NERIS Incident Types

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NERIS Incident Types

 

Main Groups

All of the incident top groups, presented together.

Value	Definition
Fire	FIRE
Hazardous Situation	HAZSIT
Medical	MEDICAL
Public Service	PUBSERV
Rescue	RESCUE
No Emergency	NOEMERG
Law Enforcement Support	LAWENFORCE

  

 

Fire Group (FIRE)

Sub-groups within the Fire group:

Value	Definition
Outside Fire	OUTSIDE_FIRE
Special Fire	SPECIAL_FIRE
Structure Fire	STRUCTURE_FIRE
Transportation Fire	TRANSPORTATION_FIRE

 

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
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Hazardous Situation Group (HAZSIT)

Sub-groups within the Hazardous Situation group:

Value	Definition
Hazard Non-Chemical	HAZARD_NONCHEM
Hazardous Materials	HAZARDOUS_MATERIALS
Investigation	INVESTIGATION

 

HAZSIT: Hazard Non-Chemical

• Bomb Threat / Bomb Response / Suspicious Package - BOMB_THREAT_RESPONSE_SUSPICIOUS_PACKAGE
• Electrical Power Line Down / Arching / Malfunction - ELECTRICAL_POWER_LINE_DOWN_ARCHING_MALFUNCTION
• Electrical Hazard / Short Circuit - ELECTRICAL_HAZARD_SHORT_CIRCUIT

 

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) - HAZARDOUS_MATERIAL_RELEASE_TRANSPORT
• Hazardous Material Release (Chemical from Fixed Facility) - HAZARDOUS_MATERIAL_RELEASE_FACILITY

 

HAZSIT: Investigation

• Odor - ODOR
• Smoke Investigation - SMOKE_INVESTIGATION
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Medical Group (MEDICAL)

Sub-groups within the Medical group:

Value	Definition
Illness	ILLNESS
Injury / Trauma	INJURY
Other	OTHER

 

MEDICAL: Illness

• Abdominal Pain / Problems - ABOMINAL_PAIN
• Back Pain (Non-Trauma) - BACK_PAIN_NON_TRAUMA
• Breathing Problems - BREAKING_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
• 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 - NAUSEA
• Unknnown Problem - UNKNOWN_PROBLEM
• No Appropriate Choice - NO_APPROPRIATE_CHOICE

 

MEDICAL: Injury / Trauma

• Animal Bites - ANIMAL_BITES
• Assault - ASSAULT
• Allergic Reaction / Stings - ALLERGIC_REACTION_STINGS
• Burns / Explosion - BURNS_EXPLOSION
• Carbon Monoxide / Other Inhalation Injury - CARBON_MONOXIDE_OTHER_INHALATION_INJURY
• Choking - CHOKING
• Drowning / Diving / SCUBA Accident - DROWNING_DIVING_SCUBA_ACCIDENT
• 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
• Overdose / Poisoning - OVERDOSE
• 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
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Public Service Group (PUBSERV)

Sub-groups within the Public Service group:

Value	Definition
Citizen Assist	CITIZEN_ASSIST
Alarms (Non Medical)	ALARMS_NONMED
Disaster / Weather	DISASTER_WEATHER
Other	OTHER

 

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 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
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Rescue Group (RESCUE)

Sub-groups within the Rescue group:

Value	Definition
Outside	OUTSIDE
Structure	STRUCTURE
Transportation (Land)	TRANSPORTATION
Water	WATER

 

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_ESCALTOR_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
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No Emergency Group (NOEMERG)

Sub-groups within the No Emergency group:

Value	Definition
False Alarm	FALSE_ALARM
Good Intent	GOOD_INTENT
Cancelled	CANCELLED

 

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:

Value	Definition
Fire	FIRE
Hazardous Situation	HAZSIT
Medical	MEDICAL
Public Service	PUBSERV
Rescue	RESCUE
No Emergency	NOEMERG
Law Enforcement Support	LAWENFORCE

  

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