| There are many advantages to having your own | | | | ambulance, fire truck, or police had to be called, and |
| incident report template especially when you're | | | | ample space for the reported to describe the incident |
| running a business which is prone to risks. A template | | | | in full. Usually, one whole page is allotted for the |
| will keep all your reports uniform, and more | | | | description/narration. |
| importantly, it will make sure that the one who's | | | | Witnesses are asked to make incident reports in high |
| reporting does not miss out on any important | | | | hopes that they would give full, honest and unbiased |
| information. | | | | narrations of the incident. A template would definitely |
| Unfortunately, default templates aren't installed on | | | | help to objectify the report. Even if the one reporting |
| most word processors. It's fairly easy to make your | | | | the incident is partial to one of the parties involved, |
| own incident report template, though. All you have to | | | | you will at least get the clearer picture in the first |
| do is make sure that you allot space for all of the | | | | page of the report where only the facts are |
| items below. | | | | presented. |
| Your incident report should have the complete date | | | | You can use this template for a number of reasons |
| and time of the incident, the exact location of the | | | | including personal injury claims, theft, a squabble |
| incident, the full names and occupations of the parties | | | | between two employees, an accident caused by |
| involved, the severity of the incident and if there | | | | safety issues, food poisoning, medical malpractice, |
| were any injuries or damages incurred, if an | | | | and so on. |