NEFIRS - Web Reports

USFA has developed several reports utilizing the collected NFIRS data. Many of these reports can be found on our website, www.sfm.ne.gov , click on Statistics – Fire. In order to run these reports for your department you must (1) be a registered user (if you are using the Federal Data Entry Tool to enter your reports you are a registered user), (2) have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, (3) meet the requirements outlined on the web page in the next paragraph, and (4) have experience with computer programs and querying data.

Registered users may go to www.nfirs.fema.gov/webtools/webreports . Please read the information on this page to make sure you have all the necessary components to run the reports. If you meet the criteria, click on the Summary Output Reports Tool Documentation link on the left. This documentation explains all the available reports, what data is included and what the parameters are to run the report. Follow the instructions to download the manual.

After downloading is complete, click on the Summary Output Reports Tool Login link on the left. Enter the username, state (NE) and password used to access the Data Entry Tool. NOTE: If you are not currently a registered user of the Federal Data Entry Tool, you must first go to www.nfirs.fema.gov , click on the User Section and then User Registration and create an account. Your username should be the fire department name (no spaces or special characters) or your FDID number. The password must be at least eight characters with at least one being a number. Once you have registered, your account will need to be activated your account and set the appropriate permissions BEFORE you can access the web reporting tool.

Once you have logged in, you will see a screen that lists all the reports. Click on the report you want to run. You will then have a screen appear where you need to enter the parameters for the report – date ranges, whether to include all reports or just valid or invalid reports; use only 4.1 reports (2003 and before), 5.0 reports (1999 to present) or both; include all reports, only released reports or only unreleased reports (reports are released at least quarterly to allow USFA access to the data). You should always run your reports with this parameter set to All to be sure all reports that have been entered are included. Click on the dot before Nebraska then the one before the county and place a check next to your department’s name. You will only be able to run reports for your department.

The amount of time it takes to run a report will vary depending on the report and how many other users are running reports at the time. Some will run within minutes and others will take hours. When finished the report appears on the Completed Reports tab. You may want to run the report and then log out and come back later to retrieve the finished report instead of staying logged on until it finishes.

Once it appears on the Completed Reports tab, click on the report to open. You can either look at the report online or save it to your hard drive by clicking on PDF/Printing if you want to save it for future use and/or print it off. On the next screen, click All and then click Save PDF. A window will appear asking if you want to Open, Save or Cancel. Click Save. The Save As window will then appear. Choose where you want to save the file. Change the filename to something more meaningful than the default report name. Click Save.

Click the X’s on the right to close out of the screens and get back to the Reporting screen. From here you may run additional reports or logout if you are finished.