What is the difference between critical errors and validation warnings?
As you go through the screens if you forget to complete a required field or enter an invalid code, the field will change to red, a critical error. The field needs to be completed or the code corrected. These errors must be corrected. Validation warnings indicate missing information that would be beneficial but is not required or a questionable value is entered. Some warnings that may occur are: property/content loss and/or value are not completed on fire incidents, the report is for mutual aid given and the FDID and/or incident number of the department that received aid is not entered, or if the code entered in related fields does not make sense. An example would be the Incident Type is 611 Canceled En route but the Action Taken code is 11 Extinguishment. If you did not arrive at the scene, you cannot extinguish the fire. In instances like this, one of the codes needs to be changed.
