Annual NFIRS Public Data

The annual National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release files are provided by the U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA) National Fire Data Center (NFDC). The NFIRS is a reporting standard that fire departments use to uniformly report on the full range of their activities, from fire to emergency medical services (EMS) to equipment involved in the response.

NFIRS is the nation’s largest, national, annual database of fire incident information. NFIRS is a voluntary tool with two objectives: to help State and local governments develop fire reporting and analysis capability for their own use and to obtain data that can be used to more accurately assess and subsequently combat the fire problem at a national level.

These data sets are for researchers and fire data analysts.

Experience with fire data analysis and NFIRS data is recommended to properly use the NFIRS Public Data Release (PDR) data sets. Using raw NFIRS data as a count of fires and associated deaths, injuries and dollar loss is NOT a proper use of these data sets.

Citation: FEMA’s citation requirements for datasets (API usage or file downloads) can be found on the OpenFEMA Terms and Conditions page, Citing Data section: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/terms-conditions.

For answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the OpenFEMA program, API, and publicly available datasets, please visit: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/faq.

If you have media inquiries about this dataset, please email the FEMA News Desk at FEMA-News-Desk@fema.dhs.gov or call (202) 646-3272. For inquiries about FEMA's data and Open Government program, please email the OpenFEMA team at OpenFEMA@fema.dhs.gov.

Visit the USFA's NFIRS website for more information, including tools for analysis, and training and documentation for submitting NFIRS 5.0 data.

Available Downloadable NFIRS Public Data Release Files:

2021 All Incidents 2021 Fire Hazmat	2020 All Incidents 2020 Fire Hazmat	2019 All Incidents 2019 Fire Hazmat	2018 All Incidents 2018 Fire Hazmat
2017 All Incidents 2017 Fire Hazmat	2016 All Incidents 2016 Fire Hazmat	2015 All Incidents 2015 Fire Hazmat	2014 All Incidents 2014 Fire Hazmat
2013 Fire Hazmat	2012 Fire Hazmat	2011 Fire Hazmat	2010 Fire Hazmat
2009 Fire Hazmat	2008 Fire Hazmat	2007 Fire Hazmat	2006 Fire Hazmat
2005 Fire Hazmat	2004 Fire Hazmat	2003 All Incidents	2002 All Incidents
2001 All Incidents	2000 All Incidents	1999 All Incidents	1998 Fire Incidents
1997 Fire Incidents	1996 Fire Incidents	1995 Fire Incidents	1994 Fire Incidents
1993 Fire Incidents	1992 Fire Incidents	1991 Fire Incidents	1990 Fire Incidents
1989 Fire Incidents	1988 Fire Incidents	1987 Fire Incidents	1986 Fire Incidents
1985 Fire Incidents	1984 Fire Incidents	1983 Fire Incidents	1982 Fire Incidents
1981 Fire Incidents	1980 Fire Incidents

Please note that upon clicking any of the available downloadable NFIRS Public Data Release data sets hyperlinks, an automatic download of that year's data will commence. Download times will vary depending on the size of the file and your connection. Some of the compressed zip file sizes vary from 132 MB and can range up to 822MB. If you prefer to order the NFIRS public release data on CD or DVD, please visit the USFA’s Download fire data and data analysis tools web page. Below are the data years that are currently available:

CD 1980-1998 - Fire Incidents (NFIRS version 4.1)

CD 1999-2003 - All Incidents

CD 2004-2019 - Fire and Hazardous Materials Incidents

DVD 2014-2019 - All Incidents