Incident Status v.4.24.2023

Communication Tools

April 24, 2023

Incident Status  

• The Incident Status will broadcast a status selection with text and background color.
• This status will be shown on the banner page of any displayed window. This ensures that all users will see the Incident Status that has been selected, regardless of what tool or page they have open.

Navigation

• Menu- Communication- Incident  Status

Setting an Incident Status  

• When the Incident Status tool is loaded for the first time in a new incident, nothing is set and must be done so by Organizational Administrators.
• If an administrator has populated the tool with selections already, one can select a status by clicking on it.
• This activates the selection and will now appear with the selected text and color at the top of every page for all users.

Adding / Removing Status Selections

Below the Status indicator area is the entry point for creating new status choices.

• To add a new status option, click in the blank text box.
• type the status words to be displayed.
• Then select a  background color.  

• Click on the Save Status Option button to add the new option to the list above for selection.

• If a new Status choice is entered, the user has the option to delete the desired status.
• Click on the red trash can icon to delete the status.
• Status options that have been defined by the organization administrator cannot be removed from the tool in an incident.
• Once a status has been selected, the banner will be displayed on all pages.
• In the tool itself, the bottom of the page will show the status history for the entire incident. This will indicate when a status selection was activated, how long that status was in effect and the user who initiated it.