National Fire Incident Reporting System is a model of successful Federal, State and local partnership. The database constitutes the world's largest, national, annual collection of incident information. The success of NFIRS is due in part to the unique cooperative effort between USFA and the National Fire Information Council (NFIC). NFIC plays a vital role in the USFA's efforts to achieve an accurate nationwide analysis of the fire problem through support to NFIRS and its participating member states and metropolitan fire departments. NFIC's unique partnership of Federal, state and local participants has proven to be one of the most successful, productive and cost-beneficial programs ever attempted on a national level. Facts About NFIRS The NFIRS represents the world's largest, national, annual database of fire incident information. State participation in NFIRS is voluntary. 50 states and the District of Columbia report NFIRS data. 37 fire departments having a protected population of over 500,000 participate in NFIRS. Nationally over 23,000 fire departments report in the NFIRS each year. Participating departments report an average of twenty-three million incidents each year. Participating departments report an average of one million fires each year. The NFIRS database comprises roughly 75% of all reported fires that occur annually. References External links USFA NFIRS website NFIC website This article incorporates text from www.usfa.fema.gov, a U.S. Government website in the public domain. Incident Reporting System