Incident Module Presented by Edward Kosakowski Fire Lieutenant Syracuse Fire Department

Introduction  With Syracuse Fire for 11 years  Currently assigned to Truck Company 3  Lieutenant for 4 years  AAS Computer Information Systems

Course Content  Code Setup Department Codes Add Custom Category Add Custom Codes Ordering Codes 901 Codes and Plus 1 Common Codes Chemical Codes  Code Explorer  Data Entry Shortcuts  Customize Tabs & Fields  Other Items

Customize Codes

Ordering Codes  Left click and hold on the code you want to move  Drag the held code to the new position  Drop (turn lose) the mouse button to re- position the code.

Customize Codes  Close Customize Codes Form  Close and re-open FireRMS  Your newly created codes are ready to use. But where do you use them? Use these in Vehicles, Equipment, Hydrant When you are creating a custom tab, and add a combo box you can use this category and codes.

Incident Codes (Department) Alarms Counties Incident Involvement Types Narrative Type Other Agencies Positions States & Provinces Street Directions Street Types Titles

NFPA 901 Questions  What is NFPA 901? Standard Classifications for Incident Reporting and Fire Protection Data.  Why use is a 901 code? They maximize the value of sharing fire department data.

NFPA 901 Continued  NFPA 901 helps fire departments and other fire protection organizations effectively share data with other agencies. It provides a common language and definitions that define and describe: Pre-incident environments, such as fire defense features of a structure Fire and other emergency incidents Post-incident damage assessments Fire service data

Customize Codes > 901 Codes  Can I change anything else? You cannot change anything but NFPA allows departments to further sub-divide 901 codes. These are called code plus codes. You can add a number 0-9 or an alphabet character a-z to further track what is happening. Only the original 901 code is reported to NFIRS, the code plus can be reported on by you.

Customize Codes > 901 Codes  Can I delete these codes? You can delete 901 codes (be careful). Why do I have to be careful? What about legacy data Will the code be needed again You can undelete a code, but it will be at the bottom of the list and you will have to re-order it manually.

901 Codes

Code Explorer

Keyboard Shortcuts  Typing the letter (n) in any date field will set the date and time to the local computers date and time at the time of the key press.  Typing the letter (t) in any date field will set the date to the local computers current date at the time of the key press.

Keyboard Shortcuts  Typing the letter (y) in any date field will set the date to yesterdays date.  Typing the character (+) in any date field will set the date to Tomorrows date.  Typing the character (++) in any date field will set the date to Two days out date.

Keyboard Shortcuts  Typing the character (-) in any date field will set the date to yesterdays date.  Typing the character (--) in any date field will set the date to Two days back date.  Typing the letter (f) on any 901 code based field will bring up the 901 code explorer.

Keyboard Shortcuts  While on any combobox field or pop-up list, typing the first number or character you are looking for will jump you to the typed point in the list.  When tabbing through a form and you stop on a combo box pressing the space bar will open the list.

Keyboard Shortcuts  When tabbing through a form and you stop on a combo box pressing the down arrow will select the first item.  When tabbing through a form and you stop on a combo box pressing the ALT key plus the down arrow will open the list.

Design Mode Select TOOLS ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM Settings Tab

Design Mode

 Remember to go back uncheck “Design Mode”

Questions??