Additional Tab

The supporting paperwork for an incident — a checklist, personnel, and free-form notes.

The Additional tab gathers the supporting items that round out an incident record. It has three sub-tabs — Checklist, Personal, and Notes — selected from the buttons at the bottom of the screen. Each sub-tab shows a live form maintained on the server. The active sub-tab is underlined and its label turns red.

Overview

Sub-tab	Position	What it holds
Checklist	First (opens here by default)	The task checklist for the incident.
Personal	Second	Personnel information tied to the incident.
Notes	Third	Free-form notes recorded against the incident.

Control	Description
Sub-tab buttons	Three buttons along the bottom switch between Checklist, Personal, and Notes.
Active label	The selected sub-tab's label turns red; the other two stay in the normal text color.
Active underline	A short line sits under the selected sub-tab only.
Unread badge	A number on a sub-tab counts unread items in that view. Hidden when the count is zero.
Back button	Leaves the incident. Any requests still loading are cancelled.
Swipe	Swiping left or right moves between the three views.

Defaults and what is remembered

Behavior	Detail
Default view	Checklist, the first sub-tab.
Remembered position	The sub-tab you leave open is saved, so reopening Additional returns you to it — even after closing the app.
Inside Command View	The sub-tab bar shifts right so the command tools menu does not cover it.
Appearance	Forms follow your light or dark appearance setting.
Orientation	Portrait on a phone; a tablet keeps the orientation you opened the incident in.

note

You can swipe left and right to move between the three sub-tabs — the underline and labels follow along.

Getting Here

1. Open an incident from the Incidents tab.
2. Tap the Additional tab.
3. Use the bottom buttons to choose Checklist, Personal, or Notes.

Working the Checklist

1. Tap the Checklist button (the tab opens here by default).
2. Review the checklist items defined by your agency's template — these are the steps your agency expects to be worked through on an incident of this type.
3. If you have edit permission, mark items as done and fill in any required fields as you go.
4. Opening this view marks its new items as read.

tip

The checklist is part of the incident record, so what you tick is visible to everyone else working the incident — it doubles as a status report for command.

Reviewing Personnel

1. Tap the Personal button.
2. Review the personnel information recorded for the incident — who is on scene and the details your agency captures about them.
3. If you have edit permission, update entries or add people as your agency's template allows.
4. Opening this view marks any new personnel entries as read.

note

These are the same people counted during a Personnel Accountability (PAR) check. Keeping this list accurate is what makes a PAR check meaningful.

Recording Notes

1. Tap the Notes button.
2. Read the existing notes, newest activity first as your agency's template defines it.
3. If you have edit permission, enter your note and save it to the incident record.

tip

Write notes as you go rather than at the end. Notes are timestamped into the incident record and show up in the incident's History, which is what an after-action review reads.

Loading and Empty States

State	What you see
Loading	The form area is blank for a moment while the template and its values load, then fills in.
Nothing recorded yet	The sections appear with no values in them. Normal on a new incident.
No notes	The Notes view is empty until the first note is saved.
No connection	The last loaded copy stays on screen. Anything you type is held on the device until you reconnect.

Permissions

Your access	What you can do
View only	Read all three sub-tabs. Checklist items cannot be ticked and notes cannot be added.
Edit	Change existing values, tick checklist items, and update personnel entries.
Add	Create new entries — for example a new note — where the template allows it.

caution

What you can change depends on your permissions for this incident tool. If a form is read-only, your account has view-only access and an administrator has to change it.

How This Connects

• Where the data comes from. All three sub-tabs are forms defined on the server by your agency, loaded with the incident. That is why the checklist matches your agency's procedures rather than a generic list.
• What updates it. Your edits and everyone else's land on the same record and are pushed out live. A colleague ticking a checklist item updates your screen without you reloading.
• What reads the same information. The personnel recorded under Personal are the people you account for in PAR and the members shown when you open a unit's personnel from the command board. Notes recorded here appear in the incident's change log on the Info Tab History view. Command-side unit notes are a separate, unit-scoped list — see Command Notes.
• How unread counts work. Each sub-tab tracks its own unread items. Opening a sub-tab clears its share, which is why the Additional tab badge sometimes only disappears after you have visited all three. In Command View the Additional badge is the combined total of the three.
• Offline. The last loaded copy stays readable. Ticks and notes you enter are held on the device and are not visible to anyone else yet.
• On reconnect. Held changes are sent and live updates resume. Reopen the tab and confirm your ticks and notes are present — if someone changed the same item while you were offline, the most recent save wins.

Troubleshooting

If this happens	What to do
You cannot tick a checklist item	Your account has view-only access. Ask an administrator for edit permission.
The form is blank	It is still loading, or you have no connection. Reconnect and reopen the tab.
A checklist item you expect is missing	The list comes from your agency's template. Ask an administrator to add it.
A note you wrote is gone	If you wrote it offline it may not have reached the server. Write it again while connected, and check History on the Info tab.
The Additional badge will not clear	Visit all three sub-tabs — the badge is the total of Checklist, Personal, and Notes.
The tab keeps opening on Notes	That is the sub-tab you last left open. Tap Checklist and it will be remembered instead.
Personnel are missing from a PAR check	Add them here first. PAR counts the people recorded on the incident.
Swiping between sub-tabs does nothing	Tap the bottom buttons instead, then try swiping again.

Related Pages

• Incident Overview
• Info Tab
• Incident Side Menu
• Personnel Accountability (PAR)
• Command Notes

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