NFIRS Incident Types
100 Fire, other
111 Building fire
112 Fires in structure other than in a building
113 Cooking fire, confined to container
114 Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue
115 Incinerator overload or malfunction, fire confined
116 Fuel burner/boiler malfunction, fire confined
117 Commercial Compactor fire, confined to rubbish
118 Trash or rubbish fire, contained
120 Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed structure, other
121 Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence
122 Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle
123 Fire in portable building, fixed location
130 Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other
131 Passenger vehicle fire
132 Road freight or transport vehicle fire
133 Rail vehicle fire
134 Water vehicle fire
135 Aircraft fire
136 Self-propelled motor home or recreational vehicle
137 Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire
138 Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire
140 Natural vegetation fire, other
141 Forest, woods or wildland fire
142 Brush or brush-and-grass mixture fire
143 Grass fire
150 Outside rubbish fire, other
151 Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire
152 Garbage dump or sanitary landfill fire
153 Construction or demolition landfill fire
154 Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire
155 Outside stationary compactor/compacted trash fire
160 Special outside fire, other
161 Outside storage fire
162 Outside equipment fire
163 Outside gas or vapor combustion explosion
164 Outside mailbox fire
170 Cultivated vegetation, crop fire, other
171 Cultivated grain or crop fire
172 Cultivated orchard or vineyard fire
173 Cultivated trees or nursery stock fire
200 Overpressure rupture, explosion, overheat other
210 Overpressure rupture from steam, other
211 Overpressure rupture of steam pipe or pipeline
212 Overpressure rupture of steam boiler
213 Steam rupture of pressure or process vessel
220 Overpressure rupture from air or gas, other
221 Overpressure rupture of air or gas pipe/pipeline
222 Overpressure rupture of boiler from air or gas
223 Air or gas rupture of pressure or process vessel
231 Chemical reaction rupture of process vessel
240 Explosion (no fire), other
241 Munitions or bomb explosion (no fire)
242 Blasting agent explosion (no fire)
243 Fireworks explosion (no fire)
251 Excessive heat, scorch burns with no ignition
300 Rescue, EMS incident, other
311 Medical assist, assist EMS crew
321 EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury
322 Motor vehicle accident with injuries
323 Motor vehicle/pedestrian accident (MV Ped)
324 Motor vehicle accident with no injuries.
331 Lock-in (if lock out, use 511 )
340 Search for lost person, other
341 Search for person on land
342 Search for person in water
343 Search for person underground
350 Extrication, rescue, other
351 Extrication of victim(s) from building/structure
352 Extrication of victim(s) from vehicle
353 Removal of victim(s) from stalled elevator
354 Trench/below-grade rescue
355 Confined space rescue
356 High-angle rescue
357 Extrication of victim(s) from machinery
360 Water & ice-related rescue, other
361 Swimming/recreational water areas rescue
362 Ice rescue
363 Swift water rescue
364 Surf rescue
365 Watercraft rescue
370 Electrical rescue, other
371 Electrocution or potential electrocution
372 Trapped by power lines
381 Rescue or EMS standby
400 Hazardous condition, other
410 Combustible/flammable gas/liquid condition, other
411 Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill
412 Gas leak (natural gas or LPG)
413 Oil or other combustible liquid spill
420 Toxic condition, other
421 Chemical hazard (no spill or leak)
422 Chemical spill or leak
423 Refrigeration leak
424 Carbon monoxide incident
430 Radioactive condition, other
431 Radiation leak, radioactive material
440 Electrical  wiring/equipment problem, other
441 Heat from short circuit (wiring), defective/worn
442 Overheated motor
443 Breakdown of light ballast
444 Power line down
445 Arcing, shorted electrical equipment
451 Biological hazard, confirmed or suspected
460 Accident, potential accident, other
461 Building or structure weakened or collapsed
462 Aircraft standby
463 Vehicle accident, general cleanup
471 Explosive, bomb removal (for bomb scare, use 721)
480 Attempted burning, illegal action, other
481 Attempt to burn
482 Threat to burn
500 Service Call, other
510 Person in distress, other
511 Lock-out
512 Ring or jewelry removal
520 Water problem, other
521 Water evacuation
522 Water or steam leak
531 Smoke or odor removal
540 Animal problem, other
541 Animal problem
542 Animal rescue
550 Public service assistance, other
551 Assist police or other governmental agency
552 Police matter
553 Public service
554 Assist invalid
555 Defective elevator, no occupants
561 Unauthorized burning
571 Cover assignment, standby, moveup
600 Good intent call, other
611 Dispatched & canceled en route
621 Wrong location
622 No incident found on arrival at dispatch address
631 Authorized controlled burning
632 Prescribed fire
641 Vicinity alarm (incident in other location)
650 Steam, other gas mistaken for smoke, other
651 Smoke scare, odor of smoke
652 Steam, vapor, fog or dust thought to be smoke
653 Smoke from barbecue, tar kettle
661 EMS call, party transported by non-fire agency
671 HazMat release investigation w/no HazMat
672 Biological hazard investigation, none found
700 False alarm or false call, other
710 Malicious, mischievous false call, other
711 Municipal alarm system, malicious false alarm
712 Direct tie to FD, malicious false alarm
713 Telephone, malicious false alarm
714 Central station, malicious false alarm
715 Local alarm system, malicious false alarm
721 Bomb scare - no bomb
730 System malfunction, other
731 Sprinkler activation due to malfunction
732 Extinguishing system activation due to malfunction
733 Smoke detector activation due to malfunction
734 Heat detector activation due to malfunction
735 Alarm system sounded due to malfunction
736 CO detector activation due to malfunction
740 Unintentional transmission of alarm, other
741 Sprinkler activation, no fire - unintentional
742 Extinguishing system activation
743 Smoke detector activation, no fire - unintentional
744 Detector activation, no fire - unintentional
745 Alarm system activation, no fire - unintentional
746 Carbon monoxide detector activation, no CO
751 Biological hazard, malicious false report
800 Severe weather or natural disaster, other
811 Earthquake assessment
812 Flood assessment
813 Wind storm, tornado/hurricane assessment
814 Lightning strike (no fire)
815 Severe weather or natural disaster standby
900 Special type of incident, other
911 Citizen complaint