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Volunteer Fire Departments typically run these incident types, but if your incident is not listed here view the list of all NFIRS Incident Type Codes:
Here is the briefest brief cheat sheet within this cheat sheet:
Canceled an unable to locate and good intent calls are in the Good Intent Group
Code # | |
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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 |
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 # | |
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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) |
Fires are (not surprisingly) in the Fire Group including a sub-group for wildland fires.
Code # | |
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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 illegal/unattended campfires. |
652 | Smoke Report - How to code a Smoke Report (Smoke Chase) |
Medical calls and Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVAs) and Motor Vehicle Collisions (MVCs) are in the Rescue & Emergency Medical Service Incident Group.
Code # | |
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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. Includes rescues from vehicles hanging off a bridge or cliff. |
Search and rescue are in the Rescue & Emergency Medical Service Incident Group.
Code # | |
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341 | Search For Person On Land. |
342 | Search For Person In Water. |
Hazards calls (e.g. gas leak, powerline down, hazardous materials) are in the Hazardous Conditions Group.
Code # | |
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412 | Gas Leak (Natural Gas or Liquid Petroleum Gas) |
424 | Carbon Monoxide Incident - Caron Monoxide (CO) incident. |
444 | Power Line Down |
736 | Carbon Monoxide Detector Activation Due To Malfunction. |
746 | Carbon Monoxide Detector Activation, No Carbon Monoxide. |
Code # | |
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444 | Power Line Down |
331 | Lock-in |
511 | Lock-out |
362 | Ice Rescue |
Pick the best fit Incident Type Code:
rule | logic |
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#1 | 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. |
#2 | 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 5.0 Incident Codes are grouped together, separated into series (i.e. by hundred):
If you don’t see the incident type to match your needs, here is a list of all Incident Types.
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).
Code # | General |
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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. |
Code # | Firefighting |
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11 | Extinguishment - Extinguishment by fire service personnel. |
12 | Salvage & Overhaul |
87 | Investigate - Fire Out - Investigate - Fire Out on Arrival. |
Code # | Medical |
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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). |
Code # | Search / Rescue |
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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. |
If you don’t see the action taken to match your needs, here is the list of all Actions Taken.
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 …
Code # | Residential |
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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 |
Code # | Mercantile Business |
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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. |
Code # | Outdoor |
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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. |
Code # | Assembly |
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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. |
Code # | Various |
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215 | High School, Junior High, Middle School |
213 | Elementary School - Includes Kindergarten. |
888 | Fire Station |
NNN | None - No Use |
Code # | General |
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000 | Property Use - Other |
UUU | Undetermined - This information was not determined |
NNN | None - No Use |
If you don’t see the property use to match your needs, here is the list of all Property Uses and here is a list of all Mixed Use Properties
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