Incident reports enhance situational awareness and ensure that personnel can access needed information.

Types of incident reports include:

• Situation Report (SITREP): Regular reports that contain information regarding the incident status during the past operational period and the specific details for an incident.
• Status Report: Reports, such as spot reports, that include vital and/or time-sensitive information. Status reports are typically function-specific and less formal than SITREPS.

Incident reports should use a common format to enable other jurisdictions and organizations to easily access incident information.