BIO-key answers the need for a comprehensive records management solution
WAL, N.J. – BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless public safety solutions, has been selected by Onondaga County, New York, including the City of Syracuse, to implement BIO-key’s FireRMS enterprise-class fire records management system.
BIO-key’s FireRMS system is the most feature rich and robust Fire Records Management System in the industry. FireRMS is completely compliant with the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) 5.0 . FireRMS was designed to meet the time critical needs of Fire and EMS personnel with streamlined reporting methods, customizable data field capabilities and increased data collection capability for first responders. When fully deployed across Onondaga County, FireRMS will dramatically improve performance information for the 150 Fire and EMS stations in the county, thus enabling fire and EMS personnel to provide more effective safety services to county residents.
“Our decision to choose BIO-key was based on its strong industry experience and understanding of our requirements,” said Kathy McMahon, Supervisor Technical Services for Onondaga County. “None of BIO-key’s competitors could offer a package that met both our fire and EMS needs.”
“We are thrilled with Onondaga County’s decision to select to BIO-key and join our growing base family of Fire customers,” says Anthony Barone, BIO-key’s General Manager for Fire Safety. “Our NFIRS-compliant FireRMS has been developed with our fire customers and is designed to comprehensively manage all departmental administrative to make front line personnel more effective.
Onondaga County is the most recent U.S. county to implement the BIO-key scalable FireRMS solution across multiple Fire and EMS departments - county-wide solutions increase information sharing and decrease data input redundancy without compromising local department autonomy.
About BIO-key
BIO-key develops and delivers advanced identification solutions and information services to law enforcement departments, public safety agencies, government and private sector customers. BIO-key's mobile wireless technology provides first responders with critical, reliable, real-time data and images from local, state and national databases. BIO-key's high-performance, scalable, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy biometric finger identification technology accurately identifies and authenticates users of wireless and enterprise data to improve security, convenience and privacy and to reduce identity theft. Over 2,500 police, fire and emergency services departments in North America use BIO-key solutions, making BIO-key the leading supplier of mobile and wireless solutions for public safety worldwide. (http://www.bio-key.com)
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