VINELIGHT FIRE INTELLIGENCE DASHBOARD GUIDEBOOK VineLight 2011
Welcome Welcome to VineLight s Fire Intelligence Dashboard. We re excited that you ve chosen us as your preferred way to easily and quickly access your data. The Dashboard gives you everything you need right at your fingertips so you can make the most informed decisions for your department. Fire Intelligence is a simple, intuitive program that you ll be using like an expert in no time. You can rest securely in knowing that your data has not been and can never be changed or modified in any way by using Fire Intelligence. All information is shown in a read-only format; Fire Intelligence simply gives you the tools to make sense of it all. We are committed to providing a unique user experience and hope you enjoy using our software. If you have any questions or need technical support, please review our software manual or contact us directly. VineLight
Dashboard Launcher After logging in to Fire Intelligence with your Username and Password, you will see the Dashboard Launcher. The Launcher acts as a home page for the Fire Intelligence Dashboard. Each blue link on this page will take you to the corresponding dashboard view. The Dashboard Launcher is divided into six main sections: Incidents EMS Roster Training NFPA 1710 Time Fractals
Basic Navigation Click one of the blue hyperlinks on the Dashboard Launcher to go to its dashboard page. Every dashboard page features a similar navigational structure. A dashboard page is generally divided into five main sections. 1. The VineLight logo appears in the top-left corner of each dashboard page. Click the logo to go back home to the Dashboard Launcher. 2. The Current Filters & Dropdown Filters section has four available views: Currently Selected Filters, All Incident Filters, All Incident Unit Filters and Select A Filter To View In A List. Each table allows for advanced editing of selected filters or a quick view of possible filter selections through dropdown lists, but each functions slightly differently from the rest. A. View Currently Selected Filters The Current Selections table displays each filter applied in list format and allows advanced editing of selected filters. B. View All Incident Filters The Incident Filters section allows for a quick view of possible filter selections through dropdown lists. Possible items available to be selected can be Shift, Battalion, Incident Number, Code and more. Selecting an option from one of the dropdown lists condenses the data displayed to relate only to that selection. C. View All Incident Unit Filters The Incident Unit Filters section allows for a quick view of possible filter selections through dropdown lists. Possible items available to be selected can be Unit, Unit Type, Travel Time, Response Time and more. Selecting an option from one of the dropdown lists condenses the data displayed to relate specifically to Units. D. Select A Filter To View In A List Click on the fourth option to see a list of predetermined filter criteria. Select one of the available filters to display data relative only to the applied filter. 3. Each dashboard view has a Calendar at the top of the page that allows data to be filtered by date and hour. Calendar filtering is available by: Year (current year and previous year only)
Quarter Month Calendar Date Weekday Hour 4. The View Chart By... sorts data by the filter options described in the title box and Dimension boxes. Additional filters can be applied by selecting extra dimensions in the Chart Dimensions area. 5. Data is shown in the middle section of each dashboard page, often in a bar chart, table format or gauges.
Working with Graphs and Tables Data is most commonly displayed as a bar graph or table chart. Occasionally data will be displayed in a pie graph or gauge meter. When multiple sets of data views are available, they will be displayed as gray tiles on the right-hand side of the Dashboard in a stacked column view. Alternate between data sets by double-clicking on one of the column titles, or hide the current data display by clicking the small white underscore image in the top right corner of the data header. Occasionally data displayed in the main center grid can alternate between showing as a bar graph or a table chart. If the option to change the visual display of data is available, there will be an icon in the top right corner of the data header of two small grey arrows pointing towards the right. Click the double-arrow icon once to switch data views. All data sets, such as bar graphs or pie charts, can be printed or exported to Excel. The top right corner of the section header will have icons to perform both of these actions.
Filtering the Data Data displayed in the Dashboard can be filtered or sorted by making changes in the following sections: Calendar Current Filters & Dropdown filters Filter columns from the data view itself When viewing the Calendar or View By boxes, all available selections are initially shown with a white fill. Click any value in these boxes to select available filter criteria. When a choice is made, the modified box changes to green to show that it has been selected. Once one selection has been made, all selections that can no longer be chosen become gray. Whenever a filter is applied, all selections not related to the current selection become unavailable and are grayed out. All selections still related to a currently applied filter will remain white. You can continue to select additional filters as long as they show with a white fill. Data can also be sorted by the graphs or charts in the main data view and from the Current Filters & Dropdown Filters table. Any column with a downward facing arrow indicates a sortable column. Clicking on the column name will bring up a drop-down list of all available selections. Multiple selections can be made by holding down on the Control key (Command key if using an Apple) and clicking the desired items. Release the Control key when done to select the items.
Current Filters & Dropdown Filters When a filter is applied anywhere on the dashboard page, it will be displayed in the View Currently Selected Filters area of the Current Filters & Dropdown Filters window, beneath the VineLight logo on the left-hand side of the screen. Use Currently Selected Filters, All Incident Filters, All Incident Unit Filters or Select A Filter to refine the data presented on the page even further. Each option under Current Filters & Dropdown Filters offers similar functionality. On the right side of the header, the white eraser icon removes a selection from the Current Selections window, while the lock and unlock icons can alternatively lock or unlock any selection from receiving further edits. The downward-facing arrow brings up the eraser and lock icons, keyboard shortcuts, and other options such as Print and Export to Excel. Right-clicking any selection in this view enables additional functionality through a pop-up list. Mass clear and lock features are available, as well as the ability to Select Excluded. This useful tool allows you to show all instances except for the selected criteria. Right-click the excluded criteria and choose Select Excluded again to undo an exclusion. Please note that if you leave the Dashboard page you are viewing to go to another Dashboard, any criteria displayed in the Current Filters & Dropdown Filters windows will carry over to the new Dashboard page unless the criteria is cleared manually by using the eraser function.
Descriptions of individual Dashboard Views Incidents: Time Compliance The Time Compliance dashboard breaks down Turnout and First Response times. Incidents: Time Analysis Time Analysis displays a bar graph representing turnout/travel/response/or service times by varying dimensions.
Incidents: Alarms & Personnel Alarms and Personnel displays the number of incidents and alarms by various available filters in a table chart. Incidents: Incidents List Incidents List displays raw data for each incident, including date and time, battalion, station, incident type and more.
Incidents: Incident Counts Incident Counts displays the number of incidents by filters such as month, year, station and more. The percentage of incidents in each filter is also given. Incidents: Incident Details Incident Details lists only one incident at a time, but shows exact information about that incident.
Incidents: Incident Trends Incident Trends displays a page of gauges to represent data such as year-to-date incidents, EMS incidents by code, and more. The data can be sorted to compare yearover-year data. Incidents: Simultaneous List The Simultaneous List allows viewing of every incident which occurred at the same time as any other incident.
Incidents: Simultaneous Counts Simultaneous Counts displays a bar chart that can be grouped by Incident, Unit, Simultaneous Incidents or Simultaneous Units. The chart can be viewed by dimensions. Incidents: Fire Loss Fire Loss gives data relevant to content and property lost in an incident. The Content Value, Content Loss, and Content Saved are given. Property Loss by Month or other dimensions is available as a bar graph.
EMS: EMS Incidents The default views for EMS Incidents are EMS Incident detail count, EMS incidents by year, Percentage of EMS Incidents by year, and EMS Code Count by year. Each can be customized and sorted by various views. EMS: EMS Patients EMS Patient data is viewable by gender, count detail, vital signs or patient assessments.
EMS: EMS Medications EMS Medications tracks medications administered by type, number administered, medication fees and detailed records of each medication dose administered. Roster: Daily Roster The daily roster shows the status of everyone scheduled to work during a particular shift, date or on a specific unit.
Training: Training The training dashboard gives you everything you need to know about your department s training. View courses completed, training hours by shift, courses completed by employees and training hours by employee. NFPA 1710: Fire Turnout Objective The Fire Turnout Objective screen measures whether turnout times have met or failed NFPA 1710 criteria. Total objectives met and missed are tracked along with other relevant data. The objective in place is an 80 second turnout time for 90% of incidents.
NFPA 1710: 1st Engine Objective The 1st Engine Objective screen measures whether travel times have met or failed NFPA 1710 criteria. Total objectives met and missed are tracked along with other relevant data. The objective in place is 4-minute travel time to 90% of incidents. NFPA 1710: 1st Alarm Assignment Objective The 1st Alarm Assignment Objective screen measures whether travel times have met or failed NFPA 1710 criteria. Total objectives met and missed are tracked along with other relevant data. The objective in place is 8-minute travel time to 90% of incidents.
NFPA 1710: 1st Alarm Personnel Objective The 1st Alarm Personnel Objective screen measures whether travel times have met or failed NFPA 1710 criteria. Total objectives met and missed are tracked along with other relevant data. The objective in place is 8-minute travel time to 90% of incidents for the deployment of 15 fire personnel. NFPA 1710: EMS Turnout Objective The EMS Turnout Objective screen measures whether travel times have met or failed NFPA 1710 criteria. Total objectives met and missed are tracked along with other relevant data. The objective in place is a 60-second turnout time for EMS personnel for at least 90% of incidents.
Time Fractals: Unit Fractals by Range The Unit Fractals by Range dashboard gives data related to total number of responding units according to pre-specified turnout time ranges. Units responding in each time horizon are also broken out into cumulative percentages. Time Fractals: Unit Fractals by Time The Unit Fractals by Time dashboard gives data related to total number of responding units according to absolute turnout time. Units responding in each time are also broken out into cumulative percentages.
Time Fractals: 1st Response Fractals by Range The 1st Response Fractals by Range dashboard gives data related to total number of incidents according to pre-specified turnout time ranges. Incidents in each time range are also broken out into cumulative percentages. Time Fractals: 1st Response Fractals by Time The 1st Response Fractals by Time dashboard gives data related to total number of incidents according to absolute turnout time. Units responding in each time are also broken out into cumulative percentages.
Overview: Dashboard The Dashboard Overview page displays aggregate information for Incidents by Code and Time Analysis numbers. Data is displayed in columns of This Year, This Quarter, This Month and Yesterday. Overview: Release Notes The Release Notes page keeps track of programming changes and updates made to the Fire Intelligence system.