Fire Chief Chuck Flynn Suffield FD (CT), VCOS chair will lead a discussion with other chiefs and USFA staff on probing questions about NFIRS. Roundtable participants bring a varied need about NFIRS. USFA staff will be live to interact and discuss the needs of fire chiefs.

Potential Questions for Panel Townhall

• Do you report all fires to the National Fire Incident Reporting System?
• How does your report data get into the National Fire Incident Reporting System?
• Do you use your fire report data for budget justification?
• What statistical reports does the fire agency produce on its response time performance and the extent of local fire losses?
• How do you make these reports available for the political groups and public?
• How many calls did the department handle 10 years ago, and how many last year?
• What percentage of growth has occurred? How has staffing changed in that time?
• How are reports entered at the station level?
• Does your department produce monthly data reports?
• How do members get trained on the National Fire Incident Reporting System?
• What question do you have for the National Fire Incident Reporting System staff?

Takeaways:

• What do I get out of NFIRS?
• What are the benefits of NFIRS?
• The reasons we have a NFIRS data system.

Panelists:

• Chuck Flynn, Suffield FD (CT), Fire Chief, VCOS Chair
• Norvin Collins, San Juan Island FandR (WA), Fire Chief, VCOS Board Member
• Al Yancey, Minooka FD (IL), Fire Chief, VCOS Board Member
• Marianne Casey, USFA
• Marion Long, USFA
• Dwight Crews, USFA
• Jim Heeschen, USFA
• David Millstein, USFA

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