iPads Helping Mahwah FD Fight Fires
The fire department used donations from a pancake breakfast last year to purchase two iPads that feature a custom App that makes firefighting in Mahwah 'more effective and safer,' battalion chief says
Fighting fires in Mahwah? There’s an App for that. And, according to Co. 4 Fire Battalion Chief Chris Konash, who designed it and started implementing it earlier this year, “Codes” is helping the township fire department fight fires more effectively. Company 4 fire officials are able to access the App on the go thanks to the donations made at a pancake breakfast held at the Chili’s in Ramsey last year. “We made enough at that fundraiser to buy two iPads for our trucks,” Konash said. After purchasing the tablets in February, Konash got to work, outfitting them with Codes. The App, he said, is mainly a database that digitizes and centralizes FD information – forms, incident reports, rosters, personnel records, training reports, equipment …
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