Completing Cancelled En Route Incident Reports

To correctly code a cancelled en route call in Firehouse use the following steps. On the Basic tab in the NFIRS module the following fields need to be coded.

The Incident Type (#1) must be one of the 611 codes listed in the lookup table. According to the NFIRS handbook the only time a cancelled en route code may be used is if your unit does not arrive on scene.

After you have coded the incident type the incident actions taken field will turn red, requiring that an incident action code needs to be entered.

The Actions Taken (#3) field must be coded as 93 - Cancelled en route.

If a code other than 93 is entered the field will remain red until the correct incident action is entered.

In the Unit Response module, the following fields need to be completed as part of a cancelled en route incident.

The Response Code (#4) needs to be coded X for cancelled en route.

If you did not check en route the Unit Enroute (#5) field will also be green; the time that you enter here is the same as your Back in Service time.

The Arrived at Scene (#6) field needs to be the same as your Back in Service time. When the response code X is entered, the Arrived at Scene (#6), field will be updated automatically with the Back in Service time.

After entering X for your response code, the Unit Actions Taken (#7) button will become required. Select the button using your left mouse button.

Once the Unit Actions Taken screen open, select the + (#8) to open a line to enter the actions taken code.

The Unit Actions Taken (#9) line will turn red and will not save until the proper code is entered.

The correct code for the Unit Actions Taken field is 93 - Cancelled en route.

After entering the unit action code, select the Save button to go back to the unit response screen.

After you return to the Unit Response module, complete the Personnel and the User Fields as you normally would. Then right click on the Save button and select the Save & Close option to return to the main NFIRS report.

When you entered the response code of X the unit narrative was updated to reflect the unit was cancelled and did not arrive on scene.