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Exposure Module

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Overview

Exposure Module - the exposure content for all incidents with exposure fires
 
 

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All Fields in Module

All of the fields in the module, presented together.

Field / Group Type Description
exposure_polygon,
location
Multipolygon WGS84 polygon of the footprint of the incident.
exposure_location,
location
Module Location, generally an address, of the incident. Consists of the fields of mod_civic_location.
exposure_location_use,
location
Module How the location is being used. Consists of the fields of mod_location_use.
exposure_people_present,
location
Boolean Whether people were present at the time of the incident.
exposure_displaced_number,
displacement.aggregated
Integer Number of people displaced.
exposure_displaced_cause,
displacement
Array[Text] Cause for displacement.
exposure_type,
exposure
Text Type exposure being reported.
exposure_item,
exposure
Text Type of property damaged or destroyed from the originating source of the hazard.
exposure_point,
exposure
Point WGS84 latitude and longitude of the exposure. If a latitude and longitude are not submitted but a location is, the location geocoding result (if successful) will be used.
exposure_parcel,
location.augmentation
Module Characteristics of the parcel at which the exposure occurred. Consists of the fields of mod_parcel.
exposure_damage,
exposure
Text Rating of damage to the exposure.
 
 

Module Fields by Group

The same fields as above, but presented in groups.

location

Field Description
exposure_polygon WGS84 polygon of the footprint of the incident.
exposure_location Location, generally an address, of the incident. Consists of the fields of mod_civic_location.
exposure_location_use How the location is being used. Consists of the fields of mod_location_use.
exposure_people_present Whether people were present at the time of the incident.

displacement.aggregated

Field Description
exposure_displaced_number Number of people displaced.

displacement

Field Description
exposure_displaced_cause Cause for displacement.

general

Field Description
exposure_type Type exposure being reported.
exposure_item Type of property damaged or destroyed from the originating source of the hazard.
exposure_point WGS84 latitude and longitude of the exposure. If a latitude and longitude are not submitted but a location is, the location geocoding result (if successful) will be used.
exposure_parcel Characteristics of the parcel at which the exposure occurred. Consists of the fields of mod_parcel.
exposure_damage Rating of damage to the exposure.
 
 

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