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Praetorian Digital Acquires EVALS to Expand Training Management Capabilities in Public Safety and Beyond
Praetorian
Digital, Inc., the leading digital media company in the public
safety and local government market, today announced it has acquired EVALS,
the leader in tracking skills development and field training in fire
departments and EMS organizations nationwide. EVALS will immediately be
added to Praetorian's online training portfolio, which includes the FireRescue1
Academy, PoliceOne
Academy, EMS1
Academy, CorrectionsOne
Academy and LocalGovU.
The combination creates the first complete training management solution
for public safety that combines online learning content, training
workflow and training event management with skills development tracking.
Departments and academies will be able to address the full spectrum of
their training needs, from online course delivery and credential
tracking to managing their field training with video accountability and
mobile app-based forms and task books.
EVALS will be immediately available to Praetorian's online learning
clients at a special rate through single sign-on (SSO) functionality,
with further integration planned. EVALS customers will likewise have the
option to add Praetorian content and LMS features. The acquisition also
further enhances the depth of tools and services Praetorian offers first
responders through its industry-leding news and information sites FireRescue1.com,
EMS1.com,
PoliceOne.com
and CorrectionsOne.com
- the top websites in the world for first responders, with more than 1.5
million members and 5 million online visitors per month.
"Fire, EMS and Police departments nationwide have increasingly been
requesting tools to manage and track their field training - a
significant pain point that continues to be managed through paper-based
solutions in many agencies. We are thrilled to expand our ability to
meet their needs with the addition of EVALS to our platform," said Alex
Ford (News - Alert), CEO of Praetorian Digital. "Along with the EVALS team, we're
committed to delivering high-quality training tools and content that
help departments and their personnel be fully prepared, better protect
their communities, and come home safe."
Based in Sacramento, CA (News - Alert), EVALS was founded in 2013 by Captain Matt Cole
of Sacramento Metro Fire to address the workflow and tracking challenges
he was experiencing day-to-day delivering skills-based training at his
department. He developed EVALS though a grassroots effort, bringing
together many of the leading fire instructors in California and applying
the latest concepts in software as a service (SaaS (News - Alert)) and mobile
technology.
The result was a solution that enables instructors to set clear
expectations, create supporting documentation, eliminate paper-based
task books and more effectively measure performance in the field to
maximize real-time training opportunities. Shortly after launch, EVALS
was adopted by organizations outside of the fire service, including
several in law enforcement, utilities, EMS and college education, who
saw the benefit and the applicability of its features.
"There is a huge skills gap that needs to be bridged in our country.
Nowhere is this more critical than in public safety," said Matt Cole,
Co-Founder of EVALS. "By merging EVALS with the quality content and
training management tools within Praetorian's online training and media
platforms, we'll be able to provide a very unique training solution and
take 'Plan/Do/Reflect' learning to the next level across multiple
industries."
To learn more about the combined solution, please visit FireRescue1
Academy.com.
About Praetorian Digital
Praetorian Digital is the leading digital media company in the public
safety and local government market, with a suite of properties dedicated
to the distribution of trusted information that helps first responders
and government officials better protect and serve their communities. We
run a robust network of media sites dedicated to providing up to date
news, analysis and training information, including PoliceOne.com,
FireRescue1.com, EMS1.com, CorrectionsOne.com and EfficientGov.com.
Praetorian Digital also has a thriving Online Learning division, which
provides critical training to departments, agencies and other
organizations via PoliceOneAcademy.com, FireRescue1Academy.com,
EMS1Academy.com, CorrectionsOneAcademy.com and LocalGovU.com, with more
Academies in the works for 2017 and beyond.
Praetorian also operates a Grant Services division that works closely
with departments and companies in the public safety and local government
markets. To date, the division has assisted in more than $100 million in
secured grant funding for departments.
For more information on Praetorian Digital, visit www.praetoriandigital.com.
About EVALS
Founded in 2013, EVALS was developed out of necessity within the fire
service when firefighter Matt Cole paired up with a longtime family
friend, software developer Jake Toolson, to help develop a smarter
training tool. They started with the idea that there is a better way to
administer training in a more transparent and consistent fashion and
built the EVALS software into a dynamic skills based Learning Management
System. EVALS now works with hundreds of fire, EMS and police as well as
public utilities.
For more information on EVALS, visit www.EVALS.net
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