Office of State Fire Marshal

South Carolina Fire Incident Reporting System (S.C.FIRS) South Carolina Fire Incident Reporting System Contact Information:

Sondra Senn, Manager
Public Fire Education and Data Management
S.C. Division of Fire and Life Safety
803-896-9865

Vacant, SCFIRS Coordinator
S.C. Division of Fire & Life Safety
Office of State Fire Marshal
803-896-1250

The Division of Fire and Life Safety has the statutory authority per §5-25-170 [http://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t05c025.htm] and §23-9-130 [http://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t23c009.htm] of the S.C. Code of Laws to collect, analyze and disseminate fire data provided by local fire departments in accordance with R. 71-8300.4(B) [http://www.llr.state.sc.us/FMARSHAL/SubArticlePdfs/2009/SCRR%20Subarticle%201.pdf] of the South Carolina State Fire Marshal's Rules and Regulations, and in 1983, adopted the National Fire Incident Reporting System to help accomplish this mandate. Throughout the United States, 49 states and 35 metropolitan areas participate in this collection mechanism.

The South Carolina Fire Incident Reporting System (SCFIRS) is an integral part of our efforts to collect and analyze information concerning local emergency responses by fire departments. The resulting incident and casualty information is used to help accomplish an important goal to determine the character and magnitude of the fire problem in sufficient detail to: 1) guide fire protection decisions at all levels of government private industry; 2) to help suggest solutions to identified problems, and 3) to monitor and evaluate prevention programs targeted at specific problem areas.

The goal is to establish a comprehensive fire data information resource to serve code developers and enforcers, fire and building officials, researchers, fire safety educators, public and private sectors, the business community and the general public, seeking 100% of the fire department participation.

Downloads

• The Many Uses of NFIRS
• NFIRS 5.0 Complete Reference Guide
• NFIRS 5.0 Quick Reference Guide
• NFIRS 5.0 Configuration Tool Guide
• NFIRS 5.0 Data Entry Tool Guide
• NFIRS 5.0 Paper Forms
• NFIRS 5.0 Study Guide (Zip File)
• ICBO Building Valuation Data
• No Activity Incident Report

Optional Field Reports

• NFIRS 5.0 FIELD DATA COLLECTION FORM
• DFS INCIDENT FIELD NOTES-Page 1
• DFS INCIDENT FIELD NOTES-Page 2

Links:

• NFIRS 5.0 Active Vendors List
• USFA coding questions
• NFIC coding questions
• National Fire Information Council
• USFA NFIRS Support Center
• USFA Fire Statistical Reports
  

Percentage of Reported Incidents by Type in 2007

Would you like to be involved with the S.C.FIRS program but don’t know where to start? Click here for steps to successful incident reporting using the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) 5.0 standards

The S.C. Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation is pleased to provide various publications in portable document format (PDF). You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print.