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[FEAT]: Import/Export Templates for Multi-Device Deployment #610

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📝 Description

A feature to import and export form templates, allowing firefighters to create templates once and deploy them across multiple devices without manual recreation. This streamlines the onboarding process and ensures consistency across all devices used by a fire department.

💡 Rationale

Currently, firefighters must manually create and configure templates on each device they use. This is time-consuming, error-prone, and prevents efficient deployment of FireForm across multiple devices. Fire departments with multiple field units or stations need an easy way to share standardized templates. Import/export functionality would enable:

  • Centralized template management and version control
  • Rapid deployment to new devices
  • Consistency across all field units
  • Simplified backup and recovery of template configurations

🛠️ Proposed Solution

Implement import/export functionality with the following components:

  • Export feature: Generate portable template files (JSON or similar format) containing all template configurations
  • Import feature: Load templates from exported files into the application
  • File format: Define a standardized template format for interchange
  • Validation: Ensure imported templates conform to the FireForm schema before import

✅ Acceptance Criteria

How will we know this is finished?

  • Users can export one or more templates to a file
  • Users can import templates from a previously exported file
  • Exported files are platform-independent and shareable
  • Imported templates are validated against the schema before acceptance
  • Feature works in Docker container
  • Documentation updated in docs/ with import/export workflow
  • Test coverage for import/export edge cases

📌 Additional Context

This feature addresses a key workflow for fire departments deploying FireForm across multiple devices. Having a reliable import/export mechanism will significantly improve user experience and accelerate adoption.

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