Fire chiefs and planners at small and mid-size departments
Free checklist for a fire department standards of cover and community risk assessment: hazards, stations, response baselines and NERIS data.
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The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Emergency operations plan door.
Modeled on: CPSE Commission on Fire Accreditation International model (community risk assessment and standards of cover)
From public data
was the final date for NFIRS, the national fire incident reporting system; it has retired and USFA has moved incident reporting to NERIS
Source: U.S. Fire Administration, NFIRS
Draft an emergency operations plan and continuity plan for a small county, town, district or tribe, in FEMA's CPG 101 structure. Free to read.
Questions
In CPSE's accreditation model, it's where the community and the fire department agree on the identified risk and the baseline level of performance the department can deliver. Paired with the community risk assessment, it guides benchmark goals and improvement plans.
The U.S. Fire Administration lists January 31, 2026 as the final date for NFIRS and says it has retired. USFA's transition is to NERIS, the National Emergency Response Information System, for all-hazards incident reporting and analytics.
Yes. CPSE says an agency seeking accreditation must measure both fire and non-fire risk throughout its service area, recognize all hazards, and sort them in a way that reflects what the community will support and afford.
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Which jurisdiction is the plan for?
Which service territory does the plan cover?
What's the name of your burn unit?
Where is the home?
Where is the lot you're building on?
Which community or fire district is it for?
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