Fire Incident Setup - Custom Fields Management
Purpose
- To explain how to create and manage custom fields within NFIRS reports.
Video
Directions
1. Navigate to Fire Incident Setup via Incident Documentation.
2. Click on Field Management.
3. To add a new custom field, click on Custom Field Management.
4. Select an inciden field to customize.
5. Custom Field Management Modal will populate. From here you can edit what the field name will appear by entering in Label from the Field Settings.
6. Selecting the Values tab you can edit the description shown within a report, or add a custom option.
7. Add a custom code and description.
In this example, we added a "plus 1" code to NFIRS code 72 in order to track more specific information about heat sources. When 721 is selected, code 72 will still be reported to NFIRS, but the department can track fire causes with more specificity.
8. Click on Create at the bottom of the list.
9. Custom Fields can be edited or deleted in the actions column.
10. Click on Save in the top right before navigating away from the page.
Related Articles
Fire Incident Setup - Custom Questions
Purpose To explain how to create and manage a custom NFIRS report field. Video Directions 1. Navigate to Incident Documentation-> Fire Incident Setup -> Field Management. 2. Select on the New Custom Field. 3. Assign the custom field a label. This is ...EMS Setup - Creating Custom Other Questions for ePCR
Purpose Statement The Custom Other Questions feature within EMS Setup allows administrators to create agency-specific alphanumeric text fields that capture additional information not covered by standard NEMSIS data elements. This functionality ...Fire Documentation Release Notes : October 2025
New Features 1. AI for NFIRS Canada What - Artificial intelligence capabilities have been introduced specifically for Canadian clients following the NFIRS (National Fire Incident Reporting System) standard, leveraging Deepgram and Bedrock endpoints ...Release Notes - Fire Incident Documentation
In order to provide you with more detailed information on our updates we have broken the Release Notes down by module. New Features 1. Default and Error Workflows. What: This feature enables users to create default and error workflows for the ...Fire Investigations - Scene Information
Purpose The purpose of this Knowledge Base Article is to instruct users on how to add Scene Information in the Fire Investigations module. Video Instructions 1. Navigate to the Fire Investigation Module. 2. Select the Investigations List. 3. Click on ...