Common Fire NFIRS Incident Types

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Commonly used Fire Incident Type Codes

These are FIRE related NFIRS Codes. If you need a full NFIRS Cheat Sheet for Incident Type Codes, Actions Taken and more visit our main NFIRS Cheat Sheet.

Volunteer Fire Departments typically run these fire incident types:

Fire - Structure, indoor, etc. :

 Code # 
111 Structure Fire - Building fire. Excludes confined fires.
131 Vehicle Fire - Passenger vehicle fire. Includes any motorized passenger vehicle, other than a motor home. (e.g. pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, buses).
113 Cooking Fire, Confined To Container - without fire extension beyond the cooking container/vessel.
114 Chimney or Flue Fire, Confined To Chimney or Flue - Excludes fires that extend beyond the chimney (111 or 112).
121 Fire In Mobile Home Used As Fixed Residence
651 Smoke Scare - Smoke scare, odor of smoke, not steam (652). Excludes gas scares or odors of gas (671). Note: Not a “smoke chase”. How to code a Smoke Report (Smoke Chase)

Outdoor Fire & Smoke:

 Code # 
141 Wildland Fire - Forest, woods, or wildland fire. Includes fires involving vegetative fuels, other than prescribed fire (632), that occur in an area in which development is essentially nonexistent, except for roads, railroads, power lines, and the like. Also includes forests managed for lumber production and fires involving elevated fuels such as tree branches and crowns. Excludes areas in cultivation for agricultural purposes such as tree farms or crops (17x series).
142 Brush Fire - Brush or brush-and-grass mixture fire. Includes ground fuels lying on or immediately above the ground such as duff, roots, dead leaves, fine dead wood, and downed logs.
143 Grass Fire - Grass fire. Includes fire confined to area characterized by grass ground cover, with little or no involvement of other ground fuels; otherwise, see 142.
561 Unauthorized burning - Unauthorized burning. Includes fires that are under control and not endangering property, but note … does NOT include campfires.
652 Smoke Report - How to code a Smoke Report (Smoke Chase)
 

These are FIRE related NFIRS Codes. If you need a full NFIRS Cheat Sheet for Incident Type Codes, Actions Taken and more visit our main NFIRS Cheat Sheet. Alternatively, view the complete NFIRS 5.0 list of incident types:

All NFIRS Incident Types ... Main NFIRS Cheat Sheet ...
 

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