November 2023 (Fall 2023)
Stage 1
Rollout Date: November 13th, 2023
Department Hub
General
- Rebuilt the entire user interface to improve navigation and provide consistency across all apps going forward
- Improved security for authentication and app access
- Added improved user profile (FSSID) editing, and added ability to upload a profile photo
- Added department switching option to the user menu to streamline multiple department management
- Added dedicated app switcher and launcher to quickly switch between apps
Accept Invitation Page
- Streamlined the invitation process for new members with an FSSID vs new members without one
Home Page
- Added a new Home page to summarize the department’s status and configuration settings
- Added ability to edit department information, including updating the department logo
License Page
- Added new License page to view the current department license
Members Page
- Added new standalone page for enhanced member searching
- Added new member detail page with streamlined interface for common tasks (i.e. Send Password Reset, Remove Member, Update Permissions, Link Member to Fire Station Firefighter)
Invitations Page
- Added a new standalone page for managing department invitations
- All invitations are now visible, whether they are pending, expired or accepted
- Invitations can now be resent and if they are expired, the expiration will be moved forward
- Invitation can now be deleted before they are accepted
Fire Station+ App Compatibility
- Updated Apparatus Checks authentication to use the new login user interface
Stage 2
Rollout Date: November 15th - December 15th
Department Hub
Fire Station Install Page
- Added a new page to download the installer
- Added installation and update instructions
- Added a feature to email the installer to people
- If they are not a member, they will be invited to the department
- Added permissions for allowing members to install and register Fire Station on their devices
Fire Station Devices
- Added a new page to look through registered devices for the department
- Added a new page to manage the software and configuration settings for a single registered device
Fire Station Settings
- Added a new page to view Fire Station configuration settings
- Added a feature to allow department managers to disable automatic software updates and pick when to distribute the software changes
- Added a feature to make policy changes (i.e. Enforce FSSID Sign In)
- Added a feature to allow department managers to change which device is running notification services
Fire Station+ Settings
- Added a new page to view Fire Station+ configuration settings
- Added device and browser compatibility list for Fire Station+ apps
Fire Station Setup
General
- Added new setup program for registering devices and installing Fire Station
- Department files are now separated into individual folders to prevent issues with multiple department management
Register & Install Page
- Can install updates directly from the Department Hub
- Added screens to configure and test self-hosted database connection information
- Can detect when settings are broken and need to be fixed
- Streamlined controls for enabling the notification services on the device
Fire Station Desktop
Sign In Page
- Added new sign in page that allows FSSID sign in
- Added department switching page to streamline multiple department management
- Added shortcuts to register the device for new departments and remove a registered device
- Added Fire Station+ shortcuts to launch apps (i.e. Department Hub, Apparatus Checks)
- The launcher will sign in with your currently selected department
Manage Personnel Page
- Added new tab (FSSID) for admins to link firefighters to their FSSID in the Department Hub
- Added shortcut to send department hub member invitations
- Invitation is sent directly from Fire Station Desktop instead of going through the Department Hub
- Made the “Check for Updates” feature always accessible in Fire Station Desktop in favor of disabling automatic updates in the Department Hub
Bugfixes
- Fixed expired license message so that it does not refer to non-demo licenses as demo licenses
- Fixed issue where the Basic Module address was included in the NFIRS file when Wildland Fire Module address was present
- When NFIRS file is generated, Human Factors Involved on the Fire Module now defaults to “N” when no option is selected
- Fixed issue where Wildland Fire Property Ownership did not load selections correctly when editing
- Fixed validation related to property ownership (NFIRS 5.0 Relational Edit 44)
- Fixed issue where Mobile Property Involved dropdown was hidden by other form elements in the Fire Module
- Fixed NFIRS Relational Edit 97 on the NFIRS-5 (Fire Service Casualty) module
- When exporting NFIRS 5.0 reports with the NFIRS-4 (Civilian Casualty) module, when block M2 (General Location at Time of Injury) is set to “1 In area of origin” the NFIRS 5.0 report included “-1” in the Story At Start of Incident and Story When Injury Occurred fields of the Civilian Fire Casualty Transaction (Type 1400). This has been corrected to include blank values instead of “-1”.
- Updated the layout of block F1, F2, and F3 of the NFIRS-2 (Fire) module to line up the fields
- Updated block F1 (Equipment Involved in Ignition) of the NFIRS-2 (Fire) module to require “None” to be selected or an option to be selected
- Updated block H1 (Mobile Property Involved) of the NFIRS-2 (Fire) module to require “None” to be selected or an option to be selected
- Implemented validation on NFIRS-1 (Basic) module Person Involved and Owner that requires phone numbers to be at least 10 characters for departments using OFIRMS
- Fixed NFIRS Relational Edit 17 on the NFIRS-9/10 (Personnel and Apparatus) module
- Fixed NFIRS Relational Edit 142 on the NFIRS-11 (Arson) Juvenile Firesetter module
- Fixed NFIRS Relational Edit 58 on the NFIRS-2 (Fire) module
- Updated the NFIRS 5.0 Report to exclude NFIRS-4 (Civilian Casualty) transactions when the Incident Typer is greater than the 100 series, in accordance with NFIRS Relational Edit 35
- When using OFIRMS, added additional validation for Human Factors Involved for Incident Type 140
- Added validation rule to handle NFIRS Relational Edit 35 when using OFIRMS on the NFIRS-1 (Basic) Continued module’s civilian injury and death counts
- Fixed issue where spaces in the training event type, subject or instructor could cause events to be hidden
- Fixed an issue where updating was blocked when the license was expired
- Updated the NFIRS report to generate dates/times (i.e. alarm time) with 00 for seconds if it is left blank in the form to avoid validation errors in OFIRMS
- Fixed a bug where department logos were sometimes not display due to the app’s internal naming of the file
- When using OFIRMS, added additional validation to not allow the arrival time for Incident Type 611
- Fixed a bug in the Yearly training report where table headers on subsequent pages were not starting with the selected month
- Fixed a bug where editing a training event could sometimes reset the event hours to 0