New NERIS Incident Types

The latest NERIS release introduces additional incident types to fill gaps, and add specificity. The key takeaways:

• VEHICLE_FIRE_AGRICULTURAL for fires involving farming equipment, and related machinery. This also covers horticulture and forestry equipment.
• OBSTRUCTION_DEBRIS and LEAK_FLOOD allows for storm cleanup, and leak/flood assistance (on the private side of the main.)
• "Micro-mobility" is a term for the (typically electric) personal transportation gadgets; e-scooters, e-bikes, hoverboard, etc. "Human powered" was added also; bicycles, skateboards, wheelchairs, etc.
• Water Rescue has been expanded by two, and also ICE_RESCUE was added.

Here are the new incident types:

FIRE||TRANSPORTATION_FIRE||VEHICLE_FIRE_AGRICULTURAL: A fire involving a motorized or towed machine whose design or intended use is in agricultural, horticultural, or forestry operations.

MEDICAL||INJURY||MICRO_MOBILITY_VEHICLE_COLLISION: Collision where a micromobility vehicle such as an e-bike, hoverboard, electric scooter, single wheel, etc. is involved in a collision.

MEDICAL||INJURY||HUMAN_POWERED_VEHICLE_COLLISION: Collision where a human powered vehicle such as a bicycle, skateboard, wheelchair, rickshaw, etc. initiates the collision.

PUBSERV||CITIZEN_ASSIST||LEAK_FLOOD: A public service incident involving water leak or flood on the private side of water main.

PUBSERV||CITIZEN_ASSIST||OBSTRUCTION_DEBRIS: A public service call for debris or obstruction removal. This includes trees down, non-energized wires, and other similar passive hazards that need removal and cleanup.

RESCUE||TRANSPORTATION||AVIATION_EMERGENCY: An Alert 2 aircraft emergency. An inbound or local plane is experiencing major difficulties (such as an engine fire, faulty landing gear, or hydraulic failure) that could lead to a dangerous landing.

RESCUE||WATER||ICE_RESCUE: Rescue of a person on or in ice, which includes lakes, rivers and other bodies of water or at right of ways/private ways. The use of dry suits and/or ice-related tactics are used to maneuver on ice and remove a victim (human or animal).

RESCUE||WATER||PERSON_IN_WATER_TIDAL_SURF: Rescue of individuals in distress that relies on rapid deployment through natural water hazards such as breaking waves and rip currents.

RESCUE||WATER||PERSON_IN_WATER_FLOOD: Rescue of individuals in distress that relies on deployment through inland or riverine flooding.