Configure Fire Accreditation Analysis

In this topic, you'll learn how to configure the Fire Accreditation Analysis solution to meet the specific needs in your organization.

Organize your data

Fire Accreditation Analysis uses your data to generate maps based on the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) Accreditation Model Information Technology Specifications. Before you open the Fire Accreditation Analysis project, take some time to organize your source data.

Two foundational data sets (geographic planning zones and incidents) are required to complete the analysis workflows in the Fire Accreditation Analysis project.

Geographic planning zones

Geographic planning zones are required to complete analysis workflows in each criterion. They can be fire station response areas, neighborhoods, census tracts, or any other polygonal area. Geographic planning zones must have a unique name to be used in the analysis workflows.

Incidents

The accreditation process requires three to five years of incident data that is typically sourced from your records management system or the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). This historical data can be exported from a system in a comma-delimited text file (CSV file) or spreadsheet and imported into ArcGIS. You need one record per incident; you should not load a record for each responding apparatus. Incident data must have the following fields to be used in the analysis workflows:

Field Alias Name	Description
NFIRS Code	The NFIRS prescribed incident type code that describes the incident, for example 111, 323, or 743.
Call Date	The alarm date and time of the incident, for example, 08/21/2023 22:45.
Incident Year	The year of the alarm date.
Deaths	The number of deaths, both firefighter and civilian, that occurred from incident.
Property Loss	The dollar amount of property loss that resulted from the incident.
Injuries	The number of injuries, both firefighter and civilian, that occurred from the incident.
Total Personnel	The total number of personnel, including suppression, EMS, and other, that responded to the incident.
Address or Longitude, Latitude (x,y)	The full address of the incident or the longitude and latitude.

Additional source data

As you identify the accreditation maps you wish to generate, you may need to organize other source data. In total, the following data is required to complete every analysis workflow in the Fire Accreditation Analysis project:

• Agency service area boundary
• Other service area boundaries (mutual aid, contract areas)
• Fire protection and detection systems
• Occupancy inspections
• Public education programs
• Fire stations
• Fire hydrants
• Critical infrastructure

Much of this data is typically sourced from shapefiles, file geodatabases, or other spatial data your organization manages. If this data is not currently managed in ArcGIS, it can be imported from a comma-delimited text file (CSV file) or spreadsheet. The source data must have the following fields to be used in the analysis workflows:

• Unique identifier
• Address or Longitude, Latitude (x,y)
• Date

Note:

Date is required for public education program and occupancy inspections only.

Other data

The following data is sourced from ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World and used in analysis workflows when you sign in to your ArcGIS organization:

• Population density and growth
• Transportation systems
• Topography, geology, physiology, and climate
• Area land use
• Hazards (natural, environmental, industrial, social and domestic)
• Demographic and socio-economic

Configure Fire Accreditation Viewer

When you open the Fire Accreditation Viewer for the first time, it will include a single section for the Area Characteristics map. Follow the steps below to add additional accreditation map to the Fire Accreditation Viewer.

1. In a browser, sign in to your ArcGIS organization and then browse to the Fire Accreditation Viewer app.
2. From the item page, click Configure.

   Close the Welcome to the App Setup Page splash page, if necessary.

3. Click Portfolio, and then click Add a New Section.
4. Click Browse for content, and then browse to the web map you created in the Share with your organization task in the Fire Accreditation Analysis ArcGIS Pro project.
5. Click Select Section to add the web map to the portfolio app.
6. Click the Section Description from the drop-down list and then add a description about that map that you can share with your stakeholders.
7. Click Publish.
8. Click Launch.

Note:

Repeat step 5 - 8 to add each map you have generated using the Fire Accreditation Analysis ArcGIS Pro project.