Published on the 04/09/2009 | Written by Newsdesk
Solution allows TFS to automate safety and hazard reporting, and generate detailed reports to support training and OHS…
The Tasmania Fire Service is deploying safety and risk management reporting software from Australian business software provider ComOps.
The AWS software from ComOps will enable TFS to automate hazard and accident recording. At the same time TFS will be able to generate detailed reports in support of the organisation’s training requirements in overall occupational health and safety (OHS) and risk management.
The ComOps solution replaces TFS’ manual reporting system which was unable to support real-time analysis for up to 200 incident reports generated annually.
TFS has recently undertaken benchmarking with other organisations and now requires statistical information to compare incident reporting with other emergency services on an ongoing and timely basis.
“Being manually-based, our previous system was increasingly unable to locate, record and analyse hazard and accident reporting in real time,” says John Green, senior project officer at TFS.
“As a result, management lacked confidence in the system’s ability to adequately support the organisation’s safety systems in the future. Being so focused on hard copy, paper reporting, our old system was simply unable to rapidly manipulate the data we required,” says Green.
ComOps was selected following a market review and was chosen based on its modular architecture, ease of configuration and breadth of successful deployment in the emergency services sector.
The TFS is the operational arm of the State Fire Commission and was created in 1979 through the amalgamation of the State Fire Authority, the Rural Fires Board and 22 urban fire brigade boards. The TFS includes over 230 fire brigades across Tasmania. These fire brigades are comprised of around 250 career firefighters and approximately 4,800 volunteer firefighters.
