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Introduction to NFIRS 5.0 W0497

Training Specialist


Daniel Newland
301-447-1157

Delivery type


2-day on-campus

Continuing education units


1.3

ACE recommendation


Pending (ACE Review): 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.

Course only available to on-campus weekend program students.

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 it will assist them in providing data both to their management and to decision-makers, as well as to their state uniform fire reporting system.

At a local level, National Fire Incident Reporting System data can be used to:

  • Describe a community's fire problem.
  • Support budget requests and improve decision-making for allocation of resources.
  • Assist in planning for future fire protection.
  • Help identify opportunities for scheduling nonemergency activities.
  • Evaluate code enforcement programs.
  • Identify target audiences for public fire education programs.
  • Support requests from grant-making organizations and alternative funding sources to fund department programs and priorities.

Pre-course materials and course syllabus

Course syllabus: https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_w0497.pdf PDF 65KB

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.

Incident Command System (ICS)-100-level and ICS-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q0462 and Q0463, available through NFA Online. Chief's signature attests that the applicant has completed this required training.