NOTE: You should be able to access the reports without logging in, but please let us know if you have any difficulty.
Finding a Report
- Start at the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) Fire and Life Safety Incidents archive.
- Then click on Identified Events.
- You have two options for finding incident reports.
- You can search for a known incident in the Search within box.
- Or you can select a specific decade folder to review incident reports from those years.
- If you select a decade folder, you can then review available incident reports. Incident reports are listed in order of newest to oldest incidents.
Accessing the Reports and Materials
- When you click on a specific incident, you will see the materials available for that specific incident.
- Usually a report will be listed, but sometimes you will find video or other materials.
- Select the report option, to be taken to the incident's fire investigation report.
- Once you select the incident link, you will be take to a PDF of the incident. You can read the PDF online or download to your computer.
Request an Incident Report
It might sometimes turn out you have a citation for an incident report that doesn’t appear in the list. In this case, you can file a research request with NFPA and they will send you the report via email.
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Scroll to the bottom of the screen and select “Contact the Library.”
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Complete the request form. Be sure to include the name of the fire or incident and any citation information you may have.
Please note that requests may take some time to process, potentially 1-2 weeks or more. Be sure to start your work early to account for this.
