National Fire Incident Reporting System - Facts About NFIRS

Facts About NFIRS

  • The NFIRS represents the world's largest, national, annual database of fire incident information.
  • State participation in NFIRS is voluntary.
  • 49 states and the District of Columbia report NFIRS data.
  • 35 fire departments with a population protected of over 500,000 participate in the NFIRS.
  • Nationally, over 11,000 fire departments report in the NFIRS each year.
  • Participating departments report an average of four million incidents each year.
  • Participating departments report an average of 550,000 fires each year.
  • The NFIRS database comprises roughly one third of all reported fires that occur annually.

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