Fire service data system update –
“The new NERIS platform will replace the legacy data system known as the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)…NERIS will fulfill the USFA’s National Fire Data Center’s obligation under the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-498) to mitigate the fire problem, reduce loss of life and property, and educate the public on fire prevention and protection, as well as effects of all hazards.”
Media Release: Six fire departments onboarded onto the new National Emergency Response Information System (fema.gov)
“A new CPSC report shows that the upward trend in non-fire carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning deaths from consumer products, including portable generators and heating appliances, continued for the 11-year period from 2010 to 2020. The estimated number of non-fire CO poisoning deaths associated with consumer products under CPSC’s jurisdiction rose to an all-time high of 254 in 2019. Although there were fewer estimated deaths, 211, in 2020, that number otherwise exceeds all earlier years in the period.”
Stay Safe, While Staying Warm This Winter; CPSC Warns Consumers to be Cautious When Using Generators, Furnaces and Space Heaters | CPSC.gov
“The DOH’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Program reveals that 89 statewide emergency department visits for carbon monoxide poisonings were reported from the National Syndromic Surveillance Program from Oct. 1, 2023, to date, according to a news release. Additionally, within the same period, there was one fatality of a male in his 50s from Chaves County.”
State records 89 emergency visits, one fatality due to carbon monoxide poisoning | | rdrnews.com
“Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning deaths increased from 2015-2021 for the first time in four decades.”
Carbon monoxide poisoning mortality in the United States from 2015-2021 – PubMed (nih.gov)
New data page on CPSC website with links to all CO-related research and statistical reports
Carbon Monoxide | CPSC.gov
“The new NERIS platform will replace the legacy data system known as the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) with a secure, cloud-hosted platform.”
Media Advisory: USFA Announces New Fire Information Platform (fema.gov)
“For 2019, there were an estimated 250 consumer product-related CO deaths in the United States – greater than any other year in the report. Engine-Driven Tools (EDTs), including generators, were associated with the largest percentage of non-fire CO poisoning deaths for 2019. The report shows that since 2009, portable generators alone have been associated with an estimated 765 non-fire CO poisoning deaths, accounting for 40 percent of all CO deaths related to consumer products under CPSC’s jurisdiction.”
New CPSC Report Shows Upward Trend in Carbon Monoxide (CO) Fatalities | CPSC.gov
“From 2017 to 2021 the Washington State fire service reported 3,165 incidents related to carbon monoxide.”
Podcast –
“What is the NFIRS and why is it important? AAIS’s Senior Risk Strategy Lead, Dr. Matt Hinds-Aldrich teamed up with Tom Louis from First Due to discuss why reporting fire data still matters and why it needs to improve to meet the needs of the 21st-century fire service…The two begin their discussion with a bit of a history lesson on what NFIRS was originally created to solve going back to the legendary “America Burning” report and the subsequent federal legislation in the late 1970s. Since the 1970s, the way fire departments collect, share, and utilize data has changed dramatically. This has led some to wonder whether NFIRS has kept up with these changes. Dr. Hinds-Aldrich emphasizes the continued importance of NFIRS and the areas where it needs to improve.”
#NFIRS
Why Reporting Fire Data is Still Important (aaisonline.com)
“How do governments measure the incidence and prevalence of diseases for planning and resource allocation? How can researchers collect information on health conditions or their risk factors? The answer is the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)…
ICD-11 helps improve CO poisoning documentation thanks to the additional level of detail that was not previously possible…”
Jenkins Foundation hotel incident data is included in this new NFPA Fire Protection Research Foundation report which gives a comprehensive look at CO data collection in the U.S., with a focus on commercial building exposure incidents.
Carbon Monoxide Incidents: A Review of the Data Landscape (nfpa.org)
UK –
“Speakers considered the new ICD-11 coding system – exploring how best it can be used, what steps may be needed to ensure that efficacy, and whether there are further steps that may, in the future, be introduced which would maximise the value of the data collected.”
ICD-11 – A Roundtable discussion on the mortality and morbidity of carbon monoxide poisoning | CO Research (coresearchtrust.org)
In 1998, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Iowa State University (ISU) Extension Department, with the assistance of local health departments, investigated a series of carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings associated with the use of liquified petroleum gas (LPG)-powered forklifts in light industry. In each episode, forklifts emitting high CO concentration levels were operated in inadequately ventilated warehouse and production facilities, which resulted in high CO accumulations. Employees at each site developed symptoms of CO poisoning, and some employees received inadequate or inappropriate medical care. This report summarizes the investigations and provides recommendations to prevent such incidents.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4849a2.htm
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