Based on the Progress OpenEdge(TM) platform, CMSLive! is a customizable application that allows municipalities to monitor employees, schedule speakers, reserve rooms, create template letters and schedule meetings. In addition to tracking the recurrent safety training schedules of its employees and assessing whether an individual requires specialized retraining, Mason City is also using the application to register attendees and notify their supervisors. Training records are shared with OSHA when required, as well as periodically distributed to employees to enhance confidence in their abilities and demonstrate the city's commitment to providing a safe work environment.
"Before implementing CMSLive! almost two years ago, it would take me a full day to track even one-tenth of the recurrent safety training schedules of the 600 employees in the city's police, fire and other municipal departments. With so many part-time people and transfers within different departments, it was an impossible task," says Barb Wood, safety director for Mason City, Iowa.
