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Common Medical NFIRS Incident Types

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Commonly used Medical Incident Type Codes

These are MEDICAL 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 medical incident types:

Medical & MVA:

 Code # 
321 Medical Call - pretty much used for Emergency Management Service (EMS) call. Includes calls when the patient refuses treatment. Note: Excludes vehicle accident (MVAs) with injury and pedestrian struck. See next.
322 Motor Vehicle Accident with Injuries - Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) with injuries. Includes collision with other vehicle, fixed objects, or loss of control resulting in leaving the roadway.
324 Motor Vehicle Accident no Injuries - Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) with no injuries.
424 Carbon Monoxide Incident - CO incident.
352 Extrication Of Victim(s) from Vehicle.
 

These are MEDICAL 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 ...
 

For more information see the NFIRS / eNFIRS training and contact Responserack if you would like more help with NFIRS or eNFIRS.