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AFD to dispatch calls via Text Messaging

Mar 29

Written by: SuperUser Account
3/29/2009 12:27 PM

Let's face it, text messaging is almost the primary means of comunication these days. The Antlers Fire Department is now testing software that will allow dispatch to page us via text messaging in addition to the traditional radio page. The software has been completed and is in the testing phase. The software was written by Capt. Trey Buchanan. Here are some screen shots:

The application was written in Visual Basic .NET 2008. Basically it sends the page as an email to our SMTP email server, which then disperses it out to all of our firefighters. The next version to be released is a complete new codebase that will use a database for all of its information, allowing other departments and firefighters to be added on the fly, without releasing a new software version. The software is already at the point we need it to be, however we have much bigger dreams for this software. The new version will utilize a client/server architecture, be designed in VB.NET 2008, and use MySQL as its back-end database server.

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