Fire Information Reporting System

PennFIRS/NFIRS Reporting
The National Fire Incident Reporting Systems (NFIRS) is an information system initiated and supported by the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA). The U.S. Fire Administration developed NFIRS as a means of assess the nature and scope of the fire problem in the United States. Pennsylvania's version is called PennFIRS.

Overview

  • Participating local fire departments fill out incident, casualty and optional reports for fires and other incident types as they occur.
  • They forward the completed incidents via computer files to their local county EMA office where the data are validated and consolidated into a single computerized database.
  • Local reports are then forwarded to the State Fire Commissioner's Office.
  • Periodically, the aggregated statewide data is sent to the National Fire Data Center at the USFA to be released and included in the National Database.
  • The USFA's National Database is used to answer questions about the nature and causes of injuries, deaths, and property loss resulting from fires.

Quick Stats

  • The NFIRS represents the world's largest, national, annual database of fire incident information.
  • State participation in NFIRS is voluntary.
  • 50 states and the District of Columbia report NFIRS data.
  • 38 fire departments with a population protected of over 500,000 participate in the NFIRS.
  • Nationally, over 21,000 fire departments report in the NFIRS each year.
  • Participating departments report an average of 14,000,000 incidents and 1,000,000 fires each year.
  • The NFIRS database comprises more than one half of all reported fires that occur annually.

Reporting in Allegheny County

County fire departments ca email their reports on a quarterly basis to Allegheny County Emergency Services (ACES).

Email

If your fire department does not have the capability to email the reports, you may mail it on a CD to:

Allegheny County Emergency Services - PennFIRS
150 Hookstown Grade Road
Coraopolis, PA 15108

Questions?

Call Emergency Services at 412-473-2550.

Back to top