Here is the briefest brief cheat sheet within this cheat sheet:
Canceled / UTL:
Canceled an unable to locate and good intent calls are in the Good Intent Group
Code #
611
Canceled En Route - Dispatched and canceled en route. Incident cleared or canceled prior to arrival of the responding unit. If a unit arrives on the scene, fill out the applicable code. Coding a canceled
622
Unable to Locate (UTL) - No Incident Found On Arrival At Dispatch Address. Coding a UTL
Fire - Structure, Indoor, etc. :
Fires are (not surprisingly) in the Fire Group however that is a large group with a number of sub-groups, including for wildland fires.
Code #
111
Structure Fire - Building fire. Excludes confined (to container, e.g. cooking pan/chimney) 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 e.g. a motor home used as a 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)
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 illegal/unattended campfires.
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. Includes rescues from vehicles hanging off a bridge or cliff.
Incident Type defines what was found at the incident scene upon arrival of the fire department. “As Found” - NOT - “As Toned”. If toned to an MVA but are UTL, then code as UTL - Unable to locate, not as MVA.
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Use the lowest/lower code series for determining the Incident Type when more than one Incident Type is found/applicable. (If 400 and 100, pick 100.)
NFIRS Incident Type Groups / Code Series
NFIRS 5.0 Incident Codes are grouped together, separated into series (i.e. by hundred):
Definition: The duties performed at the incident scene by the responding fire department personnel. Note: Always pick the lowest numbered value applicable.
These are the more commonly used actions taken (related to the incident types above).
General Actions Taken
Code #
General
81
Incident Command - Incident Command. Includes providing support to incident command activities.
86
Investigate - Investigate.
93
Canceled en route - Needed for canceled incidents, since this is a required field.
Firefighting Actions Taken
Code #
Firefighting
11
Extinguishment - Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
12
Salvage & Overhaul
87
Investigate - Fire Out - Investigate - Fire Out on Arrival.
Medical Actions Taken
Code #
Medical
31
Provide First Aid & Check For Injuries - medical evaluation of patient.
32
Basic Life Support - Provide basic life support (BLS).
33
Advanced Life Support - Provide advanced life support (ALS).
Search / Rescue / MVA Actions Taken
Code #
Search / Rescue
21
Search - Search for lost or missing person. Includes animals.
22
Rescue - Rescue, remove from harm. Excludes vehicle extrication (23).
23
Extrication - Extrication or disentangling of a person. Excludes body recovery (24).
78
Control Traffic - Control traffic. Includes setting up barricades and directing traffic.
Definition: ‘Property use’ (in NFIRS 5.0) refers to the actual use of the property where the incident occurred, not the overall use of mixed use properties.
These are the more commonly used property uses …
Residential
Code #
Residential
419
One or Two Family Dwelling - One- or two-family dwelling, detached, manufactured home, mobile home not in transit, duplex
429
Multifamily Dwelling - Includes apartments, condos, townhouses, rowhouses, tenements.
962
Residential Street, Road or Residential Driveway
Mercantile Business
Code #
Mercantile Business
571
Service station, gas station. - IIncludes LP-gas stations with associated convenience stores and boat refueling stations. Excludes vehicle sales (579).
500
Mercantile, business - Other.
Outdoor
Code #
Outdoor
669
Forest, Timberland, Woodland. Includes standing timber without logging operations; wildlife preserves; timber tracts where planting, replanting, and conservation of forests are conducted; and areas where uncultivated materials such as wild rubber, barks, and roots are gathered. Also includes facilities for extracting, concentrating, and distilling of such materials when the facilities are located within the forest. Excludes grasslands and brush (931).
946
Lake, river, stream.
961
Highway or Divided Highway
983
Pipeline, power line, or other utility right-of-way.
Assembly
Code #
Assembly
215
Church, Mosque - Includes synagogues, temples, chapels, religious educational facilities, and church halls.
151
Library
161
Restaurant or cafeteria - Places specializing in on-premises consumption of food. Includes carryout and drive-through restaurants.
162
Bar, nightclub, saloon, tavern, pub.
Various
Code #
Various
215
High School, Junior High, Middle School
213
Elementary School - Includes Kindergarten.
888
Fire Station
NNN
None - No Use
Miscellaneous
Code #
General
000
Property Use - Other
UUU
Undetermined - This information was not determined