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In Sonoma County, the software has allowed agencies to add personalized map layers including evacuation zones, fire scars, planned methods of attack and safety areas, It also allows firefighters to easily view WildfireAlert cameras, work offline and locate strike teams across multiple agencies in the state.įor example, "fire chiefs came back from (the Caldor and Dixie) fires last year and they were saying that it's just revolutionary, it's like electricity," Pigeon said. It now often notifies firefighters of incidents faster than the station does, he said. Their team of 17 staffers at Tablet Command is constantly tweaking the app, Pigeon said. Over 200 of those devices are in Sonoma County, 125 of which are mounted in engines including the Santa Rosa Fire Department. They launched the app in January 2013.Īlmost 10 years on now, Tablet Command has over 18,000 EMS and firefighter "users" throughout North America, Pigeon said, referring to individual officials and engines. The two came together and began sketching the idea out on napkins and whiteboards, brainstorming and raising money for at least a year. "So he had this epiphany like, 'Oh my gosh, yeah, why can't we do that?'" Pigeon said. The idea of placing a letter on the board, instantaneously seen by a random player thousands of miles away in Texas, could easily be transferred to the assignment of a fire engine and the points could represent the number of personnel assigned to that engine. Sitting on the couch with Pigeon, playing Words With Friends, a multiplayer word game app, Bozzo dragged a "W" across the board.
It also shed light on weaknesses in the department including lack of coordination and reliance on face-to-face communication.īozzo and Pigeon, who had some college experience in computer science, began thinking how they could improve field communication in their department. A yearlong internal investigation found a mishandled initial report led to delays and miscommunication contributing to the firefighters' deaths. Two firefighters in their department died on duty, attempting to rescue two people from a house fire. In 2007, Tablet Command founders William "Will" Pigeon and Andy Bozzo were relatively new at the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District when tragedy struck. Fire officials are now able to see where their personnel are on a map, assign resources, communicate, view incident locations and 911 dispatch information, assign crews, upload evacuation and weather briefings and more ― all through the touch of an iPad screen.