NFIRS 5.0 Transaction: ‘Civilian Fire Casualty’

Description : Provides details of a civilian casualty

Module: Civilian Fire Casualty

Transaction Elements

Key Elements

These elements are part of the ‘Civilian Fire Casualty’ transaction, as they are part of every transaction, since they form the record key; they uniquely identify the incident from other incidents.

• Fire Department ID
• Fire Department State
• Incident (Alarm) Date
• Incident Number (Identifier)
• Exposure Number
• Record Type/Transaction Code
• Transaction Type (Add, Update, Delete)

Transaction Specific Elements

These elements are part of the specific information carried by the ‘Civilian Fire Casualty’ transaction. They form the main payload of this transaction.

• Civilian Fire Casualty Sequence Number
• First Name
• Middle Initial
• Last Name
• Name Suffix
• Gender
• Person Age
• Race
• Ethnicity
• Affiliation
• Injury Date Time
• Severity
• Cause of Injury
• Human Factors
• Contributing Factors
• Activity when Injured
• Location at Time of Incident
• General Location at Time of Injury
• Story at Start of Incident
• Story when Injury Occurred
• Specific Location at Time of Incident
• Primary Apparent Symptom
• Primary Part Of Body Injured
• Disposition

Transaction Blocks

Transaction’s elements are regrouped by blocks. the following table list all the blocks of the ‘Civilian Fire Casualty’ transaction.

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