NFIRS 5.0 Transaction: ‘Fire Service Casualty’

Module: Fire Service Casualty

Transaction Elements

Key Elements

These elements are part of the ‘Fire Service 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 ‘Fire Service Casualty’ transaction. They form the main payload of this transaction.

• Fire Service Casualty Sequence Number
• Firefighter Identifier
• First Name
• Middle Initial
• Last Name
• Name Suffix
• Gender
• Fire Service Affiliation
• Age
• Injury Date Time
• Responses
• Usual Assignment
• Physical Condition
• Severity
• Taken To
• Activity At Time Of Injury
• Primary Apparent Symptom
• Primary Part Of Body Injured
• Cause Of Firefighter Injury
• Factor Contributing To Injury
• Object Involved In Injury
• Where Injury Occurred
• Injury Relation To Structure
• Story Where Injury Occurred
• Specific Location Where Injury Occurred
• Vehicle Type
• Protective Equipment Contributed To Injury

Transaction Blocks

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

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