CC Admin & Marketing Best Practices
Community Connect Resources for Social Media
Purpose: To demonstrate how to view and download resources from your Community Connect Files page to be utilized externally in social media posts. 1. Visit your departments Community Connect Files Page This will typically be the same URL provided for ...
Understanding Community Connect CC and HH Reminders
Purpose Statement This feature provides automated email reminders to citizens and businesses with active Community Connect accounts, ensuring their account information remains current and accurate. The reminder system helps maintain data integrity ...
Creating a Successful Community Connect Program
Purpose To help departments create a successful Community Connect program. Program Management Have a dedicated Program Manager Program managers will oversee all aspects of your Community Connect program Set a goal to measure the success of your ...
Community Connect - Public Landing Page
Purpose To explain the elements of the Community Connect public-facing landing page. Background The Community Connect (CC) public-facing landing page has multiple elements (view example here). The First Due team manages these elements for you so you ...
Community Connect - Frequently Asked Questions
Purpose To answer frequently asked questions about Community Connect Can a Public Safety official edit a user's information? The security of all users' information is very important. Your public safety department's access to your information is ...
Outreach Your Department Can Do
Now that your landing page for Community Connect is complete and your social media accounts are primed for outreach, you can begin to utilize these platforms to reach the public. Press Releases Issue a press release describing your adoption of ...
Digital Media Best Practices
Now that your landing page is complete, the mission will be getting people to the page itself. This section will cover your digital resources and how to utilize them to direct traffic. Your Website A link to the Community Connect landing page needs ...
Marketing Community Connect
Your community is ready to get signed up and help your first responders, they just don’t quite know why or how yet. This step by step guide will help get your community engaged, aware, and excited to join the process of making their community safer ...
What is Community Connect?
Community Connect is a portal to allow residents in your community contribute information about their home and household. This information is immediately available to first responders through First Due's secure system. Watch this video for a great ...
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First Due's Next Generation Fire Documentation U.I.
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Completing an Incident Report - Apparatus
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Responder: Setting up Unit Tracking
Purpose To walk through the process of setting up Unit Tracking within the Responder Module. Video What is Unit Tracking? NOTE: The device that is logged into the Unit account that the First Due App is running on, whether a tablet or phone, is what ...
NFIRS 101
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