Emergency Reporting Acquires Spotted Dog Technologies

PRESS RELEASE

Emergency Reporting® (ER), a provider of cloud-based reporting and records management software (RMS) for fire and EMS agencies, has announced their acquisition of Spotted Dog Technologies. Spotted Dog Technologies cloud-based notification and response software, “Rover,” provides critical two-way communication between dispatchers and first responders that decreases response times and integrates with Emergency Reporting RMS. Spotted Dog Technologies currently serves first responders in the United States, Australia and Canada.

Founded by Dave Adams and Adrian Mintz in 2003 and invested in by Polaris Growth Fund last April 2019, Emergency Reporting has been growing rapidly. The company recently added over 25 to its workforce, that now is over 100 employees and will continue to roll out updates and new features to continue to improve their customer's experience. Emergency Reporting software, in collaboration with a robust partner ecosystem, helps customers automate and achieve compliance with state and federal reporting standards, as well as drive workflow efficiencies with a range of mission-critical, fire and EMS operating modules. The addition of Spotted Dog Technologies will provide even more value to customers of both ER and Spotted Dog Technologies in the future.

"From the beginning, Emergency Reporting has been committed to providing our customers with a best- in-class program emphasizing ease of use and cohesive workflows. As the company grows, we've been looking for opportunities to add features and offerings to provide first responders with all the tools and information they need in one platform. With the acquisition of Spotted Dog Technologies, we are excited to be able to offer an even more robust library of features that help to improve fire and EMS response outcomes with faster, safer response," stated David Nokes, Chief Executive Officer of Emergency Reporting.

Customers of Spotted Dog Technologies may notice a few small changes to the look and feel of the system in the coming months, however, they can expect all the same workflows and easy-to-use tools that they’ve become accustomed to going forward. Emergency Reporting has already migrated the Rover platform to the Microsoft Azure hosting environment. This migration will ensure even more reliability and security for current and future users of Rover.

Emergency Reporting Senior Director of Product Management, Sue Cenusa, explained:

“First responders that use Rover get a notification to their mobile device through the app, text message or email and it contains crucial site details such as available water assets, hazards, maps and turn-by-turn navigation. They can then indicate their availability when a call comes in instantly, while Rover relays their location, credentials and estimated time of arrival back to the incident command center. It’s an extremely useful and user-friendly tool.”