Case Study
Mission planning: This is how the Oftringen AG fire department does it

Daniela Obrecht, 02.06.2020
Like all local fire departments in the canton of Aargau, the local fire department of Oftringen is responsible for creating deployment plans for difficult objects. The team uses Planbutler to create and manage the deployment documents. Commander Fernando Volken provides information about the process and the software.

Die Feuerwehr Oftringen hat in einem Jahr über 80 Einsatzdokumente im Planbutler erstellt. Sie unterscheidet zwischen Einsatzplänen und Schlüsselrohrdatenblättern. Die Erstellung eines PDFs im Planbutler dauert von einigen Minuten bis zu mehreren Stunden, je nach Umfang des Dokuments. Zuvor werden die Inhalte beschafft, was der grössere Teil der Arbeit ist

  • Schritt 1
    Typ und Umfang des Einsatzdokumentes anhand Fragekatalog abschätzen
  • Schritt 2
    Informationen sammeln, Begehungen vor Ort durchführen, Fotos machen
  • Schritt 3
    Einsatzplan im Planbutler erstellen
In Aargau, the local fire departments draw up emergency plans for difficult objects.
The industrial enterprises are responsible for the operation plans of NBC objects.
In Aargau, the local fire departments draw up emergency plans for difficult objects.
The industrial enterprises are responsible for the operation plans of NBC objects.

Type deployment plans
. When creating deployment plans for difficult objects, the team differentiates from object to object how comprehensive the plan needs to be. Several factors are decisive here:

  • Is a ventilation concept (e.g. LRWA) required?
  • Does it need a water transport?
  • Number of people in the building?
  • Does it have dangerous goods?
  • Usw.

Collecting and developing the required information takes one to two days. If additional on-site inspections or fan tests are necessary, then the effort increases accordingly. In Planbutler, those responsible then create such a complex deployment plan in a maximum of 3 hours. The team has set up two templates for this.

Our tip: You can also upload deployment plans to Planbutler that were not created by the fire department. These can be edited and supplemented with the app.
Azurito Team

Type key pipe data sheets
. With the key pipe data sheets the expenditure is kept as small as possible. One limits oneself to those information, which are needed in the employment right at the beginning. Thus a key pipe data sheet contains above all 3 pictures:

  • Photo situation
  • Photo access
  • Photo key pipe location

For this purpose, a template was created in Planbutler, which allows to create the document with the photos in a few minutes.

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+ plans
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Software: Planbutler Top

Planbutler in firefighting practice That's what Fernando Volken says,
Commander Local Fire Brigade Oftringen

Why do you need Planbutler?
We create all operation plans and key pipe data sheets with Planbutler. We have already created over 80 documents and there are more and more. This according to our own templates, which we have also set up in Planbutler.

Do you also use the smartphone app or just the web application?
Since we use Planbutler not as an information system, but to create plans, I use especially the web application and less the smartphone app.

Will Planbutler be used in conjunction with Firetab?
The FW Oftringen has been using Firetab as a deployment information system for several years. With Planbutler, we were able to close a gap in the area of the creation of deployment plans. The ability to transfer deployment plans directly from Planbutler to Firetab simplifies the process by quite a bit and saves us time in Firetab administration.

How long does it take you to draw a deployment plan?
. If all the content is in place, a complex deployment plan can be created in 2 to 3 hours. The big effort is not creating the deployment plan, but collecting and working out the content. Key pipe data sheets we create thanks to the template in Planbutler in a few minutes.

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Have you integrated your own maps via WMS interface?
No, we have not made use of this option yet. We work with a Planbutler system map.

How many people are working with Planbutler?
There are three of us doing this with two different roles.

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Templates
3
Team members
2
Roles: Admin & Viewer
Oftringen Fire Department uses Planbutler for deployment plans

Organization About the local fire department Oftringen

With around 14,500 inhabitants, Oftringen is the fifth most populous municipality in the canton of Aargau. The municipality covers 1,287 hectares, of which around 421 hectares are forest. The local fire department of Oftringen belongs to size class 4c. Each year, its firefighters are called out on about 80 missions of various kinds. Oftringen uses Firetab for mission control and Planbutler for mission planning.

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