Fire Incident Data Collection
Research & Resources
With a 2011 Fire Prevention & Safety grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants program, the NASFM Foundation’s research focused on addressing the problem of “unknowns” in the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) – specifically, undetermined and/or missing data about causes of fires in NFIRS.
The NASFM Foundation’s research included in-depth interviews with fire department personnel, as well as an online survey of nearly 3,500 fire service representatives involved in the collection of fire incident data for their departments.
