Update Center

11.26.08: Join TargetSafety as We Support Toys for Tots with a Donation Goal of 1,000 Toys

Join TargetSafety as we support the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots program. With your help, we can raise toys for needy children across the country, ensuring that they get their wishes this Christmas.

10.17.2008: Online Demonstration of Custom Tests Now Available

Click here for an online demonstration of Custom Tests. Using this new PreventionLink application, you can create and assign customized online exams as well as record the results.

10.02.2008: New Courses for Law Enforcement Drivers Released

Legal Considerations for Police Drivers and Emergency Vehicle Operations for Law Enforcement are now available.

9.30.2008: New Motor Vehicle Safety Course Launched

Securing Materials for Transportation is now available. This course is available for automobile drivers, drivers of large vehicle, and emergency vehicle operators.

9.24.2008: New Motor Vehicle Safety Course Launched

Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance is now available. This course is available for automobile drivers, drivers of large vehicle, and emergency vehicle operators.

9.23.2008: New Feature! Develop and Deliver Your Next Exam Using Custom Tests

With PreventionLink’s new online testing tool, you can create, assign and manage the delivery of web-based exams.  To receive more information, please visit, www.targetsafety.com/customtests.    Also, be sure to register for the Custom Tests Webinar on October 8 at 10 a.m. PDT.

9.23.2008: New NFPA 1001 Course Launched

The latest course in our NFPA 1001 series - Fire Detection, Alarm, and Suppression Systems- is now available.

9.9.2008: New and Improved Video Capabilities

TargetSafety is always looking for ways to enhance your PreventionLink experience. With our newly updated video player, videos saved in your File Center will now load faster, display in full-screen mode, and feature more responsive viewing controls. To realize the full benefits of this player, you must have Adobe Flash Player Version 9.0 installed.  This is available as a free download at http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash.

9.2.2008: New Course - HIV/AIDS Awareness

Based on clients requests, we added a new course to our general catalog. HIV/AIDS Awareness provides information regarding this devastating disease as well as information regarding ways to protect yourself from the HIV virus.

8.29.2008: New Course - Computer Security Awareness

Based on clients requests, we added a new course to our general catalog. Computer Security Awareness is designed to increase computer safety awareness, ensure online security, and protect all valuable information stored on computers.

8.28.2008: New Employment Practices for Supervisors Course Launched

The latest course in our Employment Practices series - Performance Management - is now available.

8.22.2008: New Motor Vehicle Safety Course Released

The latest course in our Motor Vehicle Safety series - Accidents and Emergencies - is now available.

8.18.2008: Application Upgrade - Organizational Management Tools

We have just implemented a new feature that will require users to enter any required information (Department, Job Title, etc.) at the time of login. This will ensure that Organizational Management Tools are more accurate. If you need to make changes to your field requirements, either adding or removing required fields, please contact us.

8.8.2008: New Motor Vehicle Safety Course Released

The latest course in our Motor Vehicle Safety series - Seat Belt & Airbag Safety - has been launched.

8.5.2008: Drug-Free Workplace and Alcohol-Free Workplace Courses Updated

We recently launched updates to our Drug-Free Workplace and Alcohol-Free Workplace courses. The revised courses include updated statistics, new case studies and review exercises, and new exam questions.

7.23.2008: Updated Reasonable Suspicion Courses Launched

We have overhauled our Reasonable Suspicion of Drugs for Supervisors and our Reasonable Suspicion of Alcohol for Supervisors courses. The revised courses include updated statistics, new case studies and review exercises, and new exam questions.

7.18.2008: New Employment Practices for Supervisors Course Launched

The latest course in our Employment Practices series - Dealing with Issues of Alcohol and Substance Abuse - is now available.

7.09.08: First Responder Operations Level Refresher Course Launched!

The First Responder Operations Level Refresher course is now available. The 8-hour course covers essential topics for the Operations level responder, including analyzing an incident, planning and implementing a response, SCBA and PPE, decontamination, and defensive operations. It also covers NIMS and key topics in terrorism awareness. The course fulfills the requirements of NFPA 472 and 29 CFR 1910.120(q). (The course consists of four 2-hour modules.)

7.1.08: New Course Evaluation Response Process!

We’ve just released a new way for your users to receive responses to their Course Evaluations. All Course Evaluation comments are reviewed by our Content Team. Before, all responses were sent via email. Now, users can receive their responses right within the program! Users will be alerted on their Home Page when they have a new response. They can also respond directly to our Content Team and we will be alerted that they have responded. As an administrator, you can see the conversation thread between your users and our Content Team by running the “Course Evaluation Details” report!

7.1.08: New Report!

We’ve received requests from multiple Administrators for an easy way to track the training hours completed by their users. You spoke, we listened! You now have a report located within the “Assignments” report called “Activity Summary.” This report will combine all of the courses that your users have completed and the duration associated with each course so you can easily see how many training hours an individual has completed. We’ve also added an “Activity Duration” to the Custom Activity Builder so that users can specify how long the activity took them to complete, and this duration will also show up on your report. 

6.16.08: New Upload Page!

Some of you have experienced some difficulties trying to upload large PowerPoint files and/or large documents into your File Center. Then, you try to email them to us so that we may upload it for you, but the document is too large to be emailed and gets lost in cyberspace. In order to alleviate this problem and not make it harder on you folks, we’ve created a new page that links right off of our corporate website where you can upload your files and we will be notified when a file has been added. We can easily retrieve the file and will let you know once we received it. This way you can rest assured that your document made it safely to us. You can access the Upload Page by going to the Support section of our corporate site, or by going to: http://upload.targetsafety.com.

6.16.08: New Motor Vehicle Safety Course Launched

The latest course in our Fleet program - Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance - is now available.

5.22.08: New Employment Practices for Supervisors Course Launched

The latest course in our Employment Practices series - Anger, Violence, and Conflict in the Workplace - is now available.

5.19.08: Reports Updated

We’ve released a new report along with a consolidated Assignment Report.  The new Supervisor report is available only to Administrators and shows all the Supervisors that have been designated in the system.  The Supervisor report also shows what functionality a supervisor has as well as who they can oversee.  The Assignment report has been updated and now combines our three most used reports into one report. The revised format allows you to flip between the different reports using a filter.

5.13.08: New NFPA 1001 Courses Launched

The newest Firefighter I/II courses - Fire Hose and Fire Control - are now available.  

5.1.08: Updated Workplace Violence Course Launched

We recently overhauled our Workplace Violence course. The revised course includes updated statistics, new case studies, new exam questions.

4.15.08:  New Feature!  Course Content Review

Course Content Review is a tool that allows users to revisit the courses that they have previously completed. Users will not be allowed to view or re-take the test at the end of the course, but they will have access to all the content.  This tool is accessible to all users by going to their History and all of the available course will be links that they can then click on to get to the course content.  For more information on this new feature, see our Feature Overview.

4.15.08: New Feature!  Password Reset

The Password Reset Tool is a tool that gives administrators and supervisors the ability to reset the password for any standard users in the system.  A new change password link has been added to the Modify User Profile page.  When an administrator or supervisor enters a new password for a user, an email will be sent to the user indicating that their password has been updated.  For more information on this new feature, see our Feature Overview.

4.01.08: New Motor Vehicle Safety Course Launched

The Dangers of Speeding is now available. This course is available for automobile drivers, drivers of large vehicle, and emergency vehicle operators.

3.31.08: New Employment Practices for Supervisors Course Available

The latest course in our Employment Practices series - Preventing Discrimination in the Workplace - is now available.

3.27.08: Two New Motor Vehicle Safety Courses Launched

Defensive Driving Strategies for Emergency Vehicle Operators and Defensive Driving Strategies for Large Vehicle Drivers are now available.

3.17.08: Organizational Management Tools Update

The Organizational Management Tools (OMT) allows administrators to specify their own categories and groups within the PreventionLink system. OMT can support your organizational charts by customizing groups and assigning supervisors to oversee those groups. For more information on this feature, see our Feature Overview.

3.6.08: Self Assign Custom Activities

Self Assign Custom Activities allows a user to complete a Custom Activity without requiring assignment from an administrator or supervisor. There is no limit to the frequency and number of times the activity can be completed. For more information on this feature, see our Feature Overview.

2.26.08: Brunacini Boss Behaviors Course Launched

TargetSafety is pleased to announce the release of Functional Boss Behaviors by Alan Brunacini! TargetSafety has partnered with Retired Phoenix Fire Chief Alan Brunacini to develop an online training course based on his popular Functional Boss Behaviors book. The Functional Boss Behaviors series outlines ten rules for bosses in the fire industry to ensure their behavior creates an environment that helps workers to deliver standard service and added value directly to the customer. For information on how to purchase this course please contact a TargetSafety representative at 1-877-944-6372 or visit http://www.targetsafety.com/newsite/about/brunacini/.

2.4.08: General First Aid Course Updated

Based on feedback from our clients, we decided to break our General First Aid course into a two-part course. The new two-part course includes updated content, as well as new review exercises and test questions. Please contact Client Services if you would like your existing General First Aid course assignments updated with the new courses. Thanks for your feedback!

1.14.08: California Firefighter JAC Reporting Application

California Fire Departments reporting to the California Fire Fighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee will be happy to hear that we have just finished a new application that supports tracking all JAC related training (both TargetSafety and other training) and reporting it directly to JAC each month. TargetSafety clients can refer to the Frequently Asked Questions we have prepared and contact TargetSafety Support to enable this new feature on your organization's PreventionLink website.

1.2.07: New Motor Vehicle Safety Courses Launched

The latest courses in our fleet program -- Aggressive Driving and Sharing the Road -- are now available.

12.20.07: Coming Soon! EVO Courses for Law Enforcement Drivers

We are pleased to announce release of our first courses developed specifically for law enforcement officers! EVO for Law Enforcement will include topics such as Pursuit Driving, Emergency Vehicle Operations, and Police Vehicle Technology. The first two courses in this program -- Driver Safety Orientation and Impaired Driving -- are now available.

12.19.07: New Employment Practices Series Launched

We recently launched a new employment practices series for supervisors. The series will include nine courses that provide an overview of issues encountered in the workplace, including issues of harassment, hiring and termination, discrimination, evaluation, and documentation. The first three courses in the series -- Employment Practices Overview, Sexual Harassment for Supervisors, and Interviewing and Hiring -- are now available.

12.11.07: New EVO Courses Launched

The two newest EVO course - Legal Considerations for Emergency Vehicle Operators and Emergency Vehicle Characteristics - are now available.

12.10.07: Dashboard Update

Based on feedback from the community, we have revised the dashboard to reflect more relevant information and provide an easy view into your organizations usage of the PreventionLink Platform.

12.02.07: More Secure Password Management

As part of our on-going security improvement process we have removed the administrative password lookup capability from the PreventionLink system.  Users now are able to recover and change their passwords using our upgraded Account Recovery Tool. 

10.23.07: Course Update - Sexual Harassment for Supervisors (CA AB 1825)

The Sexual Harassment for Supervisors (AB 1825) course has been updated to reflect the most recent regulations. For more information about this course, please see the FAQ sheet.

10.23.07: Course Update - Health and Wellness

We recently launched a complete overhaul of our Health and Wellness course.  The revised course includes new lesson content, updated statistics/case studies, new interactions, new images, and new test questions.

10.22.07: New Fire Course - NFPA 1001 Fire Streams

The newest course in the Firefighter I/II series – Fire Streams – is now available. 

Course Description: The majority of fires are extinguished using water or some other substance delivered under pressure. In fact, the vast majority of training and skills that a firefighter might be called upon to deliver depend upon the successful use and deployment of fire streams.  This course will examine the various types of fire stream and how they are deployed: Which hardware is used to produce effective fire streams? Which stream is appropriate for a particular type of fire or area? What concerns besides extinguishing the fire as quickly as possible must be considered? Although this course does not substitute for practical training, the concepts and ideas covered here can help you succeed in your fire organization career.

10.18.07: New Fire Course - NFPA 1001 Water Supply

The next course in the Firefighter I/II series – Fire Industry Water Supply – is now available.

Course Description:  Knowledge of water supply systems is an integral part of fire operations. Water is the primary extinguishing agent for fires, and for that reason firefighters must possess a solid knowledge where water supply is concerned. If water were to run out during an incident, firefighters could become trapped, injured, or killed. Firefighters must understand the principal aspects of water supply systems, how and where to access water, and what to do to prevent running out of water in an emergency. This course provides fire personnel with a basic overview of water supply systems, fire hydrants, and rural water supply operations.

10.16.07: Course Update - Diet and Nutrition

We recently launched a complete overhaul of our Diet and Nutrition course.  The revised course includes new lesson content, updated statistics/case studies, new interactions, new images, and new test questions.

10.10.07: New EMS Approval - Arkansas

We have been approved to offer certified EMS training in the State of Arkansas.