Add Group of Responding Units

Responding unit includes information about specific apparatus and personnel responding to the incident, and is useful for determining actual personnel and apparatus requirements for different types of incidents.

  1. Do one of the following.

    1. From the File menu, select the NFIRS 5.0 Incident Reporting selection, NFIRS 5.0 Incident Reports option, then select the incident record.
    2. Click Units & Personnel.
    1. From the File menu, select the EMS/Search & Rescue Reporting selection, EMS/Search & Rescue Reports option, then select the incident record.
    2. Click Units & Personnel.
    1. From the File menu, select the Dispatch & Remote Station Response Entry, then select the incident record.
    2. Click Units & Personnel.

  2. Press Add Group.

    If you use station roster & availability or the optional staff scheduling module, select All units for <station> (as entered in the station roster or via staff scheduling), or select Unit code lookup and select the units to add, then press OK.

    If you do not use station roster & availability or the optional staff scheduling module, the Lookup - Units form is displayed. Select units to add, then press OK.

    The Unit Group Add form is displayed.

  3. These values are applied to all responding unit detail records.

    1. Type or lookup the Response Code that best describes the nature of the unit’s response.

    2. Check appropriate Fire/Medical/Rescue/Other types to indicate the main use of this apparatus at the incident.

      Note: Required for all incidents.

      The main use at the incident need not be the consistent with the apparatus type.

      Example: EMS may be the principal use of the members arriving on-scene in a ladder truck.

    3. Complete Response Dates & Times.
    4. Check the Alarm column box for the date to add the Alarm Date value.
    5. Check Canceled and type the date and time the unit was canceled if relevant.
    6. Press Unit Incident Actions Taken to add codes for additional actions taken.
    7. Select codes then press OK.
    1. Click the Personnel tab.

    2. Select the Personnel for Unit.

      Staff is added to the current unit only.

    3. Press Add or Add Group to add personnel.

      If you use station roster & availability or the optional staff scheduling module, select All units for <station> (as entered in the station roster or via staff scheduling), or select Unit code lookup and select the units to add, then press OK.

      If you do not use station roster & availability or the optional staff scheduling module, the Lookup - Units form is displayed. Select units to add, then press OK.

      The Unit Group Add form is displayed.

    4. Add personnel for each responding unit.
    1. Click the Usage tab.

    2. Select the Equipment Usage for Unit.

      Usage added is applied to the current unit only.

    3. Press Add Linked to add a usage detail for the equipment associated with the Unit.
    4. Complete usage details.
    5. Save and close.

    6. Press Add Other to select from available inventory.

    7. Highlight an inventory record or multiple records, then press OK.
    8. Complete usage details.
    9. Save and close inventory usage detail when finished.
    1. Clear Apply this narrative to all selected units to add a narrative for a specific unit, or leave it checked and add a narrative that will be added to each unit response.
    2. Add narrative.

  7. (Optional) Add EMS search & rescue response times.

  8. Click the EMS Search & Rescue tab.

  9. Press OK.

    Responding units are added. If Continue to the Unit Response Detail form was checked, the Unit Response Detail form is displayed and you can add or edit individual unit response details

  10. Save and close incident when finished.

 

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