Can you useNFIRS to planyour year?

It's no secret that you don't work thesame type of call all year long.

Much like seasons, call typeschange during the year.

Grass fire season, structure fire season, iceseason, tornado season, cooking fire season....

The list goes on,

but the timing isn't always the same.

Do you know when your seasons are?

Without guessing....

It's easy for calls to blend together

or fade away.

If you knew approximately what wascoming, what would that mean?

Targeted training with refreshers on theupcoming season,

checking equipment (before you need it),

and making sure you'll have enoughcoverage when vacations are scheduled?

Could you remind your public aboutupcoming dangers (and thawing turkeysprior to deep-frying)

or let your staff know about anupcoming peak in vehicle accidents?

Maybesomethingfeels off.

Past trends show that yes, you really areworking a higher number of grass firesalong a certain road,

Or false alarms are definitely rising at thehigh school after installing a differentalarm system.

You've written reports on all your calls,and you can reap the benefits.

Every NFIRS report is information.

How will you use it?

Hello!This is only a short list of MANY ways youcan put NFIRS to work for you. I'm oftentold that departments aren't getting enoughuse out of NFIRS and I enjoy helping themput the System to work. If you have anycomments I'd love to hear from you! -Sara

sara.wood@ksfm.ks.gov