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This App is an essential guide for all those involved in managing incidents and emergencies. It covers all the AIIMS-4 roles, their functions and handy checklists to prompt thinking and help remember all aspects when under pressure.

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AIIMS 4 Aides-Mémoire

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A must for all fire crews! WISER is a system designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents. WISER provides a wide range of information on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression advice. Has a cool plume tool to show affected area (note it’s not a plume model but good first response arc)

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WISER Response

Safety note: This will not make you a Hazmat expert! Use with much care and always activate professionals in the Hazmat environment.

Free and very good, data is from Authoritative sources filtered by the National Library of Medicine in USA.

There is no Australian copy like this that’s free, note is not using Australian Standards.

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Included are online calculators for forest and grass fire predictions, and a converter to show your current position as latitude/longitude, map grid reference, and street directory reference. The app and its calculators can be used whether or not there is mobile network coverage.

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NSW RFS Firefighter Pocketbook

Developed by and created for the NSW RFS but others will find it handy. Fantastic app!

Content is based on the most recent (2010) hard copy of the NSW RFS Pocketbook. Content can be updated at any time over the air

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Various calculators for grass and forest FDI. Shows current location in lat/long and UTM as well as mapsheet and elevation.

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Bush Fire Tools

Contains RFS pocket book as a PDF.
Location can be sent via sms or email.

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From St. John Ambulance AU. Presents step-by-step emergency First Aid information to the user with a large clear image for each step.

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First Aid

There are other first aid apps. Make sure the one you pick works offline.

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EMSINA does not endorse or receive any payment(s) or promotion for items published in this document.
The list of apps we provide is intended to highlight online/offline tools that members of EMSINA or members of the wider EM spatial community have found useful to conduct or enhance their business.