily performed in the field on the device. When complete, they are synced to the StreeWise cloud servers and available to every device for the next call. Preplans can be selectively cached to device memory for offline use when broadband isn’t available.

7) Instant Photo Sharing

Need to let other responders see what you are seeing? Using the table’s built-in camera, point, click, and share instantly without leaving the StreetWise application. Units in one area of a call can send up-to-date imagery to units in another. Remote companies performing search or damage assessment functions can send photos to the incident commander or EOC.

8) Live NFIRS Integration

StreetWise CADlink integrates live with your records management software, making life easier for your crews and dramatically improving the accuracy of your response time analysis.

9) Status Timestamp Log

You can change and record your unit’s status, such as En Route, Arrived, Available, etc., at the push of a button. Unit status timestamps are instantly recorded in the server for later retrieval to enhance documentation of truly accurate response times. 

Benchmarking status buttons can also record essential incident timestamps, such as First Water Applied, Patient Contact Made, PAR Check Conducted, and more. An optional bidirectional programming interface on our server makes Status Button activations instantly synchronize to select CAD vendors.

10) Custom Map Layers

Custom Map Layers adds a geo-referenced layer to the StreetWise Tactical Map display created from our clients’ Geographic Information Software (GIS) data.

StreetWise Provides Software Designed For Your Needs

StreetWise is a public safety information services company in Lake Norman, North Carolina. Its elite group of progressive, like-minded investors, managers, technical developers, and advisors forms the parent company, Hangar 14 Solutions, LLC.

With an all-in-one system like StreetWise, you can be confident that your department’s response will improve. For first responders, every single second matters. You need every advantage to save time. Our software improves life-saving situational awareness that can save the lives of your firefighters and those you are helping. 

StreetWise can assist you with developing pre-incident plans and provide advanced software to prepare for any type of fire season. If you would like more information on the services offered by StreetWise, reach out to us to discuss your options and schedule a free demo