USFA NERIS-Ready

NERIS-Ready - National Emergency Response Information System Ready

What is NERIS? NERIS Cheat Sheet NERIS Specification #NERIS-Ready NERIS Reporting
 
Overview:  NERIS-ready is preparing your fire department to onboard to NERIS.

What is NERIS-ready? #NERISready

NERIS-ready is the process of preparing your fire department to prepare for NERIS. NERIS requires some information such as Geographic Information System (GIS, i.e. latitude/longitude shapes) for district boundaries and station locations, but also what apparatus is available at those stations? Further, there is

TLDR: Too Long Didn’t Read …

  • Assign a representative to spearhead your NERIS onboarding.
  • Gather your department data (stations, apparatus, personnel, services, etc.)
  • Gather your department Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) information (boundaries, station locations, etc.)
  • Know a bit about your PSAP/dispatch center and the population you protect.
 
   
 

NERIS Fire Department module

All these required data resides in the NERIS Fire Department module, and some helpful NERIS Fire Department example values are provided.

Need Definition Example
General Information General Information General
Services What Services do you provide? Services
Stations About your stations Stations
Staffing About your staffing Staffing
PSAP/Dispatch Which Public Service Access Point do you work with, are dispatched by? PSAP
Aid Agreements Which Agencies do you Cooperate with? Aid Agreements
Population How many people are protected? Population
Accreditation Current ISO rating (1- 10) of the agency, CPSE/CAAS accredited. Accreditation

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for NERIS

You’ll need a GIS polygon (shape) for your district boundary, and also GIS/GPS locations your stations.

The harder aspect of #NERIS-ready might be this Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for your district boundary. Latitude/longitudes for your stations should be a bit easier.

Latitude/Longitude for Stations

For stations, many mobile phones have a compass feature that provides latitude/longitude, but also many of the photos at your station or of your station will contain information for their GPS location. Modern systems all use the same latitude/longitude “projection” (aka WGS84) so your phone data is good enough. Further, if you locate your station on (say) Google Maps you can right click to get the latitude/longitude as needed for NERIS.

GIS polygon for fire district boundary

Your local dispatch center or local county assessor office might already have your district boundary as GIS. If you’ve filed for a mill levy the GIS boundary of the people involved is likely filed with the county.

NERIS Fire Department Spec NERIS Fire Department Examples

   

   

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