One of the best ways to implement training across an entire organization is to use a Learning Management System (LMS), a software tool that can deliver just about any type of training to employees. Let’s explore some of the important benefits of an online LMS.
TargetSolutions’ new firefighter virtual reality training teaches how to read smoke coming from a burning building with a 360-degree view of the scene.
TargetSolutions, which strives to deliver new, cutting-edge solutions that advance firefighter training, recently completed a virtual reality (VR) training video that teaches firefighters how to read smoke coming out of a burning building with a 360-degree view of the scene.
This innovative video is now accessible as a pre-built training activity in the TargetSolutions platform. Utilizing the latest technology, personnel completing the activity will have an immersive learning experience in which they can employ crucial strategies and practice skills.
TargetSolutions’ all-new course, NFPA 3000: Standard for Preparedness and Response to Active Shooter and/or Hostile Events, uses current standards and evidence-based findings to help prepare public safety personnel for their roles in responding to Criminal Mass Casualty Incidents.
For fire, EMS, law enforcement and other public safety personnel across the United States, it’s an unfortunate reality that Criminal Mass Casualty Incidents (CMCI) are growing in severity and frequency – with 2017 being a record-setting year for active shooter incidents. Properly setting expectations for personnel to prepare, respond to and recover from these events is essential to protect communities across the country.
TargetSolutions’ all-new course, NFPA 3000: Standard for Preparedness and Response to Active Shooter and/or Hostile Events, is based on the provisional National Fire Protection Association’s standard and provides real data and new lessons from prior incidents.
Vector Solutions, with the help of Pasco County Fire Rescue (Fla.), created a new VR training video on smoke reading for TargetSolutions. Click here to access the dynamic training video.
While many people still think of virtual reality (VR) as a medium for entertainment, it is transforming industries with one of its most practical functions: training. Utilizing VR technology for fire service training enables firefighters to simulate actual scenarios they’re likely to encounter.
How can virtual reality help fire departments leverage new learning methods while saving time and resources? Here’s a look at some of the advantages of VR training in firefighting.
With all-new Equipment Inspections available in the TargetSolutions Check It™ application, departments can create, track and report equipment checklists to ensure equipment is functioning properly and ready to use.
Departments utilizing the TargetSolutions Check It™ application have access to the industry’s latest and most dynamic technology for managing routine truck, equipment and inventory inspections. Easy-to-use features enable personnel to complete inspections faster, help departments visualize apparatus and equipment statuses and improve compliance to regulations on essential tools.
New updates to the TargetSolutions Check It™ system include all-new Equipment Inspections. Now, departments can create, track and report checklists for all equipment used by personnel to ensure items are functioning properly and ready to use.
The City of Reno has utilized TargetSolutions since 2014 to streamline training management and oversee employee compliance.
Home to more than 235,000 residents, the City of Reno, Nev., has relied on TargetSolutions’ online training management system since 2014. TargetSolutions’ powerful record tracking tools and convenient LMS allows the City of Reno to ensure compliance across its city departments and streamline employees’ training.
Lynn Adgett, Program Administrator for the City of Reno, has been with the city since it implemented TargetSolutions and praises the platform’s flexibility to deliver, document and report training for all employees.
Originally from La Habra, Calif., Julie Gjerset moved to San Diego to attend college at San Diego State University. Julie has now been with TargetSolutions since June as an account manager and covers the Idaho territory.
Julie worked previously as an account manager at a healthcare compliance company before joining TargetSolutions. One day she saw a job posting for the position at TargetSolutions on LinkedIn and found that she was a perfect fit for the client services team. It just so happened that her previous company was in the same building, and across the hall from TargetSolutions.
Since joining the team, Julie expressed, “I like most that I’m supporting our real-life heroes.” She described the work she does as meaningful and explained, “It’s nice working at a place where what you’re doing helps support people.”
Check out this recent Q-and-A to learn more about Julie:
More than 1,500 new training courses for municipal employees are coming soon to TargetSolutions’ expansive online course library.
These courses address crucial topics for a variety of commercial industries, including architecture, engineering and construction (AEC), facility management and maintenance, cyber security, power and utilities, and more. Many of the new titles will offer valuable continuing education units (CEUs) in their respective professions.
With the addition of these courses, TargetSolutions will add five all-new catalogs to its online course library and also revamp existing catalogs with new titles. The premium IT & Security catalog, as well as the Business Skills, Office Productivity and Project Management catalogs, will be updated with more training content for personnel.
To ensure your agency is properly using the ISO credential in TargetSolutions to track hours for your department’s next ISO review, keep these points in mind…
TargetSolutions’ ISO credential organizes the required training hours for your department’s personnel to achieve a class 1 rating by the Insurance Services Office (ISO). This credential is consistently updated according to changing ISO standards and clearly defines mandated training topics and hours. However, while the pre-built bundles simplify what to track, it is up to departments to enter the proper information the ISO is looking for during an audit.
To ensure your agency is appropriately using your ISO credential and is only tracking what counts for the next ISO review, keep these points in mind:
TargetSolutions continues ongoing enhancements to TargetSolutions Check It™ application for apparatus and equipment checks with the release of Store Rooms for online inventory management.
The TargetSolutions Check It™ application not only simplifies routine truck and equipment checks for departments, but also allows personnel to track essential tools and measure inventory levels. To help users better visualize inventory stock, review expirations and restock items, TargetSolutions released Store Rooms for the TargetSolutions Check It™ desktop application.
The addition of Store Rooms is a part of continuous updates to the TargetSolutions Check It™ operations management system that focus on making processes more efficient by streamlining asset and inventory management.