New Features

It is now possible to turn on the sign up minimum and sign up maximum fields for specific non incident events. Because of COVID 19 and the Coronovirus, many departments are having to setup limits on how many can attend certain events.

Also, departments can set a minimum in order to determine if there is enough interest or required sign ups for the event to take place.

This feature applies to the inventory status found in the inventory entry system. The inventory status field came out years after many departments entered their inventory, so many of the inventory items are blank.

It is now possible for an administrator to be able to mass update all blank inventory status fields with the select inventory status. You must have inventory setup in order to do this.

A new report has been added to the NFIRS Reporting System. Select this report to print out the incident run log. This report includes incident number, date and time, address, type, number attending, length, and manpower. It also includes the apparatus counts by usage (Other, Suppression, and EMS.
It include totals on the bottom.

A new function has been added to the report manager. The Search button will allow the user to search for a key word like FEMA or LOSAP. The results are listed on in the Search Results window.

It is now possible to delete your sign up entry if you changed you mind about attending the event.

The AVL Mileage Screen has been enhanced to have the hospital, start, end and travel distance on the same screen.

Several enhancements have been made to the NFIRS Apparatus Usage (FEMA) report. Several new totals have been added for tracking by Suppression, EMS and Other types have been added.

This report is used to report to FEMA and OEM for reimbursements.

It is now possible to email a report directory from the report manager. You must use a valid return email address.

Alpine Software has developed and is not testing a new Digital Dashboard. This Dashboard is based on what user is logged in. It can aggregate the following information:

- Call Status
- Weather
- Overtime Status
- Apparatus Status
- Open Work Orders

Any many more functions. Basic parts of the dashboard are now in Beta testing with a few fire departments. Please email INFO@ALPINESOFTWARE.COM for more information.

Responder app modified to hide AVL mobile messaging from the dispatch history. Can be opted back in via a service configuration setting.

Added Personnel Emergency Contact Phone List report.

Report includes all personnel phone numbers, address, and emergency contact name and phone.

Made an ini setting to NOT transfer the Narrative from remote NFIRSMAIN to local NFIRSMAIN.

It is now possible to take a picture using the camera on the laptop or an external camera. You can use these photos for the ID Card Module. This option requires the ID Card Module, and the Personnel Picture Option.

It is now possible to track Covid 19 Testing in the Batch Medical History System. Check out the screen shot. Enter a Covid Test type in the Medical Actions.

Key words: Batch Medical Testing, Coronavirus, COVID

A new tally button has been added to count up the total number of users for each security profile.

When copying attendence from either a nfirs incident or a non incident the program would error out if the event length was 0. This issue has been corrected.

Corrected system wide error when selecting the "Print Roster" button from Incident or Non-Incident Roster.

Report Parameters will load correctly allowing you to specify how the roster prints.

Developed an interface to connect to Larimore based CAD systems. This interface uses a direct connection to the CAD Database.

Added setup forms to enter effective date ranges and point values of adopted resolutions as result of Senate Bill S8251B in personnel setup.

This will allow control over awarding COVID-19 points to members while running under restricted rules that prevented normal response and department events.

Provisions also added to deduct COVID-19 points to new members and members unavailable to respond.

Added Code and Description sort to the Training Subject: Summary History Report

A new Schedule Enhancement has been added. It allows to unapprove history by a date range. You must have the Edit Locked Records setting turned on for your user security.

A new report has been added. It is called "Geo File: NFIRS Fix Property Summary" and is found in the property section of the report manager. It will print all of the occupany records based on the NFIRS Fixed Property Usage field.

Upgraded the security encryption protocol on sending outbound pcr faxes.

When selecting primary unit on call the next field would be ems unit call number which is the same as the other field. This change combines the two fields to allow easier data entry.

An error has been corrected for the Dispatch Response Setup. This error occurred when there were no responses entered and a response zone was selected.

The career schedule location fields was not mapped in the non incident module. This has been corrected.

The inventory inspection status reports now include color coding the item status.

Added the ability to select and change the starting date in the Events and Training section of the Responder app. Also, the ability to filter the selection of events by type has been added as well. Use the new options to display the next sixty events of that type from the selected starting date.

Shows all incidents, non-incidents, inspections, and daily log records for the day

There was a bug in the dispatching module that if you selected find unit on map and the unit did not have a latitude and longitude it would error out

A new report has been added to printout the responder default settings like stations, ETA, qualifications, and email address.

A new report has been added that prints a grid report based on the inventory inspection type. This report is specific to one inspection type. It also supports color coding of the inspection item result or status.

Added a button to email or fax an incident report.

Several new fields have been added to assist with auditing paging status. The number of skipped, new, and sent.

So that Hampton Bays could send an additional units requested page on that status code when dispatching to east quogue

An enhanced security option is now available to manage various levels of program and admin access to kiosk.

The following options have been made available

Finger Admin - Grants full admin access to the kiosk application. This is the equivalent to the legacy Admin user. Further access levels do not need to be granted.

Finger Enrollment - Grants access to enroll members on kiosk.

Finger Incident Admin - Grants access to manage Incident events on kiosk. This includes opening and closing events, when enabled, and manually added personnel to incidents.

Finger Non-Incident Admin - Grants access to manage Non-Incident events on kiosk. This includes opening and closing events, when enabled, and manually added personnel to events.

Finger Work Orders - Grants access to add work orders on kiosk. Work orders module must be available in RedNMX system and enabled on kiosk.

This feature can be enabled as needed with an update.

Added Equipment Usage Item List for FEMA Reporting

Enhanced Equipment Used Count Report

These reports can be found under the NFIRS Incident section of the Reporting Module.

This will allow departments to better track resources used during the COVID-19 National Emergency Response.

Additional enhancements to come with tracking equipment used.

Muskegon Requested to be able to filter by station location.

The narrative selection tool is now available with the personnel medical history entry. You can add pre-set narratives in the system setup.

It was found the utility to create recurring Non-Incidents had a bug if the event started late at night and went into the next morning (e.g. Standby/Sleepover). The utility was incorrectly setting the end date time with the proper time but with a date part the same as the starting date/time.