Wall, N.J. –BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), the leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless public safety solutions, announced today that Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, led by Fire Chief William Nesmith, has contracted BIO-key to enhance its fire records management system. The addition of the FireRMS Mobile solution will support the Fire Marshal’s Inspection Unit by automating building inspections. The new mobile solution will allow personnel to streamline field reporting, comply fully with national reporting guidelines, and will provide a platform designed for expansion as the department’s needs change.
“We had a paper-based system that required multiple forms to complete an inspection and were time consuming to fill-out. Hard-copy files grew in volume creating more need for space. This system also required inspectors to spend several hours per day at the office to complete prior day’s reports and prepare for upcoming inspections,” says Deputy Fire Marshal Frank Fernandez. “With BIO-key’s FireRMS Mobile solution, Fire Inspection personnel can finish reports in the field, complete with electronic signature capture and then print the necessary paperwork at the inspection site. It also affords us the opportunity to assign inspectors to fire stations within their assigned inspection area reducing travel to and from the Fire Marshal’s office and increasing the number of inspections performed.”
“Not only will the Hillsborough County Fire Inspection Unit realize immediate and dramatic improvements in efficiency,” says Anthony Barone, General Manager of BIO-key’s Fire Safety Division, but our portfolio of fire solutions and new mobile offerings will ensure the FireRMS system will grow with the County as new requirements emerge.”
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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
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