North Vancouver, BC – A long-time advocate of social responsibility, FDM Software recently received a request with a bit of a twist. The Kelowna Fire Department required a Records Management System (RMS) for their Fire Museum.
“We are just starting our museum and education centre, so our budget is still limited,” says Brian Moore, Executive Director of the Kelowna Fire Museum and Kelowna Fire Department FDM Administrator. “Trying to find a single, user friendly system that would track volunteer hours and training, manage our collection and archives, book meetings and tours, as well as documenting workplace injuries, vandalism to the building, etc. was futile. Then it hit me – what about FDM, the RMS supplier for the Fire Department? A quick email to the company set the ball in motion.”
“Many of our museum volunteers are also members of fire departments in the area. Because they are already FDM users, the learning curve at the museum is zero,” Moore concluded.
“We have been working with the Kelowna Fire Department since 1996,” says Ed Colin, President of FDM Software. “We were very happy to step up to the plate for them, especially to support such a worthy cause. In addition to protecting Kelowna’s firefighting history, the education center includes “Risk Watch”, a program from the National Fire Protection Association, a very important childhood injury prevention initiative.”
About the Kelowna Fire Museum
The Kelowna Fire Museum and Education Centre is a non-profit society organized by present full, part-time and retired members of the department as well as members of the community.
In addition to the museum, the education centre will present NFPA’s Risk Watch program, developed to reduce childhood unintentional injuries. 424,000 children are injured while more that 260 are killed annually in British Columbia as a result of such injuries.
The Kelowna Fire Museum recently leased a 10,000 square foot facility and will be opening to the public in the fall of 2009.
Media contact:
Bruce Smith, Communications Director, t: 250-717-FIRE (3473) | e: bsmith@firemuseum.ca | w: firemuseum.ca
About FDM Software Ltd.
With more than 20 years experience, FDM Software is a market leader in the provision of Fire/EMS enterprise solutions. The company provides powerful and flexible Records Management (RMS) and Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) solutions with more than 120 installations serving 400 jurisdictions throughout North America.
FDM is focused on providing the best public safety product in the industry backed by exceptional 24x7 customer service. Based in North Vancouver, BC, FDM also has offices in Ontario, North Carolina and Utah.
Media contact:
Leslie Vice, Marketing Communications Coordinator t: 604-986-9941 | e: lvice@fdmsoft.com | w: fdmsoft.com