NFIRS - National Fire Incident Reporting System
NFIRS Modules - NFIRS Transactions - NFIRS Elements - NFIRS Rules
NFIRS Documentation & Support
National Fire Incident Reporting System (currently at NFIRS 5.0) is the national standard for fire incident reporting. NFIRS captures all fire department responses (which includes medical, hazmat, rescue and others, but is primarily fire focused) allows data-based decision making for continuous improvement of the fire service. Being NFIRS compliant is a regular requirement for fire departments applying for federal grants.
Here we document every aspect of NFIRS from elements to example codings and much more.
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An NFIRS report is made up of NFIRS modules (which each match the original separate paper forms) and group data by concept, e.g. [fire module][/nfirs/module/fire/] if for all fires from house fires to car fires, but structure fire module is additional information for structures only. The basic module is used on all incidents.
NFIRS Transactions are technical groupings of NFIRS Elements - data fields rarely observed outside of software speficiations, whereas NFIRS Blocks are traditional visual/logical groupings one might see on an NFIRS form. NFIRS validation rules - which dictate valid reports - often reference data by blocks.
Traditional NFIRS paper form; blocks in the Basic Module
These reference documents are for the NFIRS parts and pieces:
- NFIRS Modules - collections of data (transactions), like the old fashioned paper forms.
- NFIRS Reference - the hierarchy of modules, blocks and elements.
- NFIRS Transactions - groups of elements to make a module.
- NFIRS Elements - individual data fields (within transactions.)
- NFIRS Validation Rules - validation rules.
- NFIRS Fire Departments - fire department identifiers; FDIDs.
NFIRS Articles & Help
NFIRS (National Fire Incident Reporting System) - sometimes know, incorrectly but perhaps good-humoredly, as NIFFERs, NIFERs and NIFRS - is the USA USFA database for fire incidents:
- Getting started with NFIRS 5.0 - getting started with NFIRS data entry.
- Common usage of NFIRS 5.0 - cheat sheet for common incident types, actions taken and property use codes.
- Coding incidents for NFIRS 5.0 - examples and “how do” for coding incidents.
NIFFERS is NFIRS: Other names and pronunciations
NFIRS - pronounced “en-furs” isn’t as easy to say as NIFFERs or NIFERs or NIFIRs - pronounced “nif-fers”. ( Sometimes it is typo’ed as nfris. )
eNFIRS Articles & Help
- Getting started with eNFIRS - getting started with eNFIRS.
- eNFIRS training - eNFIRS videos and training documents
- Exporting incidents via eNFIRS - how to export incidents.
- Additional postings / articles on NFIRS.
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