Available Illinois Information

We have received reports from departments that their NFIRS exports were rejected. To resolve the reported issues:

1. Enter FDIDs for all investigating agencies that give mutual aid. As soon as you add the FDID to the Investigating Agency lookup code and re-export the incidents, additional information that the state fire marshal’s office requires is included. Access the Investigating Agency lookup codes via the Tools menu Lookup Codes option then selecting the Incident Report Codes category Departments and Investigating Agencies category.
2. Require Property Loss and Content Loss values:

• From Administration menu > System Rules and Default Values.
• Click Inc_main table, then click Setup.
• Click INC_MAIN.PROP_LOSS, then click Add.
• Select Require Field then click OK.
• Uncheck Require field always then type “No_Prop_Loss=.F.” (no quotes).
• Press OK.
• Highlight INC_MAIN.CONT_LOSS, then click Add.
• Select Require Field then click OK.
• Uncheck Require field always, then type “No_Cont_Loss=.F.” (no quotes).
• Press OK.
• Press OK.
• Press Close.

(Last updated 4/22/06)