CRRMS is a regional initiative designed to improve resource visibility, coordination, and emergency preparedness across public safety and healthcare partners. Powered by Salamander Technologies and funded through the FEMA 2021 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant (RCPGP), the initiative provides participating agencies with access to a shared platform for inventory tracking, personnel credentialing, and operational coordination.

This initiative is open to public-sector and healthcare partners across 14 counties in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Invited participants include fire departments, EMS, emergency management agencies, hospitals, public health departments, law enforcement, public works, water management, transit agencies, and other municipal departments.
If you are an agency/department at any public sector level located within the following counties you are invited to participate
• ILLINOIS – LAKE, MCHENRY, DEKALB, KANE, COOK, DUPAGE, KENDALL, GRUNDY, WILL COUNTIES
• INDIANA – LAKE, PORTER, NEWTON, JASPER COUNTIES
• WISCONSIN – KENOSHA COUNTY

Participation is limited due to licensing constraints. Requests from outside the defined region will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Please contact Kim Szlak for more information.

No. Participation is completely free through August 2029, thanks to funding from the FEMA RCPGP. All software licensing, training, and system support costs are covered during the grant period.

There are two potential outcomes:
• Grant Renewal – If extended, participation remains free under new funding.
• No Renewal – Agencies can choose to independently continue with Salamander Technologies or export their data from the platform at no cost.

No. The City of Chicago’s role is solely as the grant administrator. They do not take ownership, control, or access to your assets or inventory. Your agency retains full control over what data you enter, track, and share. This initiative is designed to support collaboration not to centralize control or seize resources.

Your agency retains full ownership of all data, equipment records, and personnel information you enter. The City of Chicago does not take ownership or control of your assets or data. Neither the City of Chicago nor Salamander Technologies can modify or deploy your equipment or resources without your agency’s explicit permission. You always stay in complete control.

Only if you choose to. Agencies can choose to mark certain assets as deployable to make them visible to trusted partners during regional emergencies. This visibility supports coordination without bypassing your internal resource request or approval processes.

Yes. Many agencies use the platform strictly for internal asset and personnel management, tracking everything from PPE and radios to volunteer credentials and specialty equipment within their own departments.

The platform offers real-time visibility, barcode scanning, maintenance alerts, credential tracking, audit trails, and multi-agency collaboration all features that static spreadsheets or siloed software don’t provide. It’s built specifically for emergency response and public-sector operations.

Agencies can track virtually anything ventilators, decontamination tents, pumps, radios, med bags, snow gear, vehicles, shelter supplies, drones, forklifts, and more. Personnel profiles can include licenses, certifications, role-specific training, and volunteer credentials.