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  • Ohio Township Adopts SafetyPAD For EMS Reporting

    Press Release
    Posted: May 7th, 2013

    OPEN Incorporated, makers of the SafetyPAD suite of software products for Fire and Emergency Medical Services, announced its second implementation with a Hamilton County, Ohio agency; Green Township. Training for department personnel on the platform...


  • 52-Year-Old Among Minn. Graduating Recruits

    News
    Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
    Posted: May 4th, 2013

    Mark Kos, 52, got word last fall that the Minneapolis Fire Department wanted to hire him, along with eight others from the testing class of 2006.


  • Minn. Crews Rescue Man Who Drove Motorcycle on Ice

    News
    The Bemidji Pioneer, Minn.
    Posted: May 3rd, 2013

    A Bemidji man wrecked his motorcycle on a patch of soft ice after driving it on to a lake. He was rescued by Beltrami County responders and taken to a local hospital for treatment.


  • SafetyPAD’s First Response App to Be Deployed at Boston Marathon

    Press Release
    Posted: April 12th, 2013

    (Editor's Note: The system deployed by SafetyPAD at the Boston Marathon was not a Mass Casualty device.)   Boston EMS is deploying a new, off-the-shelf, lightweight mobile device to enhance their existing ePCR platform in time at the Boston...


  • Minnesota Police Chase Ends in Rollover Crash

    News
    Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.
    Posted: April 3rd, 2013

    A driver fleeing police in a stolen car was injured along with a person in another vehicle in St. Paul on Wednesday morning.