NFIRS is gone, NERIS is here
The U.S. Fire Administration, with the Fire Safety Research Institute, retired NFIRS in February 2026. All incident submission now runs through NERIS, an all-hazards platform covering fire, EMS-adjacent, and wildland urban interface incidents.
Capture it once, in the field
Crews document the incident on the same rugged tablets they use for patient care reporting. No second system, no retyping the run into a web portal after the call. Agency business rules can ensure the proper apparatus crew or officer completes their portion of the NERIS incident report, so every crew finishes its part before the report moves on.
Dual-role crews, one unified platform
Fire-based EMS personnel document EMS calls and fire incidents with the same familiar tools, while administrators keep QA, compliance, and reporting visibility in Control Center.
Why departments choose MetroPCR
Flexible enough for any department. Strong enough for demanding systems.
Made for fire-based EMS
From major metro systems to hometown volunteer departments, MetroPCR adapts to how your department actually documents, instead of forcing one rigid workflow on every agency.
Run by people who have done the job
MetroPCR is privately owned and built by former fire and EMS professionals. When the national standard changes, as it just did, you want a vendor that picks up, listens, and adapts rapidly, not an 18-month roadmap.
Common questions
What departments ask about NERIS.
What does NERIS V1 Compatible mean?
NERIS V1 Compatible is the official designation from FSRI for software verified through its compatibility process to reliably integrate with the NERIS API. Verified vendors appear on the official NERIS integration partners list, where you can find MetroPCR.
Does MetroPCR support NERIS reporting?
Yes. MetroPCR is NERIS V1 Compatible and appears on the official NERIS integration partners list maintained by FSRI, meaning the platform reliably integrates with the NERIS API. Crews capture the incident once in the field and the report moves forward without hand-keying data into the NERIS site.
Is a tablet the only way to complete NERIS reports?
No. Crews can complete NERIS reports on the same field device they use for ePCR documentation, or staff can complete reports from a computer through a standard web browser.
Can crews document EMS and fire incidents on one unified platform?
Yes. MetroPCR supports dual-role personnel with EMS patient care reporting and fire incident documentation on one unified platform, so departments do not need separate systems. Agencies can also create their own business logic for both NEMSIS and NERIS reporting, ensuring the proper crew or officer appropriately completes their portion of each report.
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Field documentation, compliance, offline reliability, QA, billing exports, and device management, all on one unified platform.