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Announcements / Re: Feedback Wanted for New Mission Types

« on: December 03, 2013, 08:39:38 AM »

What is the difference between Earthquake, Severe Weather, and Tornado?

I loaded all three into our team types and it looks as through the IC Positions and the Team Types are the same for all three.  Why not just have one that encompasses all of them.  If teams have different position and team needs, they can customize to their needs and rename if the need to be.

The following mission types have been added to MM:

• Earthquake
• Flooding
• HAZMAT Response
• Severe Weather
• Tornado
• Wildfire

You can add these types to your configuration in the Configuration screen > Mission Types > Add Type.

Feedback is still welcome on the default settings for these new types!

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Feature Requests and Issues / Member Change

« on: October 14, 2013, 09:35:13 AM »

I have searched, and did not find anything on this so I'm going to ask.

Is there anyway that Mission Manager can notify an Administrator when a member has made a change to their Member information?  I know that this already shows up in the Member Changed History, but I don't get a notification when that happens.

Reason being is that we had a call out this past week.  Now grated that we were only on site long enough to get turned around and sent home (Sheriff found the individual walking an alley 3 blocks from home).  One of our members did not get called when the activation notice went out.  We use the CodeRed system though our Emergency Management Agency to notify our members.  The reason they didn't get called was because we had old phone numbers in CodeRed.  They had made the changes in MM as we have asked them to do, but didn't report the changes to us to update our other system.

It would be nice to get just a message that says that "Harvey J. Schmerdlappp has made a change to their information."  Or like how Google Docs does it where you can set it to notify you that changes have been made once a day.  That way if 20 people make changes, you would not be getting 20 emails about changes.  Then you could go to the Reports and see what has been changed by the member and make updates if needed.

Thanks for all that you do for making this program a great asset to have and to use.

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Feature Requests and Issues / Re: Calling Tree.

« on: October 08, 2013, 09:05:00 AM »

I think maybe I can do this with a Roster Report instead of a Org Chart now that I look at it.  But I'm having trouble getting it to sort by Squad and Rank.  Is this possible?

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Feature Requests and Issues / Calling Tree.

« on: October 07, 2013, 08:37:13 PM »

I need to make a chart, similar to the Whole Team Organizational Chart that displays phone numbers for our team members.  I also need it to be able to print out on an 8.5x11 sheet.  Currently, if I try to print out our Whole Team Organizational Chart it wants to come out on multiple sheets.

I have been creating these calling trees for our team for a while now using Excel, but I'm tried of having to due updates for them all the time when I have team members who change phone numbers like most of us change socks.  Any suggestions on how to create this?

I can send you an example of what I have been doing in the past.

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General Mission Manager Discussion / Re: Need Ideas

« on: September 17, 2013, 11:03:55 AM »

Without being familiar with what roles you are playing in the event, it is difficult for me to envision the various possible teams.  What my team did (we do animal rescue during disasters primarily) is re-named the Team tab in the Mission to Assignment.  Using that, we can generate in advance a bunch of specific assignments that aren't standard ICS roles or team names, then attach personnel to those assignments as they become available.  That way you don't have to worry about a team name, just an assignment name (Fifth and B, 123 Main St., etc.)

To give you an idea the support we provide during races is just a couple of things.  First we are there as traffic control for intersections where runners/bikers are crossing major traffic arteries that can not be completely shut off during these events.  The second thing we provide are aid stations for the runners/bikers.  We also provide support for some of the races with our ATV pulling our Mountain Goat All Terrain Medical Trailer.  We use this because there are areas during some of these races that are not accessible by regular ambulance or by air if a runner/biker becomes injured on some of the trails.
For the upcoming marathon I currently have 19 intersections that are going need to have someone for traffic control as well as the ATV for the section of the Nation Monument area that is not accessible to large motorized traffic.

Our support for law enforcement often comes for major cases.  We have been called to several homicide scenes in the last several years where we are there to provide a containment area.  We are responsible for checking ALL law enforcement personal in/out of the containment area, keeping out those who are not approved to be in the area, and directing traffic around the scene.

For all of the above we run with an IC, scribe/event logger, CMD Staff Help.  Often our scribe/event logger is also logging the radio traffic as well.

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General Mission Manager Discussion / Re: Need Ideas

« on: September 12, 2013, 09:50:07 AM »

I already got it set up in the Mission Types.  That was the easy part of the whole thing.

It is just coming up with Team Types for within the Mission.  I already have Aid Station and ATV.  I'm trying to figure out what I should call our teams that man the intersections.  The only thing that comes to mind is Intersection Control.  But I'm open to any and all ideas.

TK

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General Mission Manager Discussion / Need Ideas

« on: September 11, 2013, 08:31:32 AM »

We are often called to assist with traffic control at major incidents and functions, as well as perimeter containment for law enforcement activities.  When we first started with MM, you just typed in the mission type and away we went.  Now with the drop down version for mission type, I'm having to set up the positions and teams.  Positions are easy as we usually only have an IC, Event Logger/Scribe and Command Staff Help.  But the teams is where I'm having trouble.  We don't always have our ATV and Mountain Goat trailer out for these, but it does get requested from time to time for the 5k and Marathon through the hills each year. We are also working the Aid stations, so I have those two in.  What other team types could you see having?

We got the call this week for assistance with the Marathon again this year, so I'm trying to have everything in place on MM before the 28th.

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General Mission Manager Discussion / Re: Mission or Map Duplication

« on: September 11, 2013, 07:09:19 AM »

That works!  Thanks.

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General Mission Manager Discussion / Mission or Map Duplication

« on: September 10, 2013, 08:59:42 PM »

Any way to duplicate or copy a mission or data from a mission for a new mission.

We have been requested to provide assistance for an event again.  All of the aid stations will be in the same locations.  I am just trying to save some time in the map and locations set up.

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Feature Requests and Issues / Re: Rehab (On Break)

« on: July 17, 2013, 07:30:09 AM »

we need it so it will log on the IAP/Event Log as well. Can you add it it the wish list?

Sure, we can add something to the wish list.  What do you add to the IAP/Event Log?  I'm wondering if a team "Type" change belongs in the in Event Log.  Anyone else have any feedback on this?

I could see where adding it to both the Event Log and the Personnel Status would be the way to go.  We often keep teams together, but change their duties when the situation calls for it.  It would be nice to be able to track when we changed them over from duty to duty.  Not only do we require a team debrief, but each individual must turn in a field report at the end of everyday.  We preach "Document, Document, Document" but sometimes in the confusion you forget to note what you did when and were.  I speak from experience from an SAR call out we did before we had Mission Manager, and missed some of my own documentation because I was trying to get from one task to the new location and task.  Changing it on the Personnel Status may help jog someone's memory if they for got to document them selves what they were doing when and where.

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Feature Requests and Issues / Re: Automatic notifications not happening

« on: June 21, 2013, 08:55:45 AM »

The only issue I have is that it does not transfer over to our "Up Coming Events" module on our web site (www.scottsbluffcountycert.org)  I do how ever like the MM Calendar because I can set the reminders where I only get one notification when I set up the even in Google Cal.

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Feature Requests and Issues / Re: Automatic notifications not happening

« on: June 20, 2013, 07:21:10 PM »

I like the Time Keeping reminders and would like to continue to use them.  We don't use the calendar function because we already have a Google Calendar that does our events and is synced with our website.  Unless there is a way to sync our MM calendar with Google Cal and I don't know it?

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Feature Requests and Issues / Re: org chart links

« on: June 03, 2013, 08:54:29 AM »

Ours is doing the same thing, also with the Picture one.  It works if you go from the Members tab, but not from the links tab.  Everything is set with the proper case.

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General Mission Manager Discussion / Re: Equipment Tracking

« on: May 23, 2013, 03:57:05 PM »

It sounds like your CERT#s are your tactical call signs, but probably not your Member ID Number.  Do your CERT numbers change from one incident to another or are they permanently assigned?

CERT #s are assigned and do not change, unless we have members drop from the team ect.  At one time when you joined you Member ID was your radio ID, but we started getting people with CERT# 78 and the next closest number was 42.  So when a new member comes on board, they take over an old CERT radio number that was vacant.  Saves on the little card space everyone is supposed to carry.
 

You can now create "Member Equipment Strings" in the Configuration screen.

I think now what Mike has set this up this may be the easiest to work with.  Going to give it a try tonight.

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General Mission Manager Discussion / Re: Equipment Tracking

« on: May 23, 2013, 11:16:21 AM »

Or, some teams add a Member field that tracks the radio numbers that they have.

Any ideas on how they are doing this?  We have the Radio Field Name already used for our individual Radio #'s. (ie.  CERT 07 to IC.  IC to CERT 45.  Can't use real names over the med channels we operate on).

I there a way to do a Member Certification String, but have it show up under Equipment?