diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index 0744b9a611..f8cb0789b4 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>ca.bc.gov.nrs.wfnews</groupId>
 	<artifactId>wfnews-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>2.3.8</version>
+	<version>2.3.9</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>wfnews-parent</name>
 	<modules>
diff --git a/client/wfnews-ear/pom.xml b/client/wfnews-ear/pom.xml
index 64b992eab1..f678cf33b1 100644
--- a/client/wfnews-ear/pom.xml
+++ b/client/wfnews-ear/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>ca.bc.gov.nrs.wfnews</groupId>
 		<artifactId>wfnews-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.8</version>
+		<version>2.3.9</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>wfnews-ear</artifactId>
 	<packaging>ear</packaging>
diff --git a/client/wfnews-war/pom.xml b/client/wfnews-war/pom.xml
index 5b6e4154f6..772d2d9dfd 100644
--- a/client/wfnews-war/pom.xml
+++ b/client/wfnews-war/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>ca.bc.gov.nrs.wfnews</groupId>
 		<artifactId>wfnews-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.8</version>
+		<version>2.3.9</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>wfnews-war</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
diff --git a/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/android/app/build.gradle b/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/android/app/build.gradle
index ea533cdd99..d2e8620df9 100644
--- a/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ android {
         minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
         versionCode 155
-        versionName "2.3.8"
+        versionName "2.3.9"
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         aaptOptions {
              // Files and dirs to omit from the packaged assets dir, modified to accommodate modern web apps.
diff --git a/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/package.json b/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/package.json
index 5558f0660a..7b98688de7 100644
--- a/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/package.json
+++ b/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "wildfire",
-  "version": "2.3.8",
+  "version": "2.3.9",
   "license": "MIT",
   "engines": {
     "node": "^18.16.0"
diff --git a/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/src/assets/data/appConfig.json b/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/src/assets/data/appConfig.json
index cbf8861208..1e9c30b4d9 100644
--- a/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/src/assets/data/appConfig.json
+++ b/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/src/assets/data/appConfig.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "application": {
     "wfnewsApiKey": "fake-api-key",
     "acronym": "WFNEWS",
-    "version": "2.3.8-SNAPSHOT",
+    "version": "2.3.9-SNAPSHOT",
     "buildNumber": ".0000",
     "environment": "LOCAL",
     "baseUrl": "http://localhost:6200/",
diff --git a/server/wfnews-api/wfnews-service-api/pom.xml b/server/wfnews-api/wfnews-service-api/pom.xml
index 781643e72c..292de831fd 100644
--- a/server/wfnews-api/wfnews-service-api/pom.xml
+++ b/server/wfnews-api/wfnews-service-api/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ca.bc.gov.nrs.wfim</groupId>
       <artifactId>wfim-incidents-api-rest-common</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.9.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   	 <dependency>
 			<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
diff --git a/server/wfone-notifications-api/wfone-notifications-quartz-scheduler/pom.xml b/server/wfone-notifications-api/wfone-notifications-quartz-scheduler/pom.xml
index 19c7564547..cbcb8f6a49 100644
--- a/server/wfone-notifications-api/wfone-notifications-quartz-scheduler/pom.xml
+++ b/server/wfone-notifications-api/wfone-notifications-quartz-scheduler/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ca.bc.gov.nrs.wfim</groupId>
       <artifactId>wfim-incidents-api-rest-common</artifactId>
-	  <version>1.6.1</version>
+	  <version>1.9.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/server/wfone-notifications-api/wfone-notifications-service-api/pom.xml b/server/wfone-notifications-api/wfone-notifications-service-api/pom.xml
index e2ee41e4de..7ae27129dd 100644
--- a/server/wfone-notifications-api/wfone-notifications-service-api/pom.xml
+++ b/server/wfone-notifications-api/wfone-notifications-service-api/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>ca.bc.gov.nrs.wfim</groupId>
 			<artifactId>wfim-incidents-api-rest-common</artifactId>
-			<version>1.6.1</version>
+			<version>1.9.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/server/wfone-notifications-api/wfone-notifications-service-api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/wfone/service/api/v1/impl/RecordRoFServiceImpl.java b/server/wfone-notifications-api/wfone-notifications-service-api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/wfone/service/api/v1/impl/RecordRoFServiceImpl.java
index 951bfaabf4..bc75eaa783 100644
--- a/server/wfone-notifications-api/wfone-notifications-service-api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/wfone/service/api/v1/impl/RecordRoFServiceImpl.java
+++ b/server/wfone-notifications-api/wfone-notifications-service-api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/wfone/service/api/v1/impl/RecordRoFServiceImpl.java
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ public class RecordRoFServiceImpl implements RecordRoFService {
 	EmailNotificationService emailNotificationService;
 
 	private Date codeTableRefresh;
-	private String visibleFlameString = "Visible Flames = Yes; ";
-	private String noVisibleFlameString = "Visible Flames = No; ";
-	private String noCommentVisibleFlameString = "Visible Flames = N/C; ";
-	private String noCommentString = "No comments";
 	private FileService fileService;
 	private CodeTableListRsrc codeTables;
 	private Properties applicationProperties;
@@ -574,26 +570,18 @@ private String prepareRoF(JSONObject rofFormDataJson, ObjectMapper mapper)
 			rof.setSubmittedTimestamp(Date.from(submittedDateTime.atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toInstant()));
 		}
 
-		// set default visible flame string as No Comment
-		String visibleFlame = noCommentVisibleFlameString;
-
-		if (rofFormDataJson.has("visibleFlame") && rofFormDataJson.optJSONArray("visibleFlame") != null) {
-			if (rofFormDataJson.optJSONArray("visibleFlame").isEmpty()) {
-				visibleFlame = noCommentVisibleFlameString;
-			} else if (rofFormDataJson.getJSONArray("visibleFlame").toString().replace("[", "").replace("]", "")
-					.replace("\"", "").equalsIgnoreCase("YES")) {
-				visibleFlame = visibleFlameString;
-			} else if (rofFormDataJson.getJSONArray("visibleFlame").toString().replace("[", "").replace("]", "")
-					.replace("\"", "").equalsIgnoreCase("NO")) {
-				visibleFlame = noVisibleFlameString;
-			}
-		}
+		Boolean visibleFlame = rofFormDataJson.has("visibleFlame")
+				&& rofFormDataJson.optJSONArray("visibleFlame") != null
+				&& rofFormDataJson.getJSONArray("visibleFlame").toString()
+					.replace("[", "").replace("]", "")
+					.replace("\"", "")
+				.equalsIgnoreCase("YES");
+		rof.setFlamesVisibleInd(visibleFlame);
 
 
-		if (rofFormDataJson.has("otherInfo") && !rofFormDataJson.optString("otherInfo", "").equals(""))
-			rof.setCallerReportDetails(visibleFlame + rofFormDataJson.optString("otherInfo"));
-		else if (rofFormDataJson.has("otherInfo") && rofFormDataJson.optString("otherInfo", "").equals(""))
-			rof.setCallerReportDetails(visibleFlame + noCommentString);
+		if (rofFormDataJson.has("otherInfo") && !rofFormDataJson.optString("otherInfo", "").isEmpty()) {
+			rof.setCallerReportDetails(rofFormDataJson.optString("otherInfo"));
+		}
 
 		logger.info(" ### START POST - Serializing and executing RoF POST...");
 		mapper.activateDefaultTyping(mapper.getPolymorphicTypeValidator(), ObjectMapper.DefaultTyping.JAVA_LANG_OBJECT,