Incident Module Presented by Edward Kosakowski Fire Lieutenant Syracuse Fire Department

1. Incident ModulePresented byEdward KosakowskiFire LieutenantSyracuse Fire Department

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

3. 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

4. Customize Codes

5. Customize Codes

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 901 Codes

14. Code Explorer

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. Design Mode Select TOOLS ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM Settings Tab

21. Design Mode

22. Design Mode

23. Design Mode

24. Design Mode

25. Design Mode • Remember to go back uncheck • “Design Mode”

26. Questions??