Transforming Cody Fire School's Registration Process

Transforming Cody Fire School's Registration Process

Cody Fire School, a volunteer-led organization dedicated to training firefighters, faced a major challenge in managing their annual three-day training event. With over 20 courses scheduled throughout the weekend, their manual registration process was cumbersome, leading to scheduling conflicts, administrative headaches, and inefficiencies in tracking payments and attendance. They needed a streamlined solution that would allow easy online registration, prevent overlapping course sign-ups, and provide robust reporting tools for their administrators. ProFusion Web Solutions stepped in to design a customized, user-friendly registration system that not only simplified the process but also enhanced the overall experience for both attendees and organizers.

  • Client: Cody Fire School
  • Industry: Firefighter Training & Education
  • Services Provided: Custom WordPress Registration System, WooCommerce Integration, eCommerce Solution
  • Year of Implementation: 2019 - Present

The Challenge

Cody Fire School, a volunteer-led organization, hosts an annual three-day, in-person firefighter training event. With over 20 courses scheduled at various times throughout the weekend, managing registrations manually was overwhelming. The organization struggled with:

  • Keeping track of class registrations and ensuring attendees didn’t enroll in overlapping courses.
  • Handling online payments seamlessly.
  • Generating accurate class lists for attendance tracking and certification issuance.
  • Managing waitlists for full classes.
  • Running reports on student demographics, including location and department.
  • Ensuring a straightforward, repeatable process for volunteers managing the system.
  • The Solution

  • The Results

  • Conclusion

The Solution

Cody Fire School partnered with ProFusion Web Solutions to design and implement a streamlined, WordPress-based registration system tailored to their needs. The solution included:

Custom Registration System:
A WooCommerce and composite products setup with conditional logic to prevent double-booking of overlapping courses.

Seamless Online Payments:
Secure payment processing integrated into the registration system.

Waitlist Management:
Automatic tracking for full classes, ensuring students could join a waitlist.

Admin-Friendly Reports & Tracking:
Easy-to-generate reports for class rosters, attendance sheets, and student department data.

Evolving System Improvements:
Continuous refinements each year to accommodate new needs and improvements.

Expanded Functionality:
In 2023, the site was upgraded to include merchandise sales, providing an additional revenue stream.