Hi all,
I work in an emergency response setting within the construction industry. Currently the call taker for the emergency phone line/radio are using an old paper form to log things. I’m wanting to update to an electronic system. I don’t have access to a server and the system doesn’t need to be used by more than one user at a time. I can’t install any sort of free open source CAD solution as I don’t have any sort of server. Similarly I can’t use an externally hosted solution due to perceived data privacy concerns.
I’m looking for something for the call taking/dispatch log rather than any sort of interface for the emergency response crews to use. I’m not great with computers and can’t program my own solution. I’ve played with Microsoft forms/quizzes which have shown some promise but don’t really fit the bill.
All I need is a prototype that I could then use as a proof of concept to get something built properly. Basically it needs to:
Start with a screen that allows selection of ‘new emergency’ or to view a report. Then from there it needs to move to a screen that prompts for the standard information (caller, contact number/channel, exact location) and then allow the selection of 1 of 8 zones by the operator that will then prompt the correct crews to send. Then I think it needs a selection option for ‘fire’ or ‘medical’. After that it needs to either collect standard questions for the selected generic event type (fire or medical) and then have an ongoing call log which is time stamped and has the users name auto entered. At the end there needs to be an ‘end case’ option which generates a PDF report and is accessible via the first menu screen. Basically it’s a series of check boxes mixed with free text fields and then some prompts for the call taker based on the selection of certain criteria.
I’m not looking for someone to build this, unless you’re bored and don’t want to charge, but I’m just looking for ideas. I haven’t looked into google forms but maybe that’s an option, even though it’s off network I could control it within the corporate google account. I don’t think excel would work but I don’t know enough about it. MS access might be an option but again I don’t know how to use it well apart from modifying existing database forms and I don’t know if it can be hosted within MS365.
Thanks in advance
I work in an emergency response setting within the construction industry. Currently the call taker for the emergency phone line/radio are using an old paper form to log things. I’m wanting to update to an electronic system. I don’t have access to a server and the system doesn’t need to be used by more than one user at a time. I can’t install any sort of free open source CAD solution as I don’t have any sort of server. Similarly I can’t use an externally hosted solution due to perceived data privacy concerns.
I’m looking for something for the call taking/dispatch log rather than any sort of interface for the emergency response crews to use. I’m not great with computers and can’t program my own solution. I’ve played with Microsoft forms/quizzes which have shown some promise but don’t really fit the bill.
All I need is a prototype that I could then use as a proof of concept to get something built properly. Basically it needs to:
Start with a screen that allows selection of ‘new emergency’ or to view a report. Then from there it needs to move to a screen that prompts for the standard information (caller, contact number/channel, exact location) and then allow the selection of 1 of 8 zones by the operator that will then prompt the correct crews to send. Then I think it needs a selection option for ‘fire’ or ‘medical’. After that it needs to either collect standard questions for the selected generic event type (fire or medical) and then have an ongoing call log which is time stamped and has the users name auto entered. At the end there needs to be an ‘end case’ option which generates a PDF report and is accessible via the first menu screen. Basically it’s a series of check boxes mixed with free text fields and then some prompts for the call taker based on the selection of certain criteria.
I’m not looking for someone to build this, unless you’re bored and don’t want to charge, but I’m just looking for ideas. I haven’t looked into google forms but maybe that’s an option, even though it’s off network I could control it within the corporate google account. I don’t think excel would work but I don’t know enough about it. MS access might be an option but again I don’t know how to use it well apart from modifying existing database forms and I don’t know if it can be hosted within MS365.
Thanks in advance
