Assistant Chief William Lounsbury
Proudly serving the City of Danbury Fire Department Since 1991
Danbury Telestaff Administrator
City of Danbury Telestaff Administrator
Managing Workforce Telestaff for
Danbury Fire and Danbury Police
with system integration coordination
with city of Danbury Finance Department
Welcome
Who is William Lounsbury ?
William aka Bill
Bill is a career firefighter whose career started with the Ridgefield Connecticut Fire Department in 1986. The opportunity to transition to neighboring city of Danbury CT, occurred in 1991. Prior to being promoted to Fire Lieutenant in 2003 one of the many additional responsibility projects Bill undertook was creating a city wide map index. Bill lead a project that involved many hours of work to confirm street locations as derived from an in house database that was used in the City of Danbury 911 center. The project also involved the cross integration of AutoCad files that mapped the city streets and hydrant system. The two technologies were merged and a set of hard copy map books became part of the city wide response system that was the precursor to the modern day CAD system.
In October 2012 Bill was promoted to the rank of Captain. Serving in his first two weeks as Captain, he was tasked with staffing logistics for Hurricane Sandy. The DFD employed a myriad of archaic tools for staffing that included pencil and paper for payroll reporting, excel spreadsheets for roster assignments and a DOS based "green screen" for our RMS. (Many Municipalities are still enjoying this sort of system)
In November 2012, the Chief asked Bill, the junior Captain, to pair with the senior Captain, on the new Telestaff project. The Chief was aware of Bill's computer skills and attention to detail, and thought he would be well suited to the success of the project.
The multi decade, archaic records system was retired in June 2013, when Telestaff version 2.92 went live for Danbury Fire Department. Wearing dual hats as a line Captain and Telestaff "collegiate", Bill attended a 40 hour, one on one, advanced Telestaff training session at Telestaff's Irvine, CA office.
Bill was promoted to Deputy Fire Chief in June 2018. Danbury's Deputy Chief serves as Shift Commander for one of four platoons, overseeing 24 Career Firefighters and Officers, staffing five engines, one ladder, one heavy rescue and one tactical support unit.
September 2021 Promotion to Assistant Chief Danbury Fire Department. The role of Asst. Chief is a demanding one with the responsibility of managing the overall operations and $19 Million budget of the Danbury Fire Department. The Telestaff administrative management for both Police and Fire continue to be among Bill's daily responsibilities.
Public Speaking
Bill has great enthusiasm for the Telestaff product and has eagerly shared his passion through numerous webinars and live presentations.
Kronosworks 2017 - A discussion on how Telestaff changed the way the City of Danbury schedules Fire Personnel
Kronosworks 2018 - Applying User Defined Fields to Recognize Acting Officer Candidates
UKGWorks 2020 (Virtual Platform presentation) - Managing Public Safety Scheduling and Reporting Requirements During a Crisis
Fire Rescue International - Oct 21, 2020
Route Fifty - Efficiency in Critical Times: A Virtual Platform Presentation