Ohio Fire Chief’s Association State Emergency Response System Press the space bar to continue

Mission Statement To provide all Ohio jurisdictions with a method to quickly summon additional resources to handle major emergencies when local mutual aid capabilities have been exhausted.

Logon/Activation Notice Screen Enter your User ID & Password. If you wish to change your password place new password in both boxes. Then click Enter to access the system. Activation notices will be displayed here.

County Maintenance Screen If changes are needed select Update Contacts. Check to ensure contact information is correct. Note: Contacts should be County Coordinators, Asst. County Coordinators and Emergency Dispatch Centers only.

Contact Information Screen Enter contact information. If the box is checked the system will notify you of an activation by this means. Check the appropriate boxes. Select Add to add new contact to the system. To add a new contact press the Clear Screen button.

Contact Information Screen Change contact information. Check the appropriate boxes. Select Modify to save the changes to the system. To change contact information double click contact.

Contact Information Screen To place yourself on Inactive Status enter the date range for the inactive period. Note: This sends an email to the County Emergency Dispatch Center and Regional Coordinator of your “Inactive” status and will not notify you of activations. Select Modify to save changes.

Contact Information Screen To send an E-Mail to this contact select Send an e-mail. Note: This option is unavailable if there is no e-mail in the contact information.

County Maintenance Screen If you wish to temporarily exclude all departments in the county from deployment enter the date range of the exclusion and press update. After the end date expires it will automatically place them ready for deployment. Note: You may want to do this during a county fair or other large event.

County Maintenance Screen To send resources select Send Resources button.

Send Resources Screen Enter date and time for ETA to staging. Enter the amount of each resource you are sending. Note: This is all that needs to be done immediately to send resources. Select Submit.

Send Resources Screen Note: In order to track the resources follow these steps, this should be completed by the county coordinator. Select FD-Level Deployment.

FD-Level Deployment Screen Now you can select which departments deployed . Enter date and time for ETA to staging. Note: These are only recommendations based on distance to the staging area. Select Submit.

FD-Level Deployment Screen Select Breakdown for each dept. deployed. Note: This should be completed by the county coordinator.

Agency Resource Tracking Screen Place the appropriate information for each resource for this dept. Select Submit. Note: The send resources and agency tracking is now complete.

County Maintenance Screen Select Regional Information for your Regional Fire and Law Enforcement contacts.

Regional Maintenance Screen Other Regional Fire and Law Enforcement contacts Information can be accessed from here.

County Maintenance Screen This indicates this dept. is excluded. To access departments in the county double click on the department.

Fire Dept. Maintenance Screen Confirm Dept. information. Select Map It to confirm location of dept. Confirm contact information. You can exclude only this dept. the same way as the county level. Select datasheet to view dept. resources. Select update to save changes to this page.

Resource Datasheet Screen You can view and print the departments total resources in a spreadsheet format.

Resource Datasheet Spreadsheet

Resource Datasheet Screen Enter available for mutual aid thru the emergency response system. Enter available for mutual aid thru the EMAC system. Enter department totals. After entering resource numbers you must click “Submit” before you can go to the next page.

Fire Department Maintenance Screen To go to another dept. double click on the desired department.

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Activation Status Screen

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Ohio Fire Chiefs’ Association Problems? If you encounter any problems entering your information please contact your Regional Coordinator or: Ohio Fire Chiefs’ Association System Coordinator (937) 537-0558