National Fire Incident Reporting System: Introduction to NFIRS 5.0 (F497)

Planning & Information Management Curriculum

This 2-day course teaches students how to use standardized forms to achieve uniformity in their incident and activity reporting.This training program is designed specifically to support local fire service organizations, and will assist them in providing data both to their management and to decisionmakers, as well as to their State uniform fire reporting system. At a local level, the NFIRS data can be used to:* describe a community's fire problem;* support budget requests;* improve decisonmaking for allocation of resources;* assist in planning for future fire protection;* help identify opportunities for scheduling nonemergency activities;* evaluate code enforcement programs; and* identify target audiences for public fire education programs.

Selection Criteria	New, current, and potential users of a fire department or State uniform reporting system. Members of local or State fire service organizations responsible for documenting incidents and/or incident data collection.
Delivery Type	2-Day Off-Campus
Prerequisites	None.
ACE Recommendation	In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 1 semester hour in Fire Protection, Fire Science, Fire Administration, Public Administration, Emergency Management, Homeland Security or Emergency Medical Services.
CEU's	1.3
Post-Course Requirements	None.
Pre-Course Materials	None.
NFPA Standards	None.
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Course Schedule Information

	Recently Added	Dates	Availability	Location	Contact	Course Coordination Plan (CCP)
		May 19—20, 2012	Cancelled	Greeley, Colorado	Penny Lee Administrative Assistant Colorado Division of Fire Safety 303-239-4600 penny.lee@cdps.state.co.us Penny Lee Administrative Assistant Colorado Division of Fire Safety 303-239-4600 penny.lee@cdps.state.co.us	Course Coordination Plan
		April 6—7, 2013		Anchorage, Alaska	Tori Clyde Training Specialist Alaska Division of Fire and Life Safety 907-451-9001 victoria.clyde@alaska.gov Tori Clyde Training Specialist Alaska Division of Fire and Life Safety 907-451-9001 victoria.clyde@alaska.gov	Course Coordination Plan
		April 24—25, 2013		Salem, Oregon	Thelma Denney Office Specialist DPSST 503-378-2408 thelma.denney@state.or.us Mark Ayers Fire Program Supervisor DPSST 503-378-2726 mark.ayers@state.or.us Thelma Denney Office Specialist DPSST 503-378-2408 thelma.denney@state.or.us	Course Coordination Plan
		September 7—8, 2013		Lakewood, Colorado	Penny L. Lee NFA Coordinator Colorado Division of Fire Safety 303-239-4600 penny.lee@cdps.state.co.us Penny L. Lee NFA Coordinator Colorado Division of Fire Safety 303-239-4600 penny.lee@cdps.state.co.us	Course Coordination Plan