Fire incident reporting

All fires that have caused damage to property, injuries or fatalities or that required fire department resources to suppress must be reported to the Office of the Fire Commissioner.

Reporting a fire

Record fire incident information into the Fire Inventory Reporting Evaluation System (FIRES).

Login to the FIRE system

Fire service personnel requiring access to the FIRE system should fill out the FIRE system access application form (PDF, 237 KB) and submit it to ofc@gov.bc.ca.

​Reporting guidelines and forms

Learn about what types of fires need to be reported, and find forms, the fire reporting manual and definitions used in fire reporting.

• Reporting a fire guidelines, manuals, and forms

Benefits of reporting fires

Legislation requires all fires that cause damage to property, injuries or fatalities, or require fire department resources to suppress must be reported. In addition to meeting the legislated requirement, there are additional benefits such as:

• Providing data for the annual fire loss report
• Information in the reports informs fire prevention activities
• Developing public education materials and programs
• Researching trends
• Identifying emerging risks
• Updating legislation, regulations, and codes

Statistical reports

Fire reporting data is used by different organizations and government agencies for policy development, planning and research purposes. The more complete the fire reporting data is, the more useful it is.

Quarterly reports

Annual reports

• 2023 Annual Statistical Fire Report (PDF, 10.1 MB)
• 2022 Annual Statistical Fire Report (PDF, 11.8 MB)
• 2021 Annual Statistical Fire Report (PDF, 7.9 MB)
• 2020 Annual Statistical Fire Report (PDF, 7.5 MB)
• 2019 Annual Statistical Fire Report (PDF, 9.4 MB)