NFIRS 5.0 Transaction: ‘Fire’

Module: Fire

Transaction Elements

Key Elements

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

• Number Of Residential Units
• Not Residential
• Number Of Buildings Involved
• Acres Burned (Outside Fires only)
• Less than one Acre
• On Site Materials
• Materials Storage Use
• Area of Origin
• Heat Source
• Item First Ignited
• Confined to Origin
• Type of Material
• Cause of Ignition
• Contributed to Ignition Factors
• Human Factors
• Age of Person
• Sex of Person
• Equipment Involved
• Mobile Property Involved
• Fire Suppression Factors

Transaction Blocks

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

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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 ?

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