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NFIRS Action Taken Codes / NERIS Actions Tactics

NFIRS Description NERIS
Fire Control or Extinguishment - Other — 10 Suppression, Structural Fire Suppression, Inside And Outside The Building SUPPRESSION || STRUCTURAL_FIRE_SUPPRESSION || EXTERIOR_AND_INTERIOR
Fire Control or Extinguishment - Other — 10 Suppression, Outside Fire Suppression, Fire Retardant Drop From Aircraft SUPPRESSION || OUTSIDE_FIRE_SUPPRESSION || FIRE_RETARDANT_DROP
Fire Control or Extinguishment - Other — 10 Suppression, Outside Fire Suppression, Backburn SUPPRESSION || OUTSIDE_FIRE_SUPPRESSION || BACKBURN
Extinguishment by Fire Service Personnel — 11 Suppression, Structural Fire Suppression, Inside The Building SUPPRESSION || STRUCTURAL_FIRE_SUPPRESSION || INTERIOR
Extinguishment by Fire Service Personnel — 11 Suppression, Outside Fire Suppression, Fire Control / Extinguishment SUPPRESSION || OUTSIDE_FIRE_SUPPRESSION || FIRE_CONTROL_EXTINGUISHMENT
Extinguishment by Fire Service Personnel — 11 Suppression, Structural Fire Suppression, Outside The Building (Windows, Walls, Roof, Etc.) SUPPRESSION || STRUCTURAL_FIRE_SUPPRESSION || EXTERIOR
Salvage & Overhaul — 12 Salvage And Overhaul SALVAGE_AND_OVERHAUL
Establish Fire Lines - Wildland — 13 Suppression, Outside Fire Suppression, Establish Fire Lines SUPPRESSION || OUTSIDE_FIRE_SUPPRESSION || ESTABLISH_FIRE_LINES
Contain Fire - Wildland — 14 Containment, Outside Fire Suppression, Dozer Fuel Break CONTAINMENT || OUTSIDE_FIRE_SUPPRESSION || DOZER_FUEL_BREAK
Contain Fire - Wildland — 14 Containment, Outside Fire Suppression, Hand Crew Fuel Break CONTAINMENT || OUTSIDE_FIRE_SUPPRESSION || HAND_CREW_FUEL_BREAK
Confine Fire - Wildland — 15 Suppression, Outside Fire Suppression, Confinement SUPPRESSION || OUTSIDE_FIRE_SUPPRESSION || CONFINEMENT

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NFIRS Description NERIS
Search for lost or missing person — 21 Search Structure, Door Initiated Search, Post Suppression SEARCH_STRUCTURE || DOOR_INITIATED_SEARCH || POST_SUPPRESSION
Search for lost or missing person — 21 Search Structure, Door Initiated Search, During Suppression SEARCH_STRUCTURE || DOOR_INITIATED_SEARCH || DURING_SUPPRESSION
Search for lost or missing person — 21 Non Structure Search, Search Underground Infrastructure (Cave / Mine) NON_STRUCTURE_SEARCH || SEARCH_UNDERGROUND_INFRASTRUCTURE
Search for lost or missing person — 21 Non Structure Search, Search Area Of Collapse NON_STRUCTURE_SEARCH || SEARCH_AREA_OF_COLLAPSE
Search for lost or missing person — 21 Search Structure, Window Initiated Search, Post Suppression SEARCH_STRUCTURE || WINDOW_INITIATED_SEARCH || POST_SUPPRESSION
Search for lost or missing person — 21 Search Structure, Window Initiated Search, During Suppression SEARCH_STRUCTURE || WINDOW_INITIATED_SEARCH || DURING_SUPPRESSION
Search for lost or missing person — 21 Search Structure, Window Initiated Search, Prior To Suppression SEARCH_STRUCTURE || WINDOW_INITIATED_SEARCH || PRIOR_TO_SUPPRESSION
Search for lost or missing person — 21 Search Structure, Window Initiated Search SEARCH_STRUCTURE || WINDOW_INITIATED_SEARCH
Search for lost or missing person — 21 Non Structure Search, USAR K9 Search NON_STRUCTURE_SEARCH || USAR_K9_SEARCH
Search for lost or missing person — 21 Non Structure Search, Wide Area / Outdoor Search NON_STRUCTURE_SEARCH || WIDE_AREA_OUTDOOR_SEARCH
Search for lost or missing person — 21 Search Structure, Door Initiated Search, Prior To Suppression SEARCH_STRUCTURE || DOOR_INITIATED_SEARCH || PRIOR_TO_SUPPRESSION
Search for lost or missing person — 21 Non Structure Search, Search Waterway NON_STRUCTURE_SEARCH || SEARCH_WATERWAY
Search for lost or missing person — 21 Search Structure, Door Initiated Search SEARCH_STRUCTURE || DOOR_INITIATED_SEARCH
Recover Body — 24 Non Structure Search, Body Recovery NON_STRUCTURE_SEARCH || BODY_RECOVERY

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NFIRS Description NERIS
Emergency Medical Services - Other — 30 Emergency Medical Care, Patient Referral EMERGENCY_MEDICAL_CARE || PATIENT_REFERRAL
Provide First Aid & Check For Injuries — 31 Emergency Medical Care, Patient Assessment EMERGENCY_MEDICAL_CARE || PATIENT_ASSESSMENT
Provide Basic Life Support - BLS — 32 Emergency Medical Care, Provide Basic Life Support EMERGENCY_MEDICAL_CARE || PROVIDE_BASIC_LIFE_SUPPORT
Provide Advanced Life Support - ALS — 33 Emergency Medical Care, Provide Advanced Life Support EMERGENCY_MEDICAL_CARE || PROVIDE_ADVANCED_LIFE_SUPPORT
Transport Person — 34 Emergency Medical Care, Provide Transport EMERGENCY_MEDICAL_CARE || PROVIDE_TRANSPORT

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NFIRS Description NERIS
Hazmat Detection, Monitoring, Sampling & Analysis — 42 Hazardous Situation Mitigation, Atmospheric Monitoring (Exterior / Fenceline) HAZARDOUS_SITUATION_MITIGATION || ATMOSPHERIC_MONITORING_EXTERIOR_FENCELINE
Hazmat Detection, Monitoring, Sampling & Analysis — 42 Hazardous Situation Mitigation, Atmospheric Monitoring (Interior) HAZARDOUS_SITUATION_MITIGATION || ATMOSPHERIC_MONITORING_INTERIOR
Hazmat Detection, Monitoring, Sampling & Analysis — 42 Hazardous Situation Mitigation, Take Samples HAZARDOUS_SITUATION_MITIGATION || TAKE_SAMPLES
Hazardous Materials Spill Control & Confinement — 43 Hazardous Situation Mitigation, Spill Control HAZARDOUS_SITUATION_MITIGATION || SPILL_CONTROL
Hazardous Materials Leak Control & Containment — 44 Hazardous Situation Mitigation, Leak Stop HAZARDOUS_SITUATION_MITIGATION || LEAK_STOP
Remove Hazard — 45 Hazardous Situation Mitigation, Remove Hazard HAZARDOUS_SITUATION_MITIGATION || REMOVE_HAZARD
Decontaminate Persons or Equipment — 46 Personnel Contamination Reduction, Clean Cab Transport PERSONNEL_CONTAMINATION_REDUCTION || CLEAN_CAB_TRANSPORT
Decontaminate Persons or Equipment — 46 Hazardous Situation Mitigation, Decontamination HAZARDOUS_SITUATION_MITIGATION || DECONTAMINATION
Decontaminate Persons or Equipment — 46 Personnel Contamination Reduction, PPE Washed Post-Incident PERSONNEL_CONTAMINATION_REDUCTION || PPE_WASHED_POST_INCIDENT
Decontaminate Persons or Equipment — 46 Personnel Contamination Reduction, On-Scene Contamination Reduction PERSONNEL_CONTAMINATION_REDUCTION || ON_SCENE_CONTAMINATION_REDUCTION

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NFIRS Description NERIS
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Positive Pressure VENTILATION || POSITIVE_PRESSURE
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Vertical VENTILATION || VERTICAL
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Positive Pressure, Post Suppression VENTILATION || POSITIVE_PRESSURE || POST_SUPPRESSION
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Positive Pressure, During Suppression VENTILATION || POSITIVE_PRESSURE || DURING_SUPPRESSION
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Positive Pressure, Prior To Suppression VENTILATION || POSITIVE_PRESSURE || PRIOR_TO_SUPPRESSION
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Hydraulic VENTILATION || HYDRAULIC
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Horizontal, Post Suppression VENTILATION || HORIZONTAL || POST_SUPPRESSION
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Horizontal, During Suppression VENTILATION || HORIZONTAL || DURING_SUPPRESSION
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Horizontal, Prior To Suppression VENTILATION || HORIZONTAL || PRIOR_TO_SUPPRESSION
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Horizontal VENTILATION || HORIZONTAL
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Vertical, Post Suppression VENTILATION || VERTICAL || POST_SUPPRESSION
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Vertical, During Suppression VENTILATION || VERTICAL || DURING_SUPPRESSION
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Vertical, Prior To Suppression VENTILATION || VERTICAL || PRIOR_TO_SUPPRESSION
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Hydraulic, Post Suppression VENTILATION || HYDRAULIC || POST_SUPPRESSION
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Hydraulic, Prior To Suppression VENTILATION || HYDRAULIC || PRIOR_TO_SUPPRESSION
Ventilate — 51 Ventilation, Hydraulic, During Suppression VENTILATION || HYDRAULIC || DURING_SUPPRESSION
Forcible Entry — 52 Forcible Entry FORCIBLE_ENTRY
Evacuate Area — 53 Provide Evacuation Support, Remote Interior Spaces PROVIDE_EVACUATION_SUPPORT || REMOTE_INTERIOR_SPACES
Evacuate Area — 53 Provide Evacuation Support, Large Area PROVIDE_EVACUATION_SUPPORT || LARGE_AREA
Evacuate Area — 53 Provide Evacuation Support, Nearby Buildings PROVIDE_EVACUATION_SUPPORT || NEARBY_BUILDINGS
Evacuate Area — 53 Provide Evacuation Support, Connected Interior Spaces PROVIDE_EVACUATION_SUPPORT || CONNECTED_INTERIOR_SPACES
Provide Light or Electrical Power — 57 Provide Equipment, Provide Electrical Power PROVIDE_EQUIPMENT || PROVIDE_ELECTRICAL_POWER
Provide Light or Electrical Power — 57 Provide Equipment, Provide Light PROVIDE_EQUIPMENT || PROVIDE_LIGHT

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NFIRS Description NERIS
Restore Sprinkler or Fire Protection System — 62 Provide Services, Restore Sprinkler System PROVIDE_SERVICES || RESTORE_SPRINKLER_SYSTEM
Restore Fire Alarm System — 63 Provide Services, Restore/Reset Alarm System PROVIDE_SERVICES || RESTORE_RESET_ALARM_SYSTEM
Shut Down System — 64 Provide Services, Shut Down Alarm PROVIDE_SERVICES || SHUT_DOWN_ALARM
Shut Down System — 64 Provide Services, Shut Down Sprinkler System PROVIDE_SERVICES || SHUT_DOWN_SPRINKLER_SYSTEM
Secure Property — 65 Provide Services, Secure Property PROVIDE_SERVICES || SECURE_PROPERTY
Remove Water — 66 Provide Services, Remove Water PROVIDE_SERVICES || REMOVE_WATER

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NFIRS Description NERIS
Assist Animal — 72 Provide Services, Assist Animal PROVIDE_SERVICES || ASSIST_ANIMAL
Provide Manpower — 73 Provide Services, Assist Uninjured Person PROVIDE_SERVICES || ASSIST_UNINJURED_PERSON
Provide Equipment — 75 Provide Equipment, Provide Drone / Video Equipment PROVIDE_EQUIPMENT || PROVIDE_DRONE_VIDEO_EQUIPMENT
Provide Equipment — 75 Provide Equipment, Provide Special Equipment PROVIDE_EQUIPMENT || PROVIDE_SPECIAL_EQUIPMENT
Provide Water — 76 Provide Services, Provide Apparatus / Water PROVIDE_SERVICES || PROVIDE_APPARATUS_WATER
Control Crowd — 77 Provide Services, Control Crowd PROVIDE_SERVICES || CONTROL_CROWD
Control Traffic — 78 Provide Services, Control Traffic PROVIDE_SERVICES || CONTROL_TRAFFIC
Assess Severe Weather or Natural Disaster Damage — 79 Provide Services, Damage Assessment PROVIDE_SERVICES || DAMAGE_ASSESSMENT

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NFIRS Description NERIS
Incident Command — 81 Command And Control, PIO Assigned COMMAND_AND_CONTROL || PIO_ASSIGNED
Incident Command — 81 Command And Control, Establish Incident Command COMMAND_AND_CONTROL || ESTABLISH_INCIDENT_COMMAND
Incident Command — 81 Command And Control, Safety Officer Assigned COMMAND_AND_CONTROL || SAFETY_OFFICER_ASSIGNED
Incident Command — 81 Command And Control, Accountability Officer Assigned COMMAND_AND_CONTROL || ACCOUNTABILITY_OFFICER_ASSIGNED
Incident Command — 81 Command And Control, Incident Assessment (360 Degree Visualization) Completed COMMAND_AND_CONTROL || INCIDENT_ASSESSMENT_COMPLETED
Notify Other Agencies. — 82 Command And Control, Notify Other Agencies COMMAND_AND_CONTROL || NOTIFY_OTHER_AGENCIES
Provide Information To Public or Media — 83 Information Enforcement, Provide Public Information INFORMATION_ENFORCEMENT || PROVIDE_PUBLIC_INFORMATION
Refer To Proper Authority — 84 Information Enforcement, Refer To Proper AHJ INFORMATION_ENFORCEMENT || REFER_TO_PROPER_AHJ
Enforce Codes — 85 Information Enforcement, Enforce Code Or Law INFORMATION_ENFORCEMENT || ENFORCE_CODE_OR_LAW
Investigate — 86 Investigation INVESTIGATION

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