Nrs-nac

Sample NFIRS Policy

Issued by

State of Nevada

The Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) require the Fire Marshal’s Office to implement the system. This section reads as follows:

NRS 477.030 Section (7)

The state fire marshal shall put the National Fire Incident Reporting System into effect throughout the state and publish at least annually a summary of data collected under the system.

From that section the following Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) was developed to provide the specific regulations on how the statute should be carried out. This section contains the following:

NAC 477.905 National Fire Incident Reporting System: Reporting Requirements. (NRS 477.030)

For the purposes of the National Fire Reporting System to be put into effect throughout this state as required by NRS 477.030:

1. All local fire jurisdictions in this state shall report to the state fire marshal such statistics and data required to publish a summary of fire incident information that is compatible with the National Fire Incident Reporting System. Any fire service within the state may obtain a copy of the annual report from the state fire marshal at no charge.

2. The state fire marshal will report the statistics which he collects pursuant to this section to the National Fire Information Council semiannually. Because the State of Nevada has been designated as an “all-incident reporting state,” local fire jurisdictions shall report their statistics in a timely manner and in accordance with the reporting deadlines established by the state fire marshal.

3. A local fire jurisdiction that is facing technical difficulties in providing information pursuant to this section will receive assistance from the state program manager for the National Fire Incident Reporting System with in the state fire marshal division.

4. A local fire jurisdiction may use computer-aided programs in reporting its information if the programs have been certified for such use by the National Fire Information Council.