Release Notes August 2023

Release Notes August 2023




Major Releases

Community Connect
  1. **NEW** Departments can now create permits available for request by community connect users. When a new permit type is created, departments select whether community connect users can view and request the permit from their portal. These permits will automatically appear in the Department's permit list where they can be reviewed and approved. Additionally, new notification settings allow users or teams to be automatically notified when a community connect user has requested a permit.
Ad-hoc Reporting
  1. **NEW** Generate Custom Payroll Summary reports combined with personnel fields in Ad-hoc reporting.


App

  1. Current Version:
    1. iOS: 5.4.4
      1. Smoother, more precise unit tracking.
      2. Active/inactive: Users will only see "greyed out" icons when the app is closed on that unit's device.
    2. Android: 6.4.6
      1. Enhanced dispatch details map with a higher zoom level by default.
      2. Smoother, more precise unit tracking.


Assets Module

  1. New Features:
    1. Equipment and Kit Audit Setting
      1. Applies to Apparatus checklists, for which equipment and kits are associated via a compartment.
      2. This setting enables the ability for a user completing a check to confirm a specific piece of equipment is on the truck at the time of the check.
      3. Three settings found in the check list builder:
        1. Required: User is required to confirm or remove all equipment/kits to continue check
        2. Optional: Audit modal displays, user can confirm/edit any equipment, and user also has option to close modal and continue check
        3. None: Audit modal does not display, checklist opens.
 
    1. Add Inventory to a Work Order
      1. Allows agencies to track internal maintenance when agency inventory is used/consumed during fulfillment of a work order.
      2. Located in Work Order -> Cost -> Add Inventory
      3. Choose inventory that exists elsewhere in the system to attach to the work order, then the quantity of that inventory is decreased within the selected location.
      4. If the Work Order is removed, inventory quantities are restored to original.
      5. "Add Other Parts" allows users to add parts that are not part of the inventory list.
      6. Inventory and other parts are included in table form when the Work Order is Printed.
 
    1. Add Labor to a Work Order
      1. Agencies can now add both internal and external labor to a work order.
      2. Track Hours, hourly rate(s), Date Performed, and Completed by
      3. All Labor tracking events are included in the work order history
      4. Labor tracking prints in table form when a Work Order is printed.
 

  1. Enhancements:
  2. Fixes:


Fire Prevention Module

  1. New Features:
    1. Request permits from the Community Connect / High Hazards portal
      1. CC/HH users can now set up a Permit Type to be available for request in the portal.
      2. When creating or editing a Permit Type, departments can select whether that type of permit is available for CC/HH users.
       
      1. When the CC/HH user enters the portal, they will see a new bucket: "Permits." From there, they can request a new permit from the list of available CC/HH permit types.
       
      1. Once Submitted, Department users can see and approve the permits in Permits -> Permit List


      1.       Community Connect Permits: Notification when a Permit it is created in Community Connect
        1. When a community connect or high hazard user submits a First Due permit from the CC/HH portal, all the selected users and/or teams will receive an email notification with a link to review.
        2. User/team notifications are set in the Permit Type -> notifications.

       

    2. Field Management: Contact Type - New Permissions
      1. New options added in field management to edit permissions, by role, to select which roles can edit contacts of a specific type (inspection contact, billing contact, etc.)
      2. For each contact type, users can select which roles can only read contact information and which roles can edit/update.
    1. Add Vendor Contact to an Inspection
      1. Users can now add vendor contacts while conducting an inspection.
      2. In contacts section, new view added for "Vendor Contacts". 
        1. Clicking on "Add Vendor Contact" will open a modal for searching for an existing vendor or navigating to the vendor directory to add a new vendor.
      3. Vendors can be marked to receive a copy of the inspection report.
 
 
 
    1. Inspection Report: Customize code organizer components that become visible in the Inspection Report
      1.  Users can select which fields show in the inspection report.
      2. Default items visible are Code Set, Code #, Code Paragraph Title, and Code Description.
      3. This can be configured in two places:
        1. In bulk, using the "Report Setting" button in the Code Organizer.
        2. Individually, when creating/editing code, each field will display a "show" toggle.
  1. Enhancements:
    1. Batch Print over 200 inspections
      1. In "Inspections List" and "My Inspections" the batch print is no longer limited to 200 completed inspections.
      2. When a request for over 200 records is made, a file will be created and emailed to the logged in user's email address. The link remains valid for one week.
    2. Ability to edit a permit when creating a new permit during an inspection
      1. New configuration in Inspection -> Setup: "When adding new permit, take user to to edit permit screen.
 
    1. When the configuration is OFF: While conducting an inspection, if the user adds a new permit, the new permit appears in permits list and user stays in inspection page.
    2. When the configuration is ON: While conducting an inspection, if user adds a new permit, the inspection is saved and the edit permit page is loaded.
 
    1. Occupancy Invoice View & new filters to invoice tab 
      1. During an inspection the user can now see invoices linked to the current inspection AND all invoices associated with the occupancy.
      2. Also, in the case of a re-inspection, the user can view all invoices linked to that inspection series.
      3. New filters added to the invoices tab within an inspection:
        1. Type of link
          1. Linked invoices: This is default. Displays invoices linked to current inspection. This view is available offline.
          2. Inspection Series: Displays all linked invoices for initial inspection and any re-inspections. This view is available offline.
          3. Occupant Invoices: Displays all invoices, permits, and inspection related invoices for the occupancy. This view is not available offline.
        2. Status
        3. Invoice Date
        4. Invoice Total
      4. New Column: Payment Status
        1. Paid: Balance = 0
        2. Unpaid: Balance greater than 0
    2. Additional data fields available in the Inspection & Permit Form Builder 
      1. Users can now add any data field from occupancy record into the permit or inspection form.
    3. New Default view in "Permits" tab of an inspection
      1. View will default to displaying linked inspection permits.
 
    1. Character count limit for "checklist Items" increased to 1,000
      1. text box area will expand as the user types
 
    1. Permit Form Builder: Signature Tags Added
      1. Users can now add inspector, occupant, and vendor signatures using the "tag" "simple tag" or "text" components
      2. If using text, the signature font size can be changed by using the font size selector
 
 
    1. Inspection Report: Single, multi-select, and free text answers that are empty will not show in report
      1. By default, when checklist items that are single select, multi-select, or free text are NOT answered, they will not appear in the inspection report.
      2. To show unanswered items of these types, select "empty" in Inspections -> Inspection Type -> Edit -> Default Answers. (This can also be done on a case by case basis while conducting an inspection)

    1. Community Connect - New Contact Fields
      1. New fields added to the "contacts" section within CC
        1. Email
        2. Address: By default this will be the address associated with the account (found in "my info") but can be changed to associate a different address with that specific contact person.
 
    1. Updated Occupancy Data UI inside the Occupancy Record
      1. Occupancy data now match the sections in the Pre-Plan Map. This makes information entry uniform across modules.
    1. Vendor Directory - Canadian Address Combability 
    2. Support for Inspection Zone Polygons
      1. Departments now have two options using inspection zones:
        1. Manually manage the list using Field Management.
        2. Use polygon zones to automatically populate inspection zone based on geolocation.
    3. Invoice List - New filters
      1. Reference ID
      2. Balance
  1. Fixes:

Fire Investigations Module


  1. New Features:
    1. Completed Investigation forms are "read only"
      1. two new permissions (Fire Investigation Bucket)
        1. Fire Investigation - Complete Record
        2. Fire Investigation - Mark Incomplete
      2. Once the investigator is finished with a record, a complete button will be visible in the top right corner. When the complete button is pressed, a warning will display indicating that fields will be locked on completion.
 
    1. Clicking confirm will set all fields to read only. Click on close to close the record.
    2. If  user has permission to "Mark Incomplete" that user will then see the Mark Incomplete button, which will unlock fields for editing. 
  1. Enhancements:
  2. Fixes:


Incident Documentation Module 

  1. New Features:
    1. NFIRS QA/QI notifications: notify users when NFIRS reports are marked incomplete
      1. Enable and configure in NFIRS Setup -> General
      2. When enabled, email notifications are automatically generated when a report that is pending authorization is "sent back" or marked incomplete
      3. Automatic notification is also generated when the that report is completed again after review
      4. The member completing report, officer in charge, and user who unauthorized incident can be defined as notification recipients
 
 
 
    1. OFM: Printed Report Available for Ontario Form
 
  1. Enhancements:
    1. Default values now available within NFIRS Reports
      1. Several fields can now be assigned defaults through NFIRS Setup -> Custom Fields Management:
        1. Alarms
        2. Primary Station
        3. Aid Give/Received
        4. Apparatus Response Mode
        5. Aiding Apparatus Response Mode
        6. EMS Module Fields:
          1. Treatment/procedures fields
          2. Medication Information Fields
          3. Vital Signs fields
          4. Initial Level of Provider
          5. Highest Level of Provider
          6. EMS Disposition
 
    1. Pull Aiding Apparatus Information into NFIRS Reports
      1. Linked to information entered in Assets -> Apparatus
        1. Aiding apparatus Normal Staffing Level will populate the Number of People field in NFIRS
        2. Aiding apparatus Primary NFIRS use will populate the Use field in NFIRS
 
    1. Validation Message Design has changed
  1. Fixes:


ePCR

  1. New Features:
  2. Enhancements:
    1. New Display View for Several Fields
 
  
    1. Exam/Assessment section is now on the printed PDF PCR Form

    1. Endpoint Criteria change for NEMSIS v3.5.0
      1. For NEMSIS 3.5.0 the field used for criteria will be eDisposition.30 - Transport Disposition
      2. For NEMSIS 3.4.0 there are on changes. The criteria will remain eDisposition.12 - Incident Patient Disposition
    2. NEMSIS elemets eDisposition.12 & eResponse.05 added to Custom Values
      1. Incident Patient Disposition and Type of Service requested are now available for field customization.
    3. New Operators to Workflows
      1. STARTS_WITH: Strings start with a value
      2. ENDS_WITH: Strings end with a value
      3. MATCH_PATTERN: Values match with a pattern ( [a-zA-Z]{3}
      4. NOT_MATCH_PATTERN: Values don't match with a pattern
      5. TOTAL_EQUAL: Array counts are equal to a value
      6. TOTAL_NOT_EQUAL: Array counts are not equal to a value
      7. TOTAL_GREATER_THAN: Array counts are greater than a value
      8. TOTAL_LESS_THAN: Array counts are less than a value
      9. TOTAL_LESS_OR_EQUAL_THAN: Array counts are less or equal to a value
      10. TOTAL_GREATER_OR_EQUAL_THAN: Array counts are greater or equal to a value


Pre-Planning Module


  1. New Features:
  2. Enhancements:
    1. Preplan Levels
      1. Preplan level names can now be edited after they are created.
    2. New Preplan Unit Type: eKnox
  3. Fixes:


Permits Module


  1. New Features:
  2. Enhancements:
  3. Fixes:


Personnel Module

  1. New Features:
  2. Enhancements:
    1. Call Shift Details Header
      1. Hyperlink date will take the user to a single day view of the shift board for the displayed date in a new tab.
      2. Candidate method label will indicate if the candidate method was used for that call shift.
    2. Call Shift details table
      1. All columns are now sortable.
      2. Displayed records view defaults to "all:. This allows all contacted members to be viewed on the same page at the same time.

    1.  New User Interface for adding users to groups and qualifiers
 
 

  1. Pending Time Off Visible on the Shift Board
    1. Approve/deny options are now available in the scheduling deputy on the shift board.
    2. Visible only for users with approval permissions.
  1. Fixes:


Reports Module


  1. New Features:
    1. Print PDF format for ad-hoc report results
      1. On the Settings page of the report, the user can choose document orientation & description settings.
      2. When results are displayed, a new PDF button appears next to the CSV button.
 
 
    1. New Ad-hoc Data Source: Payroll Summary
 
  1. Enhancements:
  2. Fixes:


Response Module


  1. New Features:
  2. Enhancements:
    1. Web Responder: New Permission
      1. New permission controls which users can change their own dispatch notification settings on the account setting page.
        1. Default is ON for every user but this permission can be taken away by role.
  1. Fixes:


Training Module

  1. New Features:
  2. Enhancements:
  3. Fixes:

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