Incident Reporting System Self Study Available The U.S. Fire Administration and the National Fire Academy made the new National Fire Incident Reporting System 5.0 Self Study online course available. Serving as an introduction to NFIRS 5.0, this self-study course provides an overview of the data collection system, its modules and data conversion issues.

"We are pleased to make this important course available online to all USA fire departments,” said U.S. Fire Administrator Greg Cade. “Accurate and complete NFIRS data is critical for use at the local, state and federal levels and this course is the starting place for building the core competencies key to creating quality data and making available the quality information needed by the American fire service."

NFIRS is the comprehensive method for detailed tracking of fire, emergency, and related incident responses. The information recorded in NFIRS can be used by your emergency services organization to track current workloads, develop response metrics and statistics and help with current asset management. More information on this course and access to this course is available at NFA Online.

More than a dozen courses are available through NFA Online in the following curriculum areas: Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Response to Terrorism, Fire Prevention, Incident Management, Management Science, and Public Education.