Illinois fire departments are beginning the transition to the National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS), “a secure, cloud-based platform built to modernize how emergency incidents are reported and analyzed,” the Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office stated in a news release.

Departments across the country are onboarding to NERIS as part of a phased national rollout led by the U.S. Fire Administration, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate and the Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI), part of UL Research Institutes, the release stated.

NERIS is replacing the 40-year-old National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS), to provide local agencies with timely data tools, location-based analytics, and flexible options for incident reporting—a

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