TeleStaff can find, contact and deploy first responders quickly and easily
No other public safety scheduling solution has been used more than TeleStaff for disaster response scheduling. Finding, contacting and deploying first responders in times of crisis is vital for public safety organizations. With the threat of urban disasters on the rise, your organization must be staffed and ready when the community needs you the most. During these times, only the most reliable means of staffing and communication technology can be used. TeleStaff is proven to be a powerful tool for public safety when large-scale emergencies require quick response.
TeleStaff in action during a disaster response
In an emergency or time of mutual aid, TeleStaff can be used to quickly:
- Identify qualified and available first responders using pre-defined and on-the-fly lists
- Contact appropriate first responders and other personnel by multiple methods - telephone, cell, pager and e-mail
- Create custom messages to update and advise personnel
- Provide impromptu staffing
- Find replacement personnel to backfill roster
- Staff from a remote command center
- Pre-populate FEMA reimbursement report (RU-123R) with staffing data exported from TeleStaff
Our experience with FEMA-declared emergency disasters
2010 - As thousands converge on Pensacola Bay to clean up after Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, TeleStaff is relied upon to staff first responders to safeguard clean up workers.
2008 - Hundreds of fire suppression and law enforcement personnel were deployed by TeleStaff for emergency response to California's Freeway Complex Fire, Sayre Fire and Tea Fire.
2007 - TeleStaff was used by over 90 Public Safety organizations to deploy first responders to battle the Southern California Fire.
2005 - The American Red Cross turned to TeleStaff to schedule call center staff and volunteers to its 1-800-GET-HELP Response Center which received incoming calls from those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
2001 - The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) called upon TeleStaff to deploy emergency personnel to family notification assignments in the wake of the World Trade Center disaster.
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TeleStaff is the most efficient way to schedule and communicate to your workforce while delivering the bottom line results you need.