We are looking for information, with complete references, about which
fire departments participate in the National Fire Incident Reporting
System (NFIRS).  We know the number and national percentage, but we
are looking to find out specifically which fire departments
participate, as a complete list.  If you know the percentage of fire
departments within each of the 50 states that participate, or the
percentage of fire departments within each of the counties in the
U.S., that would suffice as well.

Dear ar12345-ga;

Thank you for allowing me to answer your interesting question.
According to the US Fire Administration, ?As of the most current,
complete data year (2004), all states are participating in NFIRS. The
District of Columbia is not a participant. The ?state? of Arizona does
not participate in NFIRS but Arizona's fire departments do by
reporting directly to USFA.? With that in mind, clearly all
departments (except DC) that participate in the US Fire Administration
reporting, while not directly reporting to NFIRS themselves, do have
their reports submitted to NFIRS by way of USFA.

Here is the list of reporting agencies NATIONWIDE including their
names, counties, contact information AND their individual FDID
numbers. From the looks of it this source appears to answer your
question nicely and as accurately as possible:

US FIRE ADMINISTRATION
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/applications/census/download.cfm
(4.7 MBytes, text file)

The text file will open in your Web browser. To save the file:

-- Select File, Save As (Save Page As). 

-- Change the Save As Type to "Text File (*.txt)." 

-- Rename the file to a name you prefer. 

-- Select Save.

If you need addition help you can consult this guide:

INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPENING TAB DELIMITED CENSUS TEXT FILES IN EXCEL
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/applications/census/excelhelp.cfm

Data for the following US territories are listed separately through
the source cited below if you are interested in data pertinent to
these areas as well:

American Samoa 
Federated States of Micronesia 
Guam 
Marshall Islands 
Northern Mariana Islands 
Puerto Rico 
Republic of Palau 
Virgin Islands

USFA NATIONAL FIRE DEPARTMENT CENSUS
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/applications/census/states.cfm


I hope you find that my answer exceeds your expectations. If you have
any questions about my research please post a clarification request
prior to rating the answer. Otherwise I welcome your rating and your
final comments and I look forward to working with you again in the
near future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.

Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga ? Google Answers Researcher



INFORMATION SOURCES

USFA NATIONAL FIRE DEPARTMENT CENSUS
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/applications/census/states.cfm



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