NFIRS 5.0 Element: ‘EMS Apparatus’
Définition : Apparatus used for emergency medical services, e.g. ambulance / rescue.
Purpose : This information is used to determine actual personnel and apparatus requirements for different types of incidents and for different levels of incident severity. This data element may be examined with respect to casualties and damage estimates.
Entry : Enter the total number of fire department personnel and apparatus that responded to the incident for the Suppression, EMS, and Other fields. If the Apparatus or Personnel Modules are used, check or mark the appropriate box (top) and skip this section. If these personnel and apparatus counts include mutual aid resources, check or mark the box at the bottom of Block G1
Element Specification
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Requirement | Mandatory |
| Element Type | Numeric – Integer numbers (no decimal points). If the user has not provided information, an empty field should be transmitted. All integer values are assumed to be positive. Any fields which allow a negative integer value have been denoted with ‘+ or –’ in the comment field. Negative numbers should be transmitted with the minus sign preceding the digits. |
Transactions containing ‘EMS Apparatus’
The value of this element is captured by the following transaction :
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Last Updated on April 28, 2023