This is FirePoint's Command Window.
FirePoint's Command Window controls FirePoint. The Command Window appears when FirePoint is started and remains available until the user exits FirePoint.
Your fire department's name appears at the top of the Command Window. The name of the current user is displayed on the left along with the date and time the user signed-into FirePoint.
The Journal is a narrative of fire department activities automatically assembled from FirePoint records. You may print a Journal by pressing the Journal button. Ad hoc Journal entries may be made by pressing the Entry button.
The Maint button is reserved for the Administrator. It allows access to hidden support files and configuration operations.
The Roster button allows entry of station and vehicle assignments at the start of a shift. This feature speeds entry of Apparatus & Classes records during the shift's tour of duty.
The Pause button allows the current user to freeze the screen. No further data entry is allowed until a password is entered. Pause can also be used to pass command from one user to another without having to exit FirePoint.
The Exit button is used to exit FirePoint.
In the lower part of the Command Window are two rows of icons. These icons represent FirePoint applications. The red numbers near the application icons tell you how many records are in each of the applications.
If an application has been installed its icon will appear. If an application has not been installed its icon will not be visible. Icons will also appear and disappear based on local password and denials settings.
When you click on a button in the top row you automatically open a window that runs the application you choose. For example, click on the Incidents icon and FirePoint will open a window displaying a list of incident records.
Each application window you start is called a "process". Near the bottom of the Incidents list view you see a tab entitled Incidents (1). This is the first incident process available for use. This tab will appear in any subsequent processes you start. Simply click on the tab to access the process.
You may start multiple processes for a single application. You may also start multiple processes in different applications.
Each button on the bottom row allows access to multiple applications. Click on the Occupancies button and keep the mouse button pressed down. You will see a pop-up list of applications associated with the Occupancies module.
To edit Inspection records simply move the cursor down the list of Occupancies applications. When you reach Inspections release the mouse button and FirePoint will start the Inspections application.
When a process has been started it's name appears on a tab in each application's "list view". Like in the Incidents list view you can see the Inspections (1) tab at the bottom of the Inspections list view above. To move from process to process simply click on the process tab you wish to access.
But there are other ways to get around too. If you wish to move from a process to the Command Window, simply press the Command icon.
Once you are in the Command Window you may move to any open process by clicking on the process name in the process list.
The process list appears when one or more processes are active. The process list will always include the option to close all process windows. Here's a process list that displays two Incident processes and one Inspection process.
That's a quick overview of the Command Window. One feature that will prove useful throughout your FirePoint experience is the Help button.
Most FirePoint layouts provide a context sensitive help button. Look for the "?" icon button. This button will provide immediate information on the layout as well as specific instructions from this documentation.