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NERIS Incident Types
USFA NERIS - RELEASE 1.0.1, November 4th 2024
Main Groups
All of the incident top groups, presented together.
Fire Group (FIRE)
Sub-groups within the Fire group:
FIRE: Outside Fire
- Construction Waste - CONSTRUCTION_WASTE
- Other Outside Fire - OTHER_OUTSIDE_FIRE
- Outside Tank Fire - OUTSIDE_TANK_FIRE
- Trash / Rubbish Fire - TRASH_RUBBISH_FIRE
- Vegetation / Grass Fire - VEGETATION_GRASS_FIRE
- Wildfire - Wildland - WILDFIRE_WILDLAND
- Wildfire - Urban Interface - WILDFIRE_URBAN_INTERFACE
- Utility Infrastructure Fire - UTILITY_INFRASTRUCTURE_FIRE
- Dumpster / Other Outdoor Container Fire - DUMPSTER_OUTDOOR_CONTAINER_FIRE
FIRE: Special Fire
- ESS Fire - ESS_FIRE
- Explosion - EXPLOSION
- Infrastructure Fire (Tunnel, Bridge) - INFRASTRUCTURE_FIRE
FIRE: Structure Fire
- Structural Involvement - STRUCTURAL_INVOLVEMENT_FIRE
- Room and Contents Fire - ROOM_AND_CONTENTS_FIRE
- Confined Cooking / Appliance Fire - CONFINED_COOKING_APPLIANCE_FIRE
- Chimney Fire - CHIMNEY_FIRE
FIRE: Transportation Fire
- Aircraft Emergency - AIRCRAFT_FIRE
- Vehicle Fire - Passenger - VEHICLE_FIRE_PASSENGER
- Vehicle Fire - Commercial - VEHICLE_FIRE_COMMERCIAL
- Vehicle Fire - RV - VEHICLE_FIRE_RV
- Vehicle Fire - Food Truck - VEHICLE_FIRE_FOOD_TRUCK
- Boat / Personal Watercraft / Barge Fire - BOAT_PERSONAL_WATERCRAFT_BARGE_FIRE
- Powered Mobility Device Fire - POWERED_MOBILITY_DEVICE_FIRE
- Train / Rail Fire - TRAIN_RAIL_FIRE
Hazardous Situation Group (HAZSIT)
Sub-groups within the Hazardous Situation group:
HAZSIT: Hazard Non-Chemical
- Bomb Threat / Bomb Response / Suspicious Package - BOMB_THREAT_RESPONSE_SUSPICIOUS_PACKAGE
- Electrical Power Line Down / Arching / Malfunction - ELEC_POWER_LINE_DOWN_ARCHING_MALFUNC
- Electrical Hazard / Short Circuit - ELEC_HAZARD_SHORT_CIRCUIT
- Motor Vehicle Collision - MOTOR_VEHICLE_COLLISION
HAZSIT: Hazardous Materials
- Fuel Spill / Fuel Odor - FUEL_SPILL_ODOR
- Gas Leak / Gas Odor - GAS_LEAK_ODOR
- Carbon Monoxide Release - CARBON_MONOXIDE_RELEASE
- Biological Release / Incident - BIOLOGICAL_RELEASE_INCIDENT
- Radioactive Release / Incident - RADIOACTIVE_RELEASE_INCIDENT
- Hazardous Material Release (Chemical from Transportation) - HAZMAT_RELEASE_TRANSPORT
- Hazardous Material Release (Chemical from Fixed Facility) - HAZMAT_RELEASE_FACILITY
HAZSIT: Overpressure
- Rupture Without Fire - RUPTURE_WITHOUT_FIRE
- No Rupture - NO_RUPTURE
HAZSIT: Investigation
- Odor - ODOR
- Smoke Investigation - SMOKE_INVESTIGATION
Medical Group (MEDICAL)
Sub-groups within the Medical group:
MEDICAL: Illness
- Abdominal Pain / Problems - ABDOMINAL_PAIN
- Allergic Reaction / Stings - ALLERGIC_REACTION_STINGS
- Back Pain (Non-Trauma) - BACK_PAIN_NON_TRAUMA
- Breathing Problems - BREATHING_PROBLEMS
- Cardiac Arrest - CARDIAC_ARREST
- Chest Pain (Non-Trauma) - CHEST_PAIN_NON_TRAUMA
- Convulsions / Seizures - CONVULSIONS_SEIZURES
- Diabetic Problems - DIABETIC_PROBLEMS
- Headache - HEADACHE
- Heart Problems - HEART_PROBLEMS
- Overdose / Poisoning - OVERDOSE
- Pandemic / Epidemic / Outbreak - PANDEMIC_EPIDEMIC_OUTBREAK
- Pregnancy / Childbirth - PREGNANCY_CHILDBIRTH
- Psychological Behavior Issues - PSYCHOLOGICAL_BEHAVIOR_ISSUES
- Sick Case - SICK_CASE
- Stroke / CVA - STROKE_CVA
- Unconscious Victim - UNCONSCIOUS_VICTIM
- Well Person Check - WELL_PERSON_CHECK
- Altered Mental Status - ALTERED_MENTAL_STATUS
- Nausea / Vomiting - NAUSEA_VOMITING
- Unknown Problem - UNKNOWN_PROBLEM
- No Appropriate Choice - NO_APPROPRIATE_CHOICE
MEDICAL: Injury / Trauma
- Animal Bites - ANIMAL_BITES
- Assault - ASSAULT
- Burns / Explosion - BURNS_EXPLOSION
- Carbon Monoxide / Other Inhalation Injury - CARBON_MONOXIDE_OTHER_INHALATION_INJURY
- Choking - CHOKING
- Drowning / Diving / SCUBA Accident - DROWNING_DIVING_SCUBA_ACCIDENT
- Electrocution - ELECTROCUTION
- Eye Trauma - EYE_TRAUMA
- Fall - FALL
- Heat / Cold Exposure - HEAT_COLD_EXPOSURE
- Motor Vehicle Collision - MOTOR_VEHICLE_COLLISION
- Industrial Accident/Inaccessible Incident/Other Entrapment (Non-Vehicle) - INDUSTRIAL_INACCESSIBLE_ENTRAPMENT
- Poisoning - POISONING
- Gunshot Wound - GUNSHOT_WOUND
- Hemorrhage / Laceration - HEMORRHAGE_LACERATION
- Stab / Penetrating Trauma - STAB_PENETRATING_TRAUMA
- Other Traumatic Injury - OTHER_TRAUMATIC_INJURY
MEDICAL: Other
- Healthcare Professional Admission - HEALTHCARE_PROFESSIONAL_ADMISSION
- Medical Alarm - MEDICAL_ALARM
- Standby Request - STANDBY_REQUEST
- Transfer / Interfacility - TRANSFER_INTERFACILITY
- Airmedical Transport - AIRMEDICAL_TRANSPORT
- Intercept Other Unit - INTERCEPT_OTHER_UNIT
- Community Public Health - COMMUNITY_PUBLIC_HEALTH
Public Service Group (PUBSERV)
Sub-groups within the Public Service group:
PUBSERV: Citizen Assist
- Lost Person - LOST_PERSON
- Person In Distress - PERSON_IN_DISTRESS
- Citizen Assist / Service Call - CITIZEN_ASSIST_SERVICE_CALL
- Lift Assist - LIFT_ASSIST
PUBSERV: Alarms (Non Medical)
- Fire / Smoke Alarm - FIRE_ALARM
- Gas Alarm - GAS_ALARM
- CO Alarm - CO_ALARM
- Other Alarm - OTHER_ALARM
PUBSERV: Disaster / Weather
- Damage Assessment - DAMAGE_ASSESSMENT
- Weather Response - WEATHER_RESPONSE
PUBSERV: Other
- Move-up - MOVE_UP
- Standby - STANDBY
- Damaged Hydrant - DAMAGED_HYDRANT
Rescue Group (RESCUE)
Sub-groups within the Rescue group:
RESCUE: Outside
- Backcountry Rescue - BACKOUNTRY_RESCUE
- Confined Space Rescue - CONFINED_SPACE_RESCUE
- Trench - TRENCH
- Extrication / Entrapped - EXTRICATION_ENTRAPPED
- High Angle Rescue - HIGH_ANGLE_RESCUE
- Low Angle Rescue - LOW_ANGLE_RESCUE
- Steep Angle Rescue - STEEP_ANGLE_RESCUE
- Limited/No Access - LIMITED_NO_ACCESS
RESCUE: Structure
- Building Collapse / Structure Collapse - BUILDING_STRUCTURE_COLLAPSE
- Confined Space Rescue - CONFINED_SPACE_RESCUE
- Elevator / Escalator Rescue - ELEVATOR_ESCALATOR_RESCUE
- Extrication / Entrapped - EXTRICATION_ENTRAPPED
RESCUE: Transportation (Land)
- Motor Vehicle Collision Extrication / Entrapment - MOTOR_VEHICLE_EXTRICATION_ENTRAPPED
- Train and Rail Collision / Derailment - TRAIN_RAIL_COLLISION_DERAILMENT
- Aviation Collision / Crash - AVIATION_COLLISION_CRASH
- Aviation Standby - AVIATION_STANDBY
RESCUE: Water
- Person in Water (Standing Water/Lake) - PERSON_IN_WATER_STANDING
- Person in Water (Swiftwater/River) - PERSON_IN_WATER_SWIFTWATER
- Watercraft in Distress - WATERCRAFT_IN_DISTRESS
No Emergency Group (NOEMERG)
Sub-groups within the No Emergency group:
NOEMERG: False Alarm
- Intentional False Alarm - INTENTIONAL_FALSE_ALARM
- Malfunctioning Alarm - MALFUNCTIONING_ALARM
- Accidental Alarm - ACCIDENTAL_ALARM
- Other False Call - OTHER_FALSE_CALL
- Bomb Scare - BOMB_SCARE
NOEMERG: Good Intent
- No Incident Found Upon Arrival / Location Error - NO_INCIDENT_FOUND_LOCATION_ERROR
- Controlled Burning (Authorized) - CONTROLLED_BURNING_AUTHORIZED
- Smoke From Nonhostile Source (Smoke Scare) - SMOKE_FROM_NONHOSTILE_SOURCE
- Investigate Hazardous Release (Nothing Found) - INVESTIGATE_HAZARDOUS_RELEASE
NOEMERG: Cancelled
Law Enforcement Support Group (LAWENFORCE)
Sub-groups within the Law Enforcement Support group:
There are no sub-types for this.
Summary
Yup, that is it. No more. NERIS is a simplification from NFIRS. These are all the main incident types in NERIS:
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