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National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)
Facts About NFIRS
Participating fire departments report 23,000,000 incidents and 1,000,000 fires each year.
- NFIRS is the world's largest, national, annual database of fire incident information.
- 50 states and the District of Columbia report NFIRS data.
- 37 fire departments with a population protected of over 500,000 participate in the NFIRS.
- About 23,000 fire departments report in the NFIRS each year.
- The NFIRS database comprises 75 percent of all reported fires that occur annually.
NFIRS State Points of Contact