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NFIRS Auto-Draft

Closing the CAD call generates the NFIRS draft. Officer reviews, edits, signs. State submission file generated. No double entry, no re-keying.

NERIS V1 ready CAD time pull Auto-populated State submission
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NFIRS Basic Module form, half-populated. Times, location, units, apparatus filled in (highlighted in tone-out). Narrative field empty for officer to complete. Status indicator showing "Draft — auto-generated from incident #24-001847".

What it does

The draft is already there when you open the report.

Closing a CAD call usually means a paramedic or officer sits down later and types every time, every unit, every address, every apparatus number into the NFIRS form. The data already exists in CAD. The data has to be re-keyed because the systems don't talk.

Watchroom's NFIRS draft is generated the moment you close the CAD call. Every CAD-known field is pre-populated. The officer fills in what only a human can — narrative, cause, exposures — then reviews, signs, and submits.

How it works

Three things that change.

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NFIRS draft with auto-populated fields highlighted

Auto-populated from CAD

Times (alarm, en route, on scene, last unit clear), location, FDID, units dispatched, apparatus, civilian casualty count — all from CAD.

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NFIRS module selector with conditional visibility

All 11 NFIRS modules

Basic, Fire, Structure, Civilian Casualty, Apparatus, Personnel, Arson, EMS, Hazmat, Wildland, Juvenile. Only the modules that apply surface for the incident type.

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State submission file generator UI

State submission file

Generate the .NFIRS file your state expects. NERIS V1 ready for the 2026 transition.

Replaces

Out with the old.

  • ImageTrend Elite
  • FireHouse Software
  • Emergency Reporting
  • Manual NFIRS data entry

Built to the standard

Compliance, baked in.

  • NFIRS 5 (current federal standard)
  • NERIS V1 (2026 transition)
  • State-specific NFIRS variants

Related modules

If NFIRS Auto-Draft fits, these will too.

See NFIRS Auto-Draft on your dept's data.

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