Add additional user fields

Local or state agencies may require some NEMSIS fields which exist in FH as pre-defined (PD) user fields.

  1. Choose Administration → User-Defined Fields.

    The User-Defined Fields Setup dialog box appears.

  2. Expand NFIRS Incident Reporting, select Responding Unit User Fields, and then click Setup.

    The Responding Unit User Fields dialog box appears, with the User Fields Toolbar over it.

  3. (If necessary) Move the User Fields Toolbar, so that it is not blocking access to the Page1 tab in the Responding Unit User Fields dialog box.
  4. In the User Fields Toolbar, click PD.

  5. In the User-Defined Fields Setup dialog box, click the Page1 tab.

    The Select Field to Add dialog box appears.

  6. Select the name of the user field you want to add, and then click OK.

    The User-Defined Field Properties dialog box appears.

  7. Verify that the information in the dialog box is correct, and edit it if necessary.
  8. Click OK.
  9. Repeat steps 4-8 for each of the responding unit user fields you want to add.

  10. In the Responding Unit User Fields dialog box, click Save.

    The Confirm Update - Responding Unit User Fields dialog box appears, displaying the user fields you added.

  11. Click OK.

    The Confirm Update - Responding Unit User Fields dialog box, Responding Unit User Fields dialog box, and User Fields Toolbar all automatically close, leaving the User-Defined Fields Setup dialog box accessible again.

  12. Repeat the process described in steps 2-11 for the remaining user fields: 

    User fields In the dialog box, expand and select

    Staff Activity
    Participant

    Staff Management → Staff Activity Participant User Fields

    Incident

    EMS/Search & Rescue Incident Reporting → EMS/Search & Rescue Incident User Fields

    Patient Procedures

    EMS/Search & Rescue Incident Reporting → EMS/Search & Rescue Patient Procedures User Fields

    Patient/Victim

    EMS/Search & Rescue Incident Reporting → EMS/Search & Rescue Patient/Victim User Fields

    Patient/Access/Vitals

    EMS/Search & Rescue Incident Reporting → EMS/Search & Rescue Patient/Access/Vitals User Fields

    A comprehensive list of FH pre-defined user fields is available in Appendix: Listing of FH predefined user fields.

  13. In the User-Defined Fields Setup dialog box, click Close.
  14. Continue with Install NEMSIS patient and demographic export utilities.