Fire Incident Setup - Custom Fields Management

Fire Incident Setup - Custom Fields Management

Purpose

  1. To explain how to create and manage custom fields within NFIRS reports.

Video



Directions


1. Navigate to Fire Incident Setup via Incident Documentation.


Navigate to NFIRS Setup via Incident Documentation



2. Click on Field Management.


Click on Field Management.



3. To add a new custom field, click on Custom Field Management.


To add a new custom field, click on Custom Field Management



4. Select an inciden field to customize.


Select an NFIRS 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.


Add a custom code and description.



8. Click on Create at the bottom of the list.


Click on Create at the bottom of the list.



9. Custom Fields can be edited or deleted in the actions column.


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.


Click on Save in the top right before navigating away from the page.

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