Fire Service Casualty Report

The Fire Service Casualty Report (NFIRS-5) is used to report injuries, deaths, or exposures to fire service personnel that occur in conjunction with any incident response.

An exposure occurs when fire service personnel come in contact with a toxic substance or harmful physical agent through any route of entry into the body (e.g., inhalation, ingestion, skin absorption, or direct contact). Exposures can be reported regardless of the presence of clinical signs and symptoms.

An exposure fire is NOT the same as an exposure to personnel.