NFIRS

Now I don’t have standing to comment on many of these, but as a developer (and now an NFIRS developer) I’ll comment on some:

I’ve been a volunteer firefighters for over 20 years, but I’ve been digging deeper into NFIRS only for the last few years. Here are some of the things I’ve learned along the way.

eNFIRS is the new look/feel of the FEMA USFA NFIRS web tools.

Exporting NFIRS incidents from eNFIRS for data mining, review or backup.

If you wish to get started with eNFIRS, here are some good steps to take:

NFIRS WebTools is becoming eNFIRS

Overview:  NFIRS compliant is when your department is up to date with incidents reported to NFIRS. NERIS replaced NFIRS in 2026. See our NERIS resources. An NFIRS compliant fire department is defined as one having its incident reports entered into NFIRS. Typically there is an accepted lag (e.g. up to date by the middle of the next month, or up to date for that quarter … as defined by your state or territory.

NFIRS WebTools is becoming eNFIRS

Responserack is making progress in a number of areas. Much of it is behind the scenes work; infrastructure, automation, notifications and other such plumbing.

Paper reports have their downsides also. At two in the morning, handwriting is increasingly illegible, firefighters make mistakes on who was in attendance or details of the incident, and those paper reports often go under reviewed.