National Fire Incident Reporting System

The National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) is a reporting standard that fire departments use to uniformly report on the full range of their activities, from fire to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to equipment involved in the response. NFIRS software is available as free desktop and web-based applications from the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) or as NFIRS standard-compliant products you can buy from fire software vendors.

Support and documentation

Reference guides, software and design documentation manuals, specification changes, National Fire Academy training courses, NFIRSGrams, and help with coding NFIRS incident reports.

Reporting guidelines

Instructions for state program managers and fire departments on how to report and release NFIRS data.

NFIRS applications, user login and registration

Login access, registration information and user tools for state program managers and fire departments.

Vendor information

New vendor registration, validation tools and software development procedures. Also included are the lists of active and registered vendors.

About NFIRS

The benefits of using NFIRS, how it works and the kinds of data collected.

NFIRSGram

Report remarks—telling the story

This NFIRSGram explains the value of using the Remarks field and how to enter quality content that benefits your fire department.

Facts about NFIRS

• NFIRS is the world’s largest, national, annual database of fire incident information.
• The NFIRS database comprises about 75 percent of all reported fires that occur annually.
• Every U.S. state and the District of Columbia reports NFIRS data.
• About 24,000 fire departments report in NFIRS each year.
• Participating fire departments report about 26,000,000 incidents, including 1,200,000 fires each year.
• The Department of Defense and the Native American Tribal Authority participate in NFIRS.

Get help using NFIRS