Vehicles - General

In Emergent, Vehicles serve as the backbone of Fleet Management, providing Portal users with a clear, real-time view of the fleet and its status. For the Tactical Board, vehicles are linked to unit response records from CAD/PulsePoint, enabling Incident Commanders to see assigned resources, manually allocate additional units, and efficiently assign tasks to vehicle crews during an incident. Additionally, Checklists can be assigned to specific vehicles.

Typically, during initial setup, Emergent will import the agencies vehicle information from the Vehicle Workbook.  

NOTE:  When adding/editing units, it is best to complete any new Station setup before working on the Vehicle.

General

The required vehicle information in Emergent varies based on its intended use. On the General tab, Identity Info uniquely identifies each vehicle and serves as the key to linking it with unit response data from CAD/PulsePoint.

1. Unit/Vehicle Number (Required) - The unique identifier that never changes for that vehicle.  Typically this is something like a Maintenance ID #, or anything that will stay with the vehicle if it goes out of services or moves to a different station.
2. Call Sign (Only Required for CAD/PulsePoint integrations) - This is the name used when dispatching the unit from CAD/PulsePoint. For example, 'E01' represents the engine assigned to Station 01. Even if the physical vehicle changes, the dispatched engine from Station 01 will always be identified as 'E01'.
3. Apparatus ID (optional) - If the call sign is longer than 5 characters, the Apparatus ID is the alternate identifier used for NFIRS reporting that is a maximum of 5 characters.  Often, when the Call Sign is 5 characters or less, the Call Sign will be reflected in this field.

The following fields are always required on Vehicles:

• Status - True = Active and False = Inactive.  Typically the vehicle is set to False when a new vehicle is being procured and is not fully setup, but initial setup has started.
• Service Status - The default value is 'In Service' but it can be changed to 'Out of Service' or 'Reserved'.  Once the vehicle has been setup, the vehicle station can be managed in the Fleet Dashboard.

All of the data captured in the Fire Reporting section is optional, however, Assigned Station and Current Station are required utilizing the Fleet module.  On the Station page, the units assigned to that station can be viewed/edited.

• Assigned Station - This is the unit's 'Home Station'.  For Example, unit 'E01's home station is Station 01.  
• Current Station - This is the Station the unit is currently (temporarily) being dispatched from.  For Example, unit E01 is being dispatched from Station 11 while Station 01 is in maintenance, it will be dispatched from Station 11 until it returns to its home station.  

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