never too late for new technology


by: James K. Rattunde, EMS Chief Nacedah Fire & Rescue - Necehah, Wisconsin


We are now two years into online scheduling of our EMS staff with EMS Manager® and we couldn’t imagine doing it any other way! We made the switch to online scheduling in November 2008 and don’t plan on ever looking back. Like most services, we used to do our scheduling on paper at the station. Our members had only one way of signing up for shifts and they had to physically go to the station to do


it. On my end, this involved a lot of beg‐ ging, pleading, and praying to have our open shifts filled. The Deputy Chief or myself typically covered any shifts that weren’t filled.


Then things changed almost overnight. After reading a magazine advertisement for a product called EMS Manager, which touted being able to handle scheduling completely online with 24/7/365 accessibility, I decided to


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52