Statewide transition to new, national emergency reporting system has launched

SACRAMENTO — Cal Fire's Office of the State Fire Marshal recently announced that fire departments across the state are beginning the transition to the National Emergency Response Information System — a secure, cloud-based platform built to modernize how emergency incidents are reported and analyzed.

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

NERIS is replacing the 40-year-old National Fire Incident Reporting System and will provide local agencies with timely data tools, location-based analytics and flexible options for incident reporting at n