The Other Responders section is where you record any other agencies that responded with you — fire, law enforcement, another EMS service, search and rescue.
How to add a responder
- In the Other Responders section, click Add.
- Pick the kind of agency.
- Enter the agency name and unit number if you know it.
Why this matters
NEMSIS asks for this for system-planning reasons. It also matters for your own agency's after-action review — if a fire department was on scene and a patient was extricated from a vehicle, the time the fire department arrived can be relevant later.
An example
You respond to a single-car crash. The local fire department is already on scene cutting the patient out of the wreckage. State troopers are doing traffic control. You add two entries to Other Responders: one for the fire department with the engine number, one for the state patrol.