69A-66.004. Submission of Fire Incident Data.

Data may be submitted to the FFIRS Section using the following methods:

(1) Fire protection agencies using the Federal Client Tool in an online capacity must enter and save their data from their agency’s personal computers directly into the NFIRS database. Fire protection agencies using the Federal Client Tool in an off-line capacity must enter and save their data on their agency’s personal computers but must forward it to the FFIRS Section by emailing the report as an attachment to [e-mail], or saving it to a compact disk or diskette and mailing it to the FFIRS Section for the data to be imported into the NFIRS database.

(2) Fire protection agencies using third party vendor software must enter the data directly into their agency’s computers using this software. For the data to be imported to the NFIRS database, the reports must be either emailed as an attachment to [e-mail], or saved to a compact disk or diskette and mailed to the FFIRS Section.

(3) Annual Summaries are a standardized form which may be completed and forwarded to the FFIRS Section by fire protection agencies. The use of Summaries is discouraged because the summary does not give specific fire related data and also because it does not comply with Federal Grant responsibilities or allow for entry into the NFIRS database.

Rulemaking Authority 633.104, 633.136 FS. Law Implemented 633.136 FS. History–New 2-8-06, Amended 5-14-15.