Tracking safety procedures in the 446th Civil Engineering Squadron used to be such a taxing process that inspections were failing and Air Force safety regulations and policies weren't being met.

Not anymore.

A pair of McChord Field Reservists have successfully developed a software program that aids in tracking training. Tech Sgt. Lazare Quintana and Senior Master Sgt. Nathan Wright designed a Microsoft Access platform that serves as a central safety hub for documenting policies and procedures.

The electronic software program has replaced the paper-based system.

"It has made other people's lives easier in a sense," Wright said. "It might go into weapons safety and flight safety. There are so many avenues we can take it."

The emergence of the software has streamlined safety tracking and is being applied to other units at McChord Field and at other bases such as Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.

"The comments (reflect) people are logging in and completing the task in 30 minutes," Quintana said. "People are completing the training and requirements."

Wright said the main purpose of the program was to make their jobs easier.

The Reservists have worked well together since they built the software.

"He's my knowledge guy," Wright said of Quintana. "I'm the technical guy. It's been a really good relationship for the last four to five years."

Wright first built the code in 2007, and Quintana introduced it to the 446th Support Squadron, the fire department, emergency management flight and the explosive ordinance disposal unit.

The software's ability to track training more accurately has received attention, and the Air Force Reserve Command presented the Airmen with a special coin for their efforts in developing the program.

Quintana, who lives in Spokane, joined the Air Force in 2002 and served on active-duty at Fairchild AFB in eastern Washington. He joined the Reserves at McChord in 2007.

Wright lives in Ephrata and works at the Hanford nuclear plant as a tactical police officer.