Cookeville Fire Department is using new data-driven tools to reduce fire risk during Community Risk Reduction Week. Cookeville Fire Department lieutenant Jon Dukes said the department recently adopted a new national data tracking system to better understand when, where, and why fires happen. Dukes said the approach combines local reporting with state-level data to guide prevention efforts across the community. “Cookeville Fire Department uses a data tracking program that has recently been updated called the National Emergency Response Information System, or NERS as we like to call it for short,” Dukes said. “So we do a lot of fire tracking, like fire types, what time of day it is, and the occupancy type of the building that fire was in,” Dukes said.