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Navigating the Dispatch Console
Navigating the Dispatch Console
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Written by Dane Sorenson
Updated over a year ago

Dispatch Console

EDGEauditor’s Dispatch module keeps track of incidents and other event types that occur at your location. It ensures timely information sharing for decision-making and rapid command transmissions. The Dispatch module is fully integrated with EDGEauditor’s incident reporting, so an incident report can be started by a dispatcher on the console and then picked up by patrol on a tablet to complete.

Navigating the Dispatch Console Main Screen

A maximum of 20 open events can be shown on the screen at a time. If you have more than 20 events open, you will be able to use the arrows at the bottom left-hand corner of the screen to access each additional page:

The numbers below correspond to the screen shot of the main dispatch console screen shown at the bottom of this page. If there are any pre-existing open events they will appear on the console main screen.

  1. Clicking the back arrow will take you back to the main menu.

  2. If an open event is highlighted in grey that means another dispatcher is editing the event and it is locked. This will prevent multiple dispatcher’s from overriding each other’s entries. Once the dispatcher is out of the event (by exiting the console or clicking another event), or there is inactivity inside an event for more than 15 seconds the lock will be removed and another dispatcher can edit it.

  3. New Event

    • Opens a drop-down list of each dispatch event type – Medical, Search and Rescue, Guest Contact, Lifts & Work Mission. Click on any of these options to start a new event.

  4. View Archived Events

  5. Runs / Lifts / Buildings

    • Clicking on either of these will open a new tab that allows the user to manage the status of ski runs, lifts or buildings.

  6. Search

    • User can start to type a search query and the open dispatch events will automatically filter based on the text entered. To remove the search filter, just erase what you’ve entered in the search box.

  7. Communication Log

    • This is where the dispatches can communicate with each other in real time regarding events or issues at the resort (gate openings/closings, wildlife sightings, lift down, etc.). New messages will always appear at the top. By default, the communication log will be filtered to the current date but you can use the date pickers to view older messages as well as filter by log categories. If there is a colour block shown beside a message, it is in reference to the colour code assigned to that specific category (e.g., Wildlife = green).

    • Communication log categories are created by going to https://resort.edgeauditor.com/dispatch_communication_categories

  8. Clicking on the column headers will sort the information in ascending/descending order. By default, all events are sorted in order of most recent ID.

  9. ID

    • This is automatically generated each time a new dispatch event is created, regardless of the event type.

  10. Type

    • This displays the specific type of dispatch event for that entry (Medical, Search and Rescue, Guest Contact, Lifts & Work Mission).

  11. Title

    • This is a text field for the dispatcher to enter the title of the event.

  12. Status

    • This is where you can set your status for the dispatch event (e.g., patrol dispatched, patient transport, etc.) and continuing to update the status in real-time as the event transpires.

    • Dispatch statuses are created here > http://resort.edgeauditor.com/dispatch_event_statuses.

  13. Dispatch Category

    • This where you choose the specific category the event falls under (e.g., Code Red, Lift Maintenance, Trail Check, etc.).

    • Dispatch categories are created here > https://resort.edgeauditor.com/dispatch_categories. You can assign a colour to each category (optional). This colour will appear on the far left-hand side of the main dispatch console screen once you select your category.

  14. Reported By

    • This is a text field to record who first reported the event.

  15. Incident Area

  16. Lead Responder

    • For medical event types, this is a text field that auto-filters the results as you type to show a list of matching patrollers, which comes from resort.edgeauditor.com/staffs where the staff type = Patroller. Alternatively, you can use the drop-down arrow to manually scroll through the list of patrollers and choose the specific one.

    • The patroller that’s entered here will appear as the “Lead Staff” on the In-Progress Incident Reports screen on the app, as well as under the “Lead Staff” column on resort.edgeauditor.com/accident_reports.

      • To choose which patroller role will be lead, go to https://resort.edgeauditor.com/patroller_roles and edit an existing role by selecting “Lead” in the checkbox before clicking “Update Patroller Role”. Only one patroller role can be selected as the lead.

    • For non-medical event types, the Lead Responder is not limited to just patrollers. It can be any staff member from resort.edgeauditor.com/staffs.

  17. Rep. Time

    • This is a time field to enter the time the event was reported to dispatch. User clicks the field to activate the clock selector and modify the time as needed. Time is based on the 24-hr clock.

    • When first clicked on, the time field will always default to the current time in the user’s time zone.

    • If time is added here, it will pre-populate the Incident Time field on the Incident Report.

  18. Clicking the drop-down arrow will expand the event to show you the full view of all fields and sections for that event. Clicking the arrow a second time will collapse the event. Each time you create a new event it will be collapsed by default.

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