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NERIS incident type lookup
All 128 NERIS incident types, across7 top-level categories and 22 second-level ones. Search by anything: "chimney", "cardiac", "cancelled", or a code fragment like VEHICLE_FIRE.
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Fire → Structure Fire → Room and Contents Fire
FIRE||STRUCTURE_FIRE||ROOM_AND_CONTENTS_FIRE
Fire → Structure Fire → Structural Involvement Fire
FIRE||STRUCTURE_FIRE||STRUCTURAL_INVOLVEMENT_FIRE
Fire → Structure Fire → Confined Cooking Appliance Fire
FIRE||STRUCTURE_FIRE||CONFINED_COOKING_APPLIANCE_FIRE
Fire → Structure Fire → Chimney Fire
FIRE||STRUCTURE_FIRE||CHIMNEY_FIRE
Fire → Outside Fire → Vegetation/Grass Fire
FIRE||OUTSIDE_FIRE||VEGETATION_GRASS_FIRE
Fire → Outside Fire → Wildfire/Wildland
FIRE||OUTSIDE_FIRE||WILDFIRE_WILDLAND
Fire → Outside Fire → Wildfire Urban Interface
FIRE||OUTSIDE_FIRE||WILDFIRE_URBAN_INTERFACE
Fire → Outside Fire → Trash/Rubbish Fire
FIRE||OUTSIDE_FIRE||TRASH_RUBBISH_FIRE
Fire → Outside Fire → Dumpster/Outdoor Container Fire
FIRE||OUTSIDE_FIRE||DUMPSTER_OUTDOOR_CONTAINER_FIRE
Fire → Outside Fire → Outside Tank Fire
FIRE||OUTSIDE_FIRE||OUTSIDE_TANK_FIRE
Fire → Outside Fire → Construction Waste
FIRE||OUTSIDE_FIRE||CONSTRUCTION_WASTE
Fire → Outside Fire → Utility/Infrastructure Fire
FIRE||OUTSIDE_FIRE||UTILITY_INFRASTRUCTURE_FIRE
Fire → Outside Fire → Other Outside Fire
FIRE||OUTSIDE_FIRE||OTHER_OUTSIDE_FIRE
Fire → Transportation Fire → Vehicle Fire (Passenger)
FIRE||TRANSPORTATION_FIRE||VEHICLE_FIRE_PASSENGER
Fire → Transportation Fire → Vehicle Fire (Commercial)
FIRE||TRANSPORTATION_FIRE||VEHICLE_FIRE_COMMERCIAL
Fire → Transportation Fire → Vehicle Fire (RV)
FIRE||TRANSPORTATION_FIRE||VEHICLE_FIRE_RV
Fire → Transportation Fire → Vehicle Fire (Food Truck)
FIRE||TRANSPORTATION_FIRE||VEHICLE_FIRE_FOOD_TRUCK
Fire → Transportation Fire → Aircraft Fire
FIRE||TRANSPORTATION_FIRE||AIRCRAFT_FIRE
Fire → Transportation Fire → Boat/Watercraft/Barge Fire
FIRE||TRANSPORTATION_FIRE||BOAT_PERSONAL_WATERCRAFT_BARGE_FIRE
Fire → Transportation Fire → Powered Mobility Device Fire
FIRE||TRANSPORTATION_FIRE||POWERED_MOBILITY_DEVICE_FIRE
Fire → Transportation Fire → Train/Rail Fire
FIRE||TRANSPORTATION_FIRE||TRAIN_RAIL_FIRE
Fire → Special Fire → Energy Storage System Fire
FIRE||SPECIAL_FIRE||ESS_FIRE
Fire → Special Fire → Explosion
FIRE||SPECIAL_FIRE||EXPLOSION
Fire → Special Fire → Infrastructure Fire
FIRE||SPECIAL_FIRE||INFRASTRUCTURE_FIRE
Medical → Illness → Abdominal Pain
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||ABDOMINAL_PAIN
Medical → Illness → Allergic Reaction/Stings
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||ALLERGIC_REACTION_STINGS
Medical → Illness → Altered Mental Status
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||ALTERED_MENTAL_STATUS
Medical → Illness → Back Pain (Non-Trauma)
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||BACK_PAIN_NON_TRAUMA
Medical → Illness → Breathing Problems
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||BREATHING_PROBLEMS
Medical → Illness → Cardiac Arrest
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||CARDIAC_ARREST
Medical → Illness → Chest Pain (Non-Trauma)
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||CHEST_PAIN_NON_TRAUMA
Medical → Illness → Convulsions/Seizures
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||CONVULSIONS_SEIZURES
Medical → Illness → Diabetic Problems
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||DIABETIC_PROBLEMS
Medical → Illness → Headache
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||HEADACHE
Medical → Illness → Heart Problems
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||HEART_PROBLEMS
Medical → Illness → Nausea/Vomiting
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||NAUSEA_VOMITING
Medical → Illness → Overdose
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||OVERDOSE
Medical → Illness → Pandemic/Epidemic Outbreak
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||PANDEMIC_EPIDEMIC_OUTBREAK
Medical → Illness → Pregnancy/Childbirth
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||PREGNANCY_CHILDBIRTH
Medical → Illness → Psychological/Behavioral Issues
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||PSYCHOLOGICAL_BEHAVIOR_ISSUES
Medical → Illness → Sick Case
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||SICK_CASE
Medical → Illness → Stroke/CVA
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||STROKE_CVA
Medical → Illness → Unconscious Victim
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||UNCONSCIOUS_VICTIM
Medical → Illness → Unknown Problem
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||UNKNOWN_PROBLEM
Medical → Illness → Well Person Check
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||WELL_PERSON_CHECK
Medical → Illness → No Appropriate Choice
MEDICAL||ILLNESS||NO_APPROPRIATE_CHOICE
Medical → Injury → Animal Bites
MEDICAL||INJURY||ANIMAL_BITES
Medical → Injury → Assault
MEDICAL||INJURY||ASSAULT
Medical → Injury → Burns/Explosion
MEDICAL||INJURY||BURNS_EXPLOSION
Medical → Injury → Choking
MEDICAL||INJURY||CHOKING
Medical → Injury → Carbon Monoxide/Inhalation Injury
MEDICAL||INJURY||CARBON_MONOXIDE_OTHER_INHALATION_INJURY
Medical → Injury → Drowning/Diving/Scuba Accident
MEDICAL||INJURY||DROWNING_DIVING_SCUBA_ACCIDENT
Medical → Injury → Electrocution
MEDICAL||INJURY||ELECTROCUTION
Medical → Injury → Eye Trauma
MEDICAL||INJURY||EYE_TRAUMA
Medical → Injury → Fall
MEDICAL||INJURY||FALL
Medical → Injury → Gunshot Wound
MEDICAL||INJURY||GUNSHOT_WOUND
Medical → Injury → Heat/Cold Exposure
MEDICAL||INJURY||HEAT_COLD_EXPOSURE
Medical → Injury → Hemorrhage/Laceration
MEDICAL||INJURY||HEMORRHAGE_LACERATION
Medical → Injury → Industrial/Inaccessible Entrapment
MEDICAL||INJURY||INDUSTRIAL_INACCESSIBLE_ENTRAPMENT
Medical → Injury → Motor Vehicle Collision
MEDICAL||INJURY||MOTOR_VEHICLE_COLLISION
Medical → Injury → Other Traumatic Injury
MEDICAL||INJURY||OTHER_TRAUMATIC_INJURY
Medical → Injury → Poisoning
MEDICAL||INJURY||POISONING
Medical → Injury → Stab/Penetrating Trauma
MEDICAL||INJURY||STAB_PENETRATING_TRAUMA
Medical → Other Medical → Healthcare Professional Admission
MEDICAL||OTHER||HEALTHCARE_PROFESSIONAL_ADMISSION
Medical → Other Medical → Medical Alarm
MEDICAL||OTHER||MEDICAL_ALARM
Medical → Other Medical → Standby Request
MEDICAL||OTHER||STANDBY_REQUEST
Medical → Other Medical → Transfer/Interfacility
MEDICAL||OTHER||TRANSFER_INTERFACILITY
Medical → Other Medical → Air Medical Transport
MEDICAL||OTHER||AIRMEDICAL_TRANSPORT
Medical → Other Medical → Intercept Other Unit
MEDICAL||OTHER||INTERCEPT_OTHER_UNIT
Medical → Other Medical → Community/Public Health
MEDICAL||OTHER||COMMUNITY_PUBLIC_HEALTH
Hazardous Situation → Non-Chemical Hazard → Bomb Threat / Suspicious Package
HAZSIT||HAZARD_NONCHEM||BOMB_THREAT_RESPONSE_SUSPICIOUS_PACKAGE
Hazardous Situation → Non-Chemical Hazard → Power Line Down / Arcing / Malfunction
HAZSIT||HAZARD_NONCHEM||ELEC_POWER_LINE_DOWN_ARCHING_MALFUNC
Hazardous Situation → Non-Chemical Hazard → Electrical Hazard / Short Circuit
HAZSIT||HAZARD_NONCHEM||ELEC_HAZARD_SHORT_CIRCUIT
Hazardous Situation → Non-Chemical Hazard → Motor Vehicle Collision
HAZSIT||HAZARD_NONCHEM||MOTOR_VEHICLE_COLLISION
Hazardous Situation → Hazardous Materials → Fuel Spill/Odor
HAZSIT||HAZARDOUS_MATERIALS||FUEL_SPILL_ODOR
Hazardous Situation → Hazardous Materials → Gas Leak/Odor
HAZSIT||HAZARDOUS_MATERIALS||GAS_LEAK_ODOR
Hazardous Situation → Hazardous Materials → Carbon Monoxide Release
HAZSIT||HAZARDOUS_MATERIALS||CARBON_MONOXIDE_RELEASE
Hazardous Situation → Hazardous Materials → Biological Release Incident
HAZSIT||HAZARDOUS_MATERIALS||BIOLOGICAL_RELEASE_INCIDENT
Hazardous Situation → Hazardous Materials → Radioactive Release Incident
HAZSIT||HAZARDOUS_MATERIALS||RADIOACTIVE_RELEASE_INCIDENT
Hazardous Situation → Hazardous Materials → Hazmat Release (Transport)
HAZSIT||HAZARDOUS_MATERIALS||HAZMAT_RELEASE_TRANSPORT
Hazardous Situation → Hazardous Materials → Hazmat Release (Facility)
HAZSIT||HAZARDOUS_MATERIALS||HAZMAT_RELEASE_FACILITY
Hazardous Situation → Overpressure → Rupture Without Fire
HAZSIT||OVERPRESSURE||RUPTURE_WITHOUT_FIRE
Hazardous Situation → Overpressure → No Rupture
HAZSIT||OVERPRESSURE||NO_RUPTURE
Hazardous Situation → Investigation → Odor Investigation
HAZSIT||INVESTIGATION||ODOR
Hazardous Situation → Investigation → Smoke Investigation
HAZSIT||INVESTIGATION||SMOKE_INVESTIGATION
Rescue → Outside Rescue → Backcountry Rescue
RESCUE||OUTSIDE||BACKCOUNTRY_RESCUE
Rescue → Outside Rescue → Confined Space Rescue
RESCUE||OUTSIDE||CONFINED_SPACE_RESCUE
Rescue → Outside Rescue → Trench
RESCUE||OUTSIDE||TRENCH
Rescue → Outside Rescue → Extrication (Entrapped)
RESCUE||OUTSIDE||EXTRICATION_ENTRAPPED
Rescue → Outside Rescue → High Angle Rescue
RESCUE||OUTSIDE||HIGH_ANGLE_RESCUE
Rescue → Outside Rescue → Low Angle Rescue
RESCUE||OUTSIDE||LOW_ANGLE_RESCUE
Rescue → Outside Rescue → Steep Angle Rescue
RESCUE||OUTSIDE||STEEP_ANGLE_RESCUE
Rescue → Outside Rescue → Limited/No Access
RESCUE||OUTSIDE||LIMITED_NO_ACCESS
Rescue → Structure Rescue → Building/Structure Collapse
RESCUE||STRUCTURE||BUILDING_STRUCTURE_COLLAPSE
Rescue → Structure Rescue → Confined Space Rescue
RESCUE||STRUCTURE||CONFINED_SPACE_RESCUE
Rescue → Structure Rescue → Elevator/Escalator Rescue
RESCUE||STRUCTURE||ELEVATOR_ESCALATOR_RESCUE
Rescue → Structure Rescue → Extrication (Entrapped)
RESCUE||STRUCTURE||EXTRICATION_ENTRAPPED
Rescue → Transportation Rescue → Motor Vehicle Extrication (Entrapped)
RESCUE||TRANSPORTATION||MOTOR_VEHICLE_EXTRICATION_ENTRAPPED
Rescue → Transportation Rescue → Train/Rail Collision/Derailment
RESCUE||TRANSPORTATION||TRAIN_RAIL_COLLISION_DERAILMENT
Rescue → Transportation Rescue → Aviation Collision/Crash
RESCUE||TRANSPORTATION||AVIATION_COLLISION_CRASH
Rescue → Transportation Rescue → Aviation Standby
RESCUE||TRANSPORTATION||AVIATION_STANDBY
Rescue → Water Rescue → Person in Water (Standing)
RESCUE||WATER||PERSON_IN_WATER_STANDING
Rescue → Water Rescue → Person in Water (Swiftwater)
RESCUE||WATER||PERSON_IN_WATER_SWIFTWATER
Rescue → Water Rescue → Watercraft in Distress
RESCUE||WATER||WATERCRAFT_IN_DISTRESS
Public Service → Citizen Assist → Lost Person
PUBSERV||CITIZEN_ASSIST||LOST_PERSON
Public Service → Citizen Assist → Person in Distress
PUBSERV||CITIZEN_ASSIST||PERSON_IN_DISTRESS
Public Service → Citizen Assist → Citizen Assist/Service Call
PUBSERV||CITIZEN_ASSIST||CITIZEN_ASSIST_SERVICE_CALL
Public Service → Citizen Assist → Lift Assist
PUBSERV||CITIZEN_ASSIST||LIFT_ASSIST
Public Service → Alarms (Non-Medical) → Fire Alarm
PUBSERV||ALARMS_NONMED||FIRE_ALARM
Public Service → Alarms (Non-Medical) → Gas Alarm
PUBSERV||ALARMS_NONMED||GAS_ALARM
Public Service → Alarms (Non-Medical) → CO Alarm
PUBSERV||ALARMS_NONMED||CO_ALARM
Public Service → Alarms (Non-Medical) → Other Alarm
PUBSERV||ALARMS_NONMED||OTHER_ALARM
Public Service → Disaster/Weather → Damage Assessment
PUBSERV||DISASTER_WEATHER||DAMAGE_ASSESSMENT
Public Service → Disaster/Weather → Weather Response
PUBSERV||DISASTER_WEATHER||WEATHER_RESPONSE
Public Service → Other Public Service → Move Up
PUBSERV||OTHER||MOVE_UP
Public Service → Other Public Service → Standby
PUBSERV||OTHER||STANDBY
Public Service → Other Public Service → Damaged Hydrant
PUBSERV||OTHER||DAMAGED_HYDRANT
No Emergency → False Alarm → Intentional False Alarm
NOEMERG||FALSE_ALARM||INTENTIONAL_FALSE_ALARM
No Emergency → False Alarm → Malfunctioning Alarm
NOEMERG||FALSE_ALARM||MALFUNCTIONING_ALARM
No Emergency → False Alarm → Accidental Alarm
NOEMERG||FALSE_ALARM||ACCIDENTAL_ALARM
No Emergency → False Alarm → Other False Call
NOEMERG||FALSE_ALARM||OTHER_FALSE_CALL
No Emergency → False Alarm → Bomb Scare
NOEMERG||FALSE_ALARM||BOMB_SCARE
No Emergency → Good Intent → No Incident Found / Location Error
NOEMERG||GOOD_INTENT||NO_INCIDENT_FOUND_LOCATION_ERROR
No Emergency → Good Intent → Controlled Burning (Authorized)
NOEMERG||GOOD_INTENT||CONTROLLED_BURNING_AUTHORIZED
No Emergency → Good Intent → Smoke from Non-Hostile Source
NOEMERG||GOOD_INTENT||SMOKE_FROM_NONHOSTILE_SOURCE
No Emergency → Good Intent → Investigate Hazardous Release
NOEMERG||GOOD_INTENT||INVESTIGATE_HAZARDOUS_RELEASE
No Emergency → Cancelled
NOEMERG||CANCELLED
Law Enforcement Support
LAWENFORCE
How to read a code
A NERIS incident type is up to three levels, joined with a double pipe in the API payload:
FIRE||STRUCTURE_FIRE||ROOM_AND_CONTENTS_FIRE
Not every type goes three deep. NOEMERG||CANCELLED stops at two levels and LAWENFORCE is a single value with no sub-levels at all. Those are complete types, not truncated ones.
An incident can carry more than one type, with one marked primary. A car into a pole with a patient and a wire down is not a filing dilemma; it is several types on one incident.
Where this list comes from
Generated from the enum tables our own submission code uses, which were transcribed from the NERIS v1 schema. It is the same list the app validates against before it files anything; if a code here were wrong, our submissions would be rejected too.
The authoritative source is NERIS itself: the NERIS data dictionary and technical reference. If you find a discrepancy, NERIS is right and we want to know: this table is only useful if it is exact.
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