7.24.30 Release Notes

In the past, you could add attachments in FH 7 in three different ways, and one of those ways was as an embedded file in the FIREHOUSE Software 7 database. This type of attachment creates a Windows embedded object, and requires a specific software package to open the attached file.

Because Windows-embedded objects can become corrupted and cause loss of attached data, FH no longer supports adding new attachments to FH records. However, you can still access and view embedded file attachments that already exist in your FH database.

[FHD-331]

You can now capture the current contents of the Permit Detail dialog box as a template, or populate the dialog box with information in an existing permit-detail template.

To find the new feature, do the following.

1. Open an occupancy record as normal.

2. Click the Additional Records tab, then click Permits.

   The Permits dialog box appears.

3. Select a permit in the list, then click Open.

   The Permit Detail dialog box appears.

4. In the FH menu bar at the top of the screen, click the Form menu.

   The Memorize as Template or Apply Memorized Template options now appear in the menu, and will be used with the contents of the Permit Detail dialog box.

   

[FHD-29]

You can now record additional information about each chemical listed on an occupancy record.

To find the new feature, do the following.

1. Open an occupancy record as normal.

2. Click the Additional Records tab, then click Chemical Inventory.

   The Chemical Inventory List dialog box appears.

3. Select and open a chemical in the list as normal.

   The Chemical Inventory dialog box appears. The Trade Secret, Exempt, and Extremely Hazard Substance check boxes appear near the top of the dialog box.

   

[FHD-30]

You can use the new magnification feature to increase the display of dialog boxes and text in FH, from the default ("normal") size to two different larger sizes.

To find the new feature, do the following.

1. Set the magnification in one of these ways.

   Set the default magnification for FH.

   Note: The default magnification applies to all workstations using FH.

   1. Choose Administration > Administrative Options.

      The Administrative Options dialog box appears.

   2. Click the General tab, then click the Display sub-tab.

      The new Screen Magnification Settings section appears on the right side of the dialog box.

      

   3. From the menu in this section, choose the option corresponding to the amount of screen magnification you want to use.

      • Normal – Does not magnify the dialog boxes.
      • Full – Magnifies the display of the dialog box to the largest degree possible.
      • Intermediate – Magnifies the display of the dialog box to a display between Normal and Full.
   Override the default magnification for the current FH session.

   Note: The magnification change affects only your workstation, and only for the current work session. When you log out and then back in again, the magnification is reset to the selection in the Administrative Options dialog box.

   1. Right-click in the FH background, then choose Change Screen Size from the menu that appears.

      

      A second menu appears.

      

   2. Choose the option corresponding to the amount of screen magnification you want to use.

      • Normal – Does not magnify the dialog boxes.
      • Full – Magnifies the display of the dialog box to the largest degree possible.
      • Intermediate – Magnifies the display of the dialog box to a display between Normal and Full.

2. (If you change the magnification while you have a dialog box open) Close and re-open the dialog box.

   Re-opening the dialog box refreshes its display, and the magnification change becomes visible.

[FHD-1145, FHD-1146, FHD-1153, FHD-1154]

In the FH toolbar, when you right-click the Inventory icon and choose Batch Maintenance/Test Entry from the menu that appears, the Query dialog box appears. From Select a Query, when you choose any of the Find by queries, the Query Parameters dialog box appears. When you click Add, a new row appears in the dialog box, with a menu highlighted in the Parameter column. When you select Unit from the menu, then in the ? column you click the lookup button, the Lookup - Units dialog box appears, listing the available units.

If you double-clicked a specific unit in the dialog box, it did not automatically load the unit in the Value column of the Query Parameters dialog box as expected.

[FHD-1231]

In the Administrative Options dialog box, on the Incidents tab, on the General sub-tab, under Rules, if you selected Allow incomplete reports to be saved and Relax Critical User Defined Field rules to Warning validations, then created an incident that contained a required user-defined field but did not enter data into that field before saving the incident, the incident was marked as complete, and should not have been.

[FHD-716]

If you ran a query based on the Staff, Activity, and Training Reports > Activity & Training Hours/Points Detail report, the expected columns appeared if you viewed the query on the screen. If you sent the query results to an output file, however, some columns were not included in the file.

[FHD-93]

In the Occupancy module, you can add permits to the occupancy record and then later renew individual permits, using the data saved in a permit as the default values for the renewed permit.

However, if you added user-defined fields to your occupancy permits and saved data in the user-defined fields, the data saved in these fields for a selected permit did not automatically copy into the renewed permit as expected.

[FHD-38]

On the FH Cloud, if you downloaded files from FH 7 to your local computer, the files sometimes corrupted and would not open the local computer.

[FHD-1078]

In the Incident module, on the Units & Personnel tab, then under the Personnel section, when you click Add Group and choose Staff Group Select from the menu that appears, the Staff Group Select dialog box appears.

If you clicked the Staff Master tab, no staff member names appeared in the list.

[FHD-205]

In the EMS module, while creating a new record, you can click the Additional Reports tab, then click NFIRS Incident Report. In the Initiate NFIRS Report dialog box that appears, you can provide basic NFIRS information, including a value in Primary Action Taken. When you click OK, prompts for updating other records appear, including the Transfer fields to EMS/Search & Rescue Report dialog box.

If you click Update in this dialog box, the NFIRS Incident Report dialog box appears next, populated with the data you had entered in the EMS/Search & rescue Report and Initiate NFIRS Report dialog boxes. However, the action you specified in the Initiate NFIRS Report dialog box, under Primary Action Taken, did not transfer to the NFIRS Incident Report dialog box. and appear in the Actions Taken section as expected.

[FHD-83]

In the Inventory module, if you specified a value in Staff ID, Occupancy ID, or Vendor, the field label truncated, and should not have.

[FHD-37]