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NFIRS 5.0 Module ‘Fire’

Description : Provides report data for a fire incident. Can be supplemented with a wildland fire module or a structure fire module.

Fire Transactions

  • Fire – ‘Provides the principle information for any Fire-related incident’- Optional, at most 1
  • Fire – File attached – ‘Provides additional information for the fire’- Mandatory, 1 only
  • Fire Mobile Property Involved – ‘Mobile Property (e.g. vehicle, RV, etc.) involved in the fire’- Mandatory, 1 only
  • Fire – Equipment Involved – ‘Provides details of the equipment involved in the fire (i.e. not department apparatus used)’- Mandatory, 1 only

Fire Blocks

These blocks are collections of elements carried by the ‘Fire’ transaction.
Block  Elements 
A Fire Department ID — Fire Department State — Incident (Alarm) Date — Incident Number (Identifier) — Exposure Number — Record Type/Transaction Code — Transaction Type (Add, Update, Delete)
B1 Number Of Residential Units — Not Residential
B2 Number Of Buildings Involved
B3 Acres Burned (Outside Fires only) — Less than one Acre
C On Site Materials — Materials Storage Use
D1 Area of Origin
D2 Heat Source
D3 Item First Ignited
D3a Confined to Origin
D4 Type of Material
E1 Cause of Ignition
E2 Contributed to Ignition Factors
E3 Human Factors — Age of Person — Sex of Person
F1 Equipment Involved
H1 Mobile Property Involved
G Fire Suppression Factors

Fire – File attached Blocks

These blocks are collections of elements carried by the ‘Fire – File attached’ transaction.
Block  Elements 
A Fire Department ID — Fire Department State — Incident (Alarm) Date — Incident Number (Identifier) — Exposure Number — Record Type/Transaction Code — Transaction Type (Add, Update, Delete)

Fire Mobile Property Involved Blocks

These blocks are collections of elements carried by the ‘Fire Mobile Property Involved’ transaction.
Block  Elements 
A Fire Department ID — Fire Department State — Incident (Alarm) Date — Incident Number (Identifier) — Exposure Number — Record Type/Transaction Code — Transaction Type (Add, Update, Delete)
H2 Mobile Property Type — Mobile Property Make — Mobile Property Model — Mobile Property Year — Mobile Property License Plate — Mobile Property State — Mobile Property VIN Number

Fire – Equipment Involved Blocks

These blocks are collections of elements carried by the ‘Fire – Equipment Involved’ transaction.
Block  Elements 
A Fire Department ID — Fire Department State — Incident (Alarm) Date — Incident Number (Identifier) — Exposure Number — Record Type/Transaction Code — Transaction Type (Add, Update, Delete)
F1 Equipment Brand — Equipment Model — Equipment Serial Number — Equipment Year
F2 Equipment Power Source
F3 Equipment Portability

Need more NFIRS help?

Here are some other useful ressources to learn more about NFIRS.

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 May 11, 2023