NFIRS 5.0 Element: ‘Fire Department ID’
Définition : A unique five-character identifier assigned by the State to identify a particular fire department within the State. This identifier may also identify the county, fire district, or other jurisdiction in which the fire department is located. Many States use the two left-most digits to identify the particular department within a jurisdiction. All five spaces in this field must be occupied by numerals or alphanumeric characters. If the FDID is less than five characters, use leading zeros.
Purpose : The FDID number is used to identify incident data that have been collected and reported by individual departments. Feedback on local or regional incident experience can then be prepared and sent to individual agencies or specific fire departments.
Entry : Enter the State-assigned FDID.
Element Specification
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Requirement | Mandatory |
| Maximum Length | 5 |
| Element Type | Alphabetic – Alphabetic characters. If the user has not provided information, an empty field should be transmitted. – Maximum length 5 characters |
Transactions containing ‘Fire Department ID’
The value of this element is captured by the following transactions :
- Incident Header
- Basic Incident
- Incident Address
- Aid Given Received
- Officer In Charge
- Member Making Report
- Incident Remarks
- Fire
- Structure Fire
- Wildland Fire
- Fire Mobile Property Involved
- Fire – File attached
- Fire – Equipment Involved
- EMS Patient
- Arson
- Arson Agency Referral
- Arson Juvenile Subject
- Apparatus
- Personnel
- Fire Department Header – for Fire Department records
- Fire Department Personnel – for Fire Department records
- Fire Department Apparatus – for Fire Department records
- Civilian Fire Casualty
- Fire Service Casualty
- Fire Service Casualty – Equipment Failure
- Special Study
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NFIRS Codes Cheat Sheet – NFIRS Coding – NFIRS Examples – FDIDs – POCs – NFIRS Transactions – NFIRS Modules – NFIRS Elements – NFIRS Rules – NFIRS Reference – NFIRS Compliant ?
You can also read this NFIRS 5.0 Complete Reference Guide, and NFIRS 5.0 Design Documentation in order to have a deeper understanding of NFIRS 5.0. Here are also NFIRS 5.0 Forms ready for you to download and use.
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Last Updated on April 29, 2023