texfirs texas fire incident reporting system state fire marshal’s office uses and reports
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TEXFIRS
Texas Fire Incident Reporting SystemState Fire Marshal’s Office
Uses and Reports
What is a TEXFIRS Incident Report
Written or electronic documentation Description of the circumstances Future reference TEXFIRS and NFIRS
Why collect it?
Provides a way to maintain a legal document of the fact that an incident occurred
Keeps management informed Provides a uniform manner of evaluating local, state and
national needs Documents all that you do
Uses of TEXFIRS/NFIRS
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Local Fire Department Use
Justification of budgets Resource allocation Staffing decisions Trends of problems in local areas Comparison with State averages Comparisons with similar communities
Local Use and Presentation
Educate your administration Promote support from community Incorporate in your funding applications
Use charts or graphs to display
Publish or distribute information
Identifying Trends
Multiple years comparison Incendiary activity
Juvenile and the Elderly fire involvement Firefighter safety
Users of NFIRS
Local Fire Departments State Governments Private Industry Private Citizen U.S. Congress Federal Government Agencies Media Insurance Companies Law Offices Product Manufacturers Fire Organizations
State Uses of NFIRS
Preparing Fire Marshal's annual report Focus Fire Prevention programs Recommend or support changes to legislation based on
incident trend analysis The state uses its NFIRS data to analyze fire activity throughout
the state and recommend or implement prevention efforts.
USFA uses of NFIRS
The USFA uses NFIRS for: Prioritizing the many fire issues in the US Identifying aspects of the fire problem that require continued
monitoring Quantifying the costs of fire (life and property) Preparing congressional testimony and justifying budget
requests Facilitating agency management reviews Providing means of measuring the impact of programs and
activities
Other Federal Agencies
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Committee (CPSC)
National Highway Safety Committee (NHTSA)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Armed Forces U.S. Commerce Department Center for Fire Research U.S. Congress
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of Treasury Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms (ATF) Library of Congress U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) U.S. Department of
Transportation (USDOT)
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Analyzed the fire risk associated with portable space heaters, kerosene space heaters, wood stoves, metal chimneys, upholstered furniture, cigarettes, and sleepwear among other products
Child-resistant safety standard for cigarette lighters Estimated between 80 & 105 deaths annually among children
under the age of 5 would be prevented National Smoke Detector Project Research on potential product fire hazards and to identify the
need for product recalls or product repairs The fields “equipment involved in” and “form of heat of ignition”
The Center for Fire Research
NFIRS data is used to develop fire models and to conduct analysis of fire risk. Helped to define the U.S. Fire problem “America Burning Revisited”
Non-profit Fire-Related Organizations
IAFC, IAFF NFIRS data can be used to generalize about the types of fires
that present the greatest risk to firefighters and the type of injuries firefighter most often sustain
Investigate whether particular pieces of gear are associated with fire fighter injuries
NASFM Investigated the effect of California’s fabric flammability
standards
NFPA Often used as the basis for articles in the Fire Journal
Public Fire Educators
Justify funding of programs for dealing with community fire problems as they are identified.
NFIRS is the largest data set in the world!!
TEXFIRS Reporting
All incident reporting TEXFIRS/NFIRS
Monthly reporting Paper, vendor software, federal software
Don’t need federal software account to report Email file receipt confirmation
FD Reporting Status TEXFIRS Website
www.tdi.state.tx.us/fire
TEXFIRS Website
“Fires in Texas” annual report Fire Department FDID list Incident count by month Reporting Guidelines Software Training Self Study Course Handbooks/forms Building Valuation Census Tracts
Valid Incidents
Processing data files Error reports Vendor issues USFA Updates
Data Summary Report State Request
Need based Report USFA Request
Web Based Reporting Tool
Request Summary Reports
TEXFIRS/NFIRS Reports
www.tdi.state.tx.us/fire/fmtexfir.html
USFA Web-Based Reporting Tool
NFIRS 5.0 Web-based Summary Output Reports Tool enables users to obtain summaries and statistical calculations on the data saved to the National Database. Guest Account
www.nfirs.fema.gov/webtools/
Web-Based Tools
www.nfirs.fema.gov/webtools/
Summary Output Reporting Tool
Click on Summary Output Reports Tool
User Account Login
Enter: Your user accountEnter: TX for stateEnter: Your password
Or, use Guest account
Choosing a Report
Choose a Report
Summary by Incident Type Data QualityDetailed Selected Statistics Fires Under InvestigationFire Report By FDID Fire Service CasualtiesMonthly Incident Counts Civilian Casualties Incident Counts Tally
Incidents By Time Series Incident ListingMutual Aid Incidents FDID Incident Type SummaryData Inventory By FDID Unresolved Fire IncidentsFire Department Information Structure Fire CausesStructure Fires by Property Use Residential Str Fire
CausesMutual Aid Given Unmatched Depts
USFA Summary Reports
Completed Reports
Printing and Saving your Report
Printing or Saving PDF file
Summary By Incident Type Report
Incident frequency summarized by Incident Type The report includes % of the total frequency for each Incident
Type code category.
Summary information of Exposure incidents, Mutual Aid Given codes, casualties, and the total dollar loss for fire incidents.
Note: No Activity incidents (N status) are not included in any frequency count.
SAMPLE REPORT“SummarybyIncidentType”
Fire Report by FDID
The Fire Report By FDID generates summary information of fires, by Fire Department. Within each FDID, Fire Type is summarized at 3
levels: Building Fires, Vehicle Fires, and Other Fires.
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What We Need to Know
Input higher quality data The quality of information generated by NFIRS is only as good
as the data entered at the fire house level Correctly and thoroughly input data Include property value and loss estimates
Grants, training, NFA courses are depending on NFIRS data in the system
Be aware, millions of dollars are targeted at problems identified through NFIRS
Acknowledgement
There is a long way to go toward making even better use of NFIRS. But we have a system in place that works well.
Everyone associated with NFIRS at the local, state and national levels should feel proud of the important contribution they have made.
NFIRS will continue to guide fire protection in the U.S.
Time and memory are true artists; they remold reality nearer to the heart's
desire.
John Dewey
Document All That You Do
Texas Department of Insurance
State Fire Marshal’s Office
P.O. Box 149221, MC 108-FM
Austin, Texas 78714-9221
Phone: (512) 305-7950 FAX: (512) 305-7910
www.tdi.state.tx.us www.nfirs.fema.gov
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