Incident Recording System (IRS)

The Incident Recording System (IRS) is a national project led by Communities and Local Government. Every FRS should be using the IRS by 31 March 2009.

With the active engagement of fire and rescue services (FRSs) and other stakeholders this project will enable the data on all incidents attended by the UK Fire and Rescue Service to be collected electronically and verified at source, improving on the timeliness and accuracy of the current manual collection.

The IRS will modernise the existing fire and rescue incident data collection system by radically changing methods of data collection to meet new business needs, replacing manual data input of paper records with a fully automated electronic data capture system. This will provide better data for the FRS's Integrated Risk Management Plans (IRMPs) and Best Value Performance indicators (BVPIs). The system will also supply the future data requirements of the Fire Service Emergency Cover project (FSEC), Neighbourhood Statistics (NeSS) and underpinning research and development.

IRS will interface seamlessly with the nine Regional Control Centres (RCC) in England as they go live. FiReControl will use the IRS XML Schema. FRSs don't have to wait for FiReControl to start using the IRS System, but will need to decide when they intend to move across to the System and plan appropriately.

IRS Goes Live

FRSs can use the training environment within the IRS System. To access the training environment you need a User Account which is available through the IRS Helpdesk - please contact IRShelp@communities.gsi.gov.uk to get your User Account details. The training environment is identical to the live production system of the IRS.

For further information please contact Firestatsprojectoffice@communities.gsi.gov.uk, or visit the FRS Online link on the right hand side of this page.