Case Study: Oakland County Hazardous Materials Response Team streamlines hazmat equipment management with D4H

How Oakland County Hazmat Uses QR Codes to Manage Their Response Equipment

The Oakland County Hazardous Materials Response Team, an elite unit responsible for statewide hazmat and WMD incidents, faced significant challenges in tracking over $2 million of specialized equipment. They relied on inefficient spreadsheets, which were time-consuming and lacked coordination, and they needed a better system to manage maintenance and demonstrate accountability for homeland security grant funding. They sought an equipment management solution from vendor D4H that included barcode scanning functionality.

D4H implemented its Equipment Management platform, which provided a centralized digital inventory and audit-ready history of equipment purchases linked to specific funding sources. The team now uses the D4H app to scan barcodes for instant access to service histories and to log new repairs, empowering all members to contribute. This solution from D4H has provided the team with complete oversight of maintenance and repairs, ensuring their critical equipment is always ready to respond.

Oakland County Hazardous Materials Response Team

Gary Sharp

Hazmat Team Leader / Program Manager