I was asked to come up with an emergency contact database for our church. Although the church does have a membership roster, it does not include things such as emergency contact information, or other important information that could be used in event of some situation, such as a major earthquake.
I decided to use FileMaker Pro for this. It was easy to create a home screen with the basic information, including the person’s name, address, cell phone numbers, and emergency contact information. I also included resource material, assigned them to a emergency response zone and so forth. Click the image below to view enlarged.
The program allows the user to click on a link to show the individual family on a city map. For privacy reasons an example is not shown here.
You can also print various reports, such as a list of all families by emergency zone. Those emergency leaders over each zone can be given up to date paper copies for all the information for families in their zone. For privacy reasons an example is not shown here.
I decided to use create on FileMaker Pro for these reasons:
- I can create a program for use on either Windows or a Mac since who will maintain this going forward is never known.
- I can create a self standing program for use by others without the cost to buy a database program
- I was able to import the data from the ward’s membership database to get started
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