nfpa 1851 gear management system - GearTracker - Fire-Dex

Introducing
NFPA 1851 Gear management system
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What
is NFPA 1851?
Standard on selection, care, and maintenance of protective ensembles for structural fire fighting and
proximity fire fighting.
Requires Fire Departments to maintain records on:
• Whom gear is issued to
• Manufacturer details
• Inspections, cleanings, and repairs to the gear
• When gear is retired and its disposal method
Aimed at reducing safety risks related to poorly maintained, contaminated, or damaged PPE
The full standard can be obtained for free at www.NFPA.org
Who completes
When it should be done
Routine Inspection
Anyone who has a turnout coat and pant.
After every use.
Advanced Inspection
An Independent Service Provider (ISP) or an
organization’s trained personnel who have
successfully completed the Fire-Dex course and quiz.
Whenever an ensemble element fails any part of
the Routine Inspection or every 12 months.
Complete Liner
Inspection
An ISP or an organization’s trained personnel who
have successfully completed the Fire-Dex course and
quiz.
After 3 years in service and annually thereafter or
whenever an Advanced Inspection indicates it’s
necessary.
Routine Cleaning
Anyone who has a turnout coat and pant.
When an inspection indicates cleaning is
necessary.
Advanced Cleaning &
Decontamination
An ISP or an organization’s trained personnel who
have successfully completed the Fire-Dex course and
quiz.
Any time an ensemble element is soiled or at the
time of an advanced inspection if it has not been
through an Advanced Cleaning in the prior 12
months.
Repair
The original manufacturer or a verified ISP.
Any time an inspection indicates a repair is
necessary.
The
Purpose of Gear Tracker
Gear Tracker was developed to help departments keep track of NFPA 1851 procedures performed on
their gear (cleaning, inspection, & repair).
There are many added benefits to the program such as inventorying gear, knowing when gear is about
to expire, and even calculating the lifetime cost of gear.
Easy to use program designed specifially to keep your
department compliant with NFPA 1851.
• Quickly search or filter your gear or department
personnel
• Drop-down menus with prepopulated choices
• NFPA 1851 Eductional trainings on how to clean,
inspect and repair gear
Prepopulated drop downs
for easy selection
Astrisks identify info needed
for NFPA 1851 compliance
Getting
Started in Gear Tracker
The first person to register your department on
geartracker.firedex.com will automatically be the “administrator”,
who will then have the ability to add other users to the program.
The Administrator can be changed at any time later on.
Department
Info
After selecting your department from the drop-down list on
the main page and filling in your department information,
you can begin adding department personnel, and from there
assign items of PPE to the department member.
Importing
Department
Info
If you already have your department personnel
and/or department’s gear saved on your computer, you can
go to “Data Import” on your main Dashboard page. From there you can download the Excel template,
input your department and gear information, then upload it to Gear Tracker.
Unique Features
Import Department Info
If you already have information saved on your computer, download the template, paste in your data, then
quickly upload it to Gear Tracker.
Assigned PPE Report
Sort, filter, and search all info on your department’s PPE.
This is a great report to learn the following:
• View gear by person, by station, by shift, by size, by garment type, etc.
• View the lifetime cost of an item (purchase price + repair costs)
• View gear about to expire
Click any header to sort
Enter info to search
Filter data
Export data
PPE Service Records Report
This is a great report to learn the following:
• Gear that is due for Routine Inspection
• Gear that is due for Routine Cleaning
• Recently performed
• Cost of services
Export data
All data can be exported to an Excel Spreadsheet, PDF, .CSV, or Word Document
Filter service records
Sort service records
View and add service
records all in one place