Fire Incident List: Statuses and Actions
Purpose
- To explain the statuses of an incident NFIRS report and detail the actions available to users from the Fire Incident List.
Video
Directions
1. Navigate to the Fire Incident List.
2. View the status of an NFIRS report:
There are four possible statuses for a report:
Not Started: The NFIRS report generated for the incident has not been opened by any user.
Incomplete: The report has been opened, but not completed. The "Last Opened by" column will display the last user to access the report.
Pending Authorization: The report has been completed by a user, but not yet authorized by a user with authorization permission
Authorized: The report has been authorized by an appropriate user.
3. Depending on user permissions, users can take the following actions on an NFIRS report.
The following actions are available from the Fire Incident List:
4. You can perform bulk actions by selecting all reports or selecting multiple individual reports.
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