Documenting Firefighter Casualties in an Incident Report
Purpose
- To explain how to utilize the Fire Service Casualty Module (NFIRS-5) in an incident report.
From the NFIRS Complete Reference Guide:
- The Fire Service Casualty Module (NFIRS–5) is used to report injuries and deaths of firefighters. The module can also be used to report the exposure of a firefighter to chemicals or biological agents at an incident where that exposure does not result in any symptoms at that time but that manifest themselves at a later date. This module may be used with any of the other modules.
Video
Directions
1. Navigate to the Fire Incident List.
2. Begin or edit a Fire Report.
3. Click on Size-up.
4. Scroll down to People Involved.
5. Click on Add.
6. Select the Injured FF toggle.
7. Import information from the Personnel List if the firefighter is a member of your organization or manually type in demographic information if the firefighter is a member of an aiding department.
8. Click on Save.
9. Click on the red Maltese icon that appears in the actions column.
10. Enter Fire Service Casualty information.
11. Select the PPE toggle if applicable.
12. Click on Add.
13. Add PPE information as necessary.
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