Community Smoke Alarm Initiative

About the Program

Category: Criminal Justice and Public Safety (Best in Category)

Year: 2018

The Community Smoke Alarm Initiative, a community risk reduction program highly dependent on data, was developed and implemented in Spring 2017. The program utilizes a comprehensive risk analysis, which is 84% reliable based on 2017’s actual performance. Unlike any other program in the United States, the Henrico Smoke Alarm Initiative uses specific data for workload efficiency and performance measurement. The program’s technology is map-centric and directly tied with the firefighter’s dispatch software. Since implementation, every alarm installed and citizen interaction in the County has been recorded using available technologies on mobile devices. The developed processes, technology solutions, and initial 1,350 alarms were all secured through internal resources, external partnerships, and incurred no cost to the recipients.