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National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)

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Fighting fires and other emergencies with facts.

Over 22,000 U.S. fire departments are helping their communities reduce the risk from fires and other emergencies by reporting their incident data to NFIRS.

Contact your state’s NFIRS Program Manager to find out how your department can get started with NFIRS today!

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NFIRS Incident Reporting Participation

Incident reports on emergency responses by fire service are being submitted to NFIRS every day from the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) community. The purpose of presenting this information is to increase awareness to the incidents being reported to NFIRS, in order to generate more timely reporting and increased participation. Below are updated total counts of fire departments reporting and incidents submitted to NFIRS for 2025 as of Jan. 5, 2026. The incident totals include all incidents with status as valid, invalid, or no activity and released or unreleased.

For more information, click the reports below to view the summary reporting totals by state. The numbers and reports will be updated each month.

NFIRS reporting by year | 2025 incidents (YTD)

Fire departments reporting

20,945

Total increased by 629
3.10% from last month.

Incidents reported

26,771,008

Total increased by 4,429,663
19.83% from last month.

Data available as of Jan. 5, 2026.

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NFIRS 5.0 Complete Reference Guide

Step-by-step instructions for submitting fire incident information to NFIRS 5.0.

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NFIRS 5.0 Self-Study (Q0494)

This online course introduces you to NFIRS. It provides information about its modules, coding scenarios and data conversion.

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