The IJIS Institute , a nonprofit organization that focuses on mission-critical information sharing for justice, public safety, and homeland security, announces the release of the Revision Assessment for the Incorporation of Fire and EMS Functions into the Law Enforcement CAD Functional Specifications.

As municipalities and jurisdictions seek to consolidate their communications centers, facilities, and technologies, more and more centers are using unified CAD systems that serve law enforcement, fire, and EMS for single and multiple jurisdictions. The transition of the CAD Functional Specifications document from an exclusively law enforcement CAD standard is reflective of this change in the public safety operational environment. The inclusion of fire and EMS CAD standards, as well as the update of generic standards, is in keeping with current best practices in the broader public safety discipline.

The document may be of particular use to those drafting Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for CAD systems that need to support dispatching fire or EMS – either alone or in addition to law enforcement.