Incident Reporting is a document or a form filled out, of an event that has taken place. The way this is done varies from established procedures or is reportable information. The purpose of a such document is to record details of the event that has taken place while they are still fresh in the minds of the witness of the event. The information may be useful in the future when dealing with liability issues from the incident. Incident reports contain short and clear information on what has been observed.