Fire Department Data

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Fire Department Data

The NERIS data framework provides fields and definitions for the data.

   

Grouped Fields

general

Attribute	Type	Definition / Comment	Mandatory
fd_neris_id	Text	Unique identifier for the agency in NERIS. Entity type plus state and county FIPS plus with random trailing characters. Please see id_types sheet	✓
fd_id_legacy	Text	Legacy FDID for linkage to other data sets.	-
fd_name	Text	Name of the agency.	✓
fd_parent_name	Text	Department’s parent department’s name.	-
fd_aid_type	Array[Text]	Type of aid.	-
fd_address_1	Text	Physical address of agency HQ.	✓
fd_address_2	Text	Additional address information.	-
fd_city	Text	City in which agency is located.	✓
fd_state	Text	State in which agency is located.	✓
fd_zip	Text	Zip Code in which agency is located.	✓
fd_mailing_address_1	Text	Agency mailing address.	✓
fd_mailing_address_2	Text	Additional mailing address information.	-
fd_mailing_city	Text	City of agency mailing address.	✓
fd_mailing_state	Text	City of agency mailing address.	✓
fd_mailing_zip	Text	Zip Code of agency mailing address. secondary check matching City/State	✓
fd_point	Point	Coordinates of the agency headquarters. May be submitted in any standard coordinate reference system but will be stored and provided back in WGS84.	-
fd_website	Text	Website of the agency.	-
fd_telephone	Text	Contact phone number of the agency.	-
fd_type	Text	Staffing type of the agency.	-
fd_entity	Text	Category which describes the entity of the agency.	-
fd_jurisiction_set	Array[Multipolygon]	Multipolygon of the agency’s coverage area. Jurisdiction is a special type of “region set”: a collection of one or more multipolygons, with a type identifying what sort of area(s) it represents. May be submitted in any standard coordinate reference system but will be stored and provided back in WGS84.	-
fd_jurisdiction_type	Text	Type of the agency’s jurisdiction. Common values would be city, county, township, etc.	-
fd_primary_division_set	Array[Multipolygon]	Multipolygon of the district-based supervision of the agency. Primary division is a special type of “region set”: a collection of one or more multipolygons, with a type identifying what sort of area(s) it represents. May be submitted in any standard coordinate reference system but will be stored and provided back in WGS84. For smaller agencies with no or a single battalion/district this may be null.	-
fd_primary_division_type	Text	Type of the agency’s primary geographic division. Common values would be battalion, division, district, etc. For smaller agencies with no or a single battalion/district this may be null.	-
fd_coverage_set	Array[Multipolygon]	Multipolygon of the district-based supervision of the agency. Coverage is a special type of “region set”: a collection of one or more multipolygons, with a type identifying what sort of area(s) it represents. May be submitted in any standard coordinate reference system but will be stored and provided back in WGS84. For smaller agencies with no or a single battalion/district this may be null.	-
fd_coverage_type	Text	Type of the agency’s primary geographic division. Common values would include first due. For smaller agencies with no or a single battalion/district this may be null.	-
fd_station_count	Integer	Number of stations in the agency.	-
fd_continue_education	Boolean	Whether the agency has a continuing education/training policy.	-

  

children

Attribute	Type	Definition / Comment	Mandatory
fd_child_name	Array[Text]	Names of departments which are children of the department.	-

  

aid

Attribute	Type	Definition / Comment	Mandatory
fd_aid_name	Array[Text]	Name of department with which the department has an aid relationship.	-

  

population

Attribute	Type	Definition / Comment	Mandatory
fd_population_protected	Integer	Estimated number of people protected within the agency’s coverage area. Agency provided. If left blank, calculated if boundary is provided.	-
fd_population_protected_source	Text	Data source from which the population count was pulled.	-

  

services

Attribute	Type	Definition / Comment	Mandatory
fd_fire_services	Array[Text]	Set of fire department services the agency offers. See fd_services sheet. Mandatory-ness not enforced by db.	-
fd_ems_services	Array[Text]	Set of types of EMS services offered. See ems_services sheet. Mandatory-ness not enforced by db.	-
fd_investigation_services	Array[Text]	Set of types of investigation services offered. See investigate_services sheet. Mandatory-ness not enforced by db.	-

  

shift

Attribute	Type	Definition / Comment	Mandatory
fd_shift_count	Integer	Number of shifts the agency utilizes. The number of shifts working in a field capacity providing emergency response services. Required for career/combination departments, but requirement not enforced by db. Not restricted for volunteers. This allows us to sync with schedule to allow data to be filtered by shift.	-
fd_shift_duration	Integer	Duration of a shift in hours. Duration of each shift. Mandatory-ness not enforced by db. Required for career/combination departments, but requirement not enforced by db. Not restricted for volunteers. This allows us to sync with schedule to allow data to be filtered by shift.	-
fd_shift_signup	Integer	Current shift schedule upon NERIS activation. This allows us to sync with schedule to allow data to be filtered by shift.	-

  

dispatch.response

Attribute	Type	Definition / Comment	Mandatory
dispatch_center_id	Text	4-digit unique identifier for each PSAP dispatch center being requested to respond to an incident.	-
dispatch_psap_type	Text	Type of dispatch center being requested. A primary PSAP is an emergency communication center responsible for answering the initial 9-1-1 call. A secondary PSAP receives emergency calls transferred from a primary PSAP due to jurisdictional call sequencing (PSAP X receives neutral 911 calls and transfers to Secondary PSAP Y or Z) or discipline specific dispatching (PSAP X receives all 911 calls for a jurisdiction but a secondary PSAP Y handles fire and EMS calls).	-
dispatch_psap_jurisdiction	Text	Aggregation level of dispatch center. A single-jurisdiction is a facility where only one political entity (city/county) utilizes the 9-1-1, PSAP and dispatching services. A multi-jurisdictional facility is where one or more public safety political jurisdictions choose to operate as a single 9-1-1 entity (e.g., City A, B, C)	-
dispatch_psap_discipline	Text	Whether dispatch is single entity or multiple entity. A single discipline facility operates one disciplines of dispatch (e.g., fire or EMS or police). A multiple discipline facility operates multi-disciplines of dispatch (e.g., fire-EMS-police).	-
dispatch_psap_capability	Text	Whether PSAP follows most recent NENA standards. A legacy PSAP cannot process calls received via i3-defined call interfaces (IP-based calls) and still requires the use of CAMA or ISDN trunk technology for delivery of 9-1-1 emergency calls. A NG9-1-1 PSAP can process calls and access data services as defined in NENA’s i3 specification, NENA-STA-010.	-
dispatch_cad_software	Text	Manufacturer of the CAD system being used by the agency. If No CAD, select None.	-
dispatch_protocol_fire	Text	Procedure/protocol followed for triage of emergency fire calls.	-
dispatch_protocol_medical	Text	Procedure/protocol followed for triage of emergency medical calls.	-
dispatch_avl_usage	Boolean	Describes whether the CAD utilizes AVL technology.	-
rms_software	Text	Manufacturer of the RMS Software being used by the agency. If No RMS, select None	-

  

station

Attribute	Type	Definition / Comment	Mandatory
station_id	Text	Name of the station.	✓
station_address_1	Text	Physical address of station.	✓
station_address_2	Text	Additional address information.	-
station_city	Text	City in which station is located.	✓
station_state	Text	State in which station is located.	✓
station_zip	Text	Zip Code in which station is located. secondary check matching City/State	✓
station_point	Array[Point]	WGS84 latitude and longitude of the incident. If a latitude and longitude are not submitted but a location is, the location geocoding result (if successful) will be used. May be submitted in any standard coordinate reference system but will be stored and provided back in WGS84.	-
station_primary_division	Text	Name and id of the primary division region in which the station falls. ID and name concatenated as divisions may have one or the other	-
station_coverage	Array[Text]	Name and id of the coverage area region in which the station falls. Station-based only	-
station_staffing	Integer	Minimum staffing assigned to the station. This is separate from unit staffing since stations can cross staff unit.	-

  

station.unit

Attribute	Type	Definition / Comment	Mandatory
station_unit_id_1	Text	Unit’s first designation in CAD. Required if department has a CAD.	✓
station_unit_id_2	Text	Unit’s second designation in CAD. Optional second identification for the unit. This would come to bear if for example a unit carries both municipal and county IDs in the CAD.	✓
station_unit_capability	Text	Type of unit housed at the station.	-
station_unit_staffing	Integer	Minimum staffing required for this unit to be dispatched to an incident.	✓
station_unit_dedicated	Boolean	Whether the unit has dedicated staffing. Can only be true if staffing is greater than 0.	-

  

staffing

Attribute	Type	Definition / Comment	Mandatory
staff_total	Integer	Number of total staff within department.	-
staff_active_ff_career_ft	Integer	Total number of active full-time career firefighters in agency.	-
staff_active_ff_career_pt	Integer	Total number of active part-time career firefighters in agency.	-
staff_active_ff_volunteer	Integer	Total number of active volunteer firefighters in agency.	-
staff_active_ems_only_career_ft	Integer	Total number of active full-time career ems only staff in agency.	-
staff_active_ems_only_career_pt	Integer	Total number of active part-time career ems only staff in agency.	-
staff_active_ems_only_volunteer	Integer	Total number of active volunteer ems only staff in agency.	-
staff_active_civilians_career_ft	Integer	Total number of active full-time career civilians in agency.	-
staff_active_civilians_career_pt	Integer	Total number of active part-time career civilians in agency.	-
staff_active_civilians_volunteer	Integer	Total number of active volunteer civilians in agency.	-

  

dept.attributes

Attribute	Type	Definition / Comment	Mandatory
assess_iso_rating	Integer	Current ISO rating (1- 10) of the agency, if applicable.	-
assess_cpse_acredit	Boolean	Whether the agency is accredited through CPSE.	-
assess_caas_acredit	Boolean	Whether the agency is accredited through CAAS.	-

  

 

Individual Fields

Group of Fields: ‘general’

Field ‘fd_neris_id’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_neris_id
Type	Text
Overview	Unique identifier for the agency in NERIS. Entity type plus state and county FIPS plus with random trailing characters.
Comments	Please see id_types sheet
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_id_legacy’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_id_legacy
Type	Text
Overview	Legacy FDID for linkage to other data sets.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_name’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_name
Type	Text
Overview	Name of the agency.
Mandatory	True
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_parent_name’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_parent_name
Type	Text
Overview	Department’s parent department’s name.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Field ‘fd_aid_type’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_aid_type
Type	Array[Text]
Overview	Type of aid.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Multiple
Reference

  

Field ‘fd_address_1’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_address_1
Type	Text
Overview	Physical address of agency HQ.
Mandatory	True
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_address_2’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_address_2
Type	Text
Overview	Additional address information.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_city’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_city
Type	Text
Overview	City in which agency is located.
Mandatory	True
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_state’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_state
Type	Text
Overview	State in which agency is located.
Mandatory	True
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Field ‘fd_zip’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_zip
Type	Text
Overview	Zip Code in which agency is located.
Mandatory	True
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_mailing_address_1’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_mailing_address_1
Type	Text
Overview	Agency mailing address.
Mandatory	True
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_mailing_address_2’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_mailing_address_2
Type	Text
Overview	Additional mailing address information.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_mailing_city’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_mailing_city
Type	Text
Overview	City of agency mailing address.
Mandatory	True
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_mailing_state’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_mailing_state
Type	Text
Overview	City of agency mailing address.
Mandatory	True
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Field ‘fd_mailing_zip’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_mailing_zip
Type	Text
Overview	Zip Code of agency mailing address.
Comments	secondary check matching City/State
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_point’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_point
Type	Point
Overview	Coordinates of the agency headquarters.
Comments	May be submitted in any standard coordinate reference system but will be stored and provided back in WGS84.
Cardinality	Single

| Computed | Yes, but no computation description available. | 

 

Field ‘fd_website’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_website
Type	Text
Overview	Website of the agency.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_telephone’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_telephone
Type	Text
Overview	Contact phone number of the agency.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_type’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_type
Type	Text
Overview	Staffing type of the agency.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Field ‘fd_entity’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_entity
Type	Text
Overview	Category which describes the entity of the agency.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Field ‘fd_jurisiction_set’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_jurisiction_set
Type	Array[Multipolygon]
Overview	Multipolygon of the agency’s coverage area.
Comments	Jurisdiction is a special type of “region set”: a collection of one or more multipolygons, with a type identifying what sort of area(s) it represents. May be submitted in any standard coordinate reference system but will be stored and provided back in WGS84.
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_jurisdiction_type’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_jurisdiction_type
Type	Text
Overview	Type of the agency’s jurisdiction.
Comments	Common values would be city, county, township, etc.
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Field ‘fd_primary_division_set’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_primary_division_set
Type	Array[Multipolygon]
Overview	Multipolygon of the district-based supervision of the agency.
Comments	Primary division is a special type of “region set”: a collection of one or more multipolygons, with a type identifying what sort of area(s) it represents. May be submitted in any standard coordinate reference system but will be stored and provided back in WGS84. For smaller agencies with no or a single battalion/district this may be null.
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_primary_division_type’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_primary_division_type
Type	Text
Overview	Type of the agency’s primary geographic division.
Comments	Common values would be battalion, division, district, etc. For smaller agencies with no or a single battalion/district this may be null.
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Field ‘fd_coverage_set’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_coverage_set
Type	Array[Multipolygon]
Overview	Multipolygon of the district-based supervision of the agency.
Comments	Coverage is a special type of “region set”: a collection of one or more multipolygons, with a type identifying what sort of area(s) it represents. May be submitted in any standard coordinate reference system but will be stored and provided back in WGS84. For smaller agencies with no or a single battalion/district this may be null.
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_coverage_type’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_coverage_type
Type	Text
Overview	Type of the agency’s primary geographic division.
Comments	Common values would include first due. For smaller agencies with no or a single battalion/district this may be null.
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Field ‘fd_station_count’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_station_count
Type	Integer
Overview	Number of stations in the agency.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_continue_education’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_continue_education
Type	Boolean
Overview	Whether the agency has a continuing education/training policy.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Group of Fields: ‘children’

Field ‘fd_child_name’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_child_name
Type	Array[Text]
Overview	Names of departments which are children of the department.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Multiple
Reference

  

Group of Fields: ‘aid’

Field ‘fd_aid_name’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_aid_name
Type	Array[Text]
Overview	Name of department with which the department has an aid relationship.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Multiple
Reference

  

Group of Fields: ‘population’

Field ‘fd_population_protected’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_population_protected
Type	Integer
Overview	Estimated number of people protected within the agency’s coverage area. Agency provided. If left blank, calculated if boundary is provided.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_population_protected_source’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_population_protected_source
Type	Text
Overview	Data source from which the population count was pulled.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Group of Fields: ‘services’

Field ‘fd_fire_services’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_fire_services
Type	Array[Text]
Overview	Set of fire department services the agency offers.
Comments	See fd_services sheet. Mandatory-ness not enforced by db.
Cardinality	Multiple
Reference

  

Field ‘fd_ems_services’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_ems_services
Type	Array[Text]
Overview	Set of types of EMS services offered.
Comments	See ems_services sheet. Mandatory-ness not enforced by db.
Cardinality	Multiple
Reference

  

Field ‘fd_investigation_services’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_investigation_services
Type	Array[Text]
Overview	Set of types of investigation services offered.
Comments	See investigate_services sheet. Mandatory-ness not enforced by db.
Cardinality	Multiple
Reference

  

Group of Fields: ‘shift’

Field ‘fd_shift_count’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_shift_count
Type	Integer
Overview	Number of shifts the agency utilizes.
Comments	The number of shifts working in a field capacity providing emergency response services. Required for career/combination departments, but requirement not enforced by db. Not restricted for volunteers. This allows us to sync with schedule to allow data to be filtered by shift.
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_shift_duration’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_shift_duration
Type	Integer
Overview	Duration of a shift in hours.
Comments	Duration of each shift. Mandatory-ness not enforced by db. Required for career/combination departments, but requirement not enforced by db. Not restricted for volunteers. This allows us to sync with schedule to allow data to be filtered by shift.
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘fd_shift_signup’

Attribute	Value
Key	fd_shift_signup
Type	Integer
Overview	Current shift schedule upon NERIS activation.
Comments	This allows us to sync with schedule to allow data to be filtered by shift.
Cardinality	Single

  

Group of Fields: ‘dispatch.response’

Field ‘dispatch_center_id’

Attribute	Value
Key	dispatch_center_id
Type	Text
Overview	4-digit unique identifier for each PSAP dispatch center being requested to respond to an incident.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘dispatch_psap_type’

Attribute	Value
Key	dispatch_psap_type
Type	Text
Overview	Type of dispatch center being requested.
Comments	A primary PSAP is an emergency communication center responsible for answering the initial 9-1-1 call. A secondary PSAP receives emergency calls transferred from a primary PSAP due to jurisdictional call sequencing (PSAP X receives neutral 911 calls and transfers to Secondary PSAP Y or Z) or discipline specific dispatching (PSAP X receives all 911 calls for a jurisdiction but a secondary PSAP Y handles fire and EMS calls).
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Field ‘dispatch_psap_jurisdiction’

Attribute	Value
Key	dispatch_psap_jurisdiction
Type	Text
Overview	Aggregation level of dispatch center.
Comments	A single-jurisdiction is a facility where only one political entity (city/county) utilizes the 9-1-1, PSAP and dispatching services. A multi-jurisdictional facility is where one or more public safety political jurisdictions choose to operate as a single 9-1-1 entity (e.g., City A, B, C)
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Field ‘dispatch_psap_discipline’

Attribute	Value
Key	dispatch_psap_discipline
Type	Text
Overview	Whether dispatch is single entity or multiple entity.
Comments	A single discipline facility operates one disciplines of dispatch (e.g., fire or EMS or police). A multiple discipline facility operates multi-disciplines of dispatch (e.g., fire-EMS-police).
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Field ‘dispatch_psap_capability’

Attribute	Value
Key	dispatch_psap_capability
Type	Text
Overview	Whether PSAP follows most recent NENA standards.
Comments	A legacy PSAP cannot process calls received via i3-defined call interfaces (IP-based calls) and still requires the use of CAMA or ISDN trunk technology for delivery of 9-1-1 emergency calls. A NG9-1-1 PSAP can process calls and access data services as defined in NENA’s i3 specification, NENA-STA-010.
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Field ‘dispatch_cad_software’

Attribute	Value
Key	dispatch_cad_software
Type	Text
Overview	Manufacturer of the CAD system being used by the agency.
Comments	If No CAD, select None.
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘dispatch_protocol_fire’

Attribute	Value
Key	dispatch_protocol_fire
Type	Text
Overview	Procedure/protocol followed for triage of emergency fire calls.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Field ‘dispatch_protocol_medical’

Attribute	Value
Key	dispatch_protocol_medical
Type	Text
Overview	Procedure/protocol followed for triage of emergency medical calls.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single
Reference

  

Field ‘dispatch_avl_usage’

Attribute	Value
Key	dispatch_avl_usage
Type	Boolean
Overview	Describes whether the CAD utilizes AVL technology.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘rms_software’

Attribute	Value
Key	rms_software
Type	Text
Overview	Manufacturer of the RMS Software being used by the agency.
Comments	If No RMS, select None
Cardinality	Single

  

Group of Fields: ‘station’

Field ‘station_id’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_id
Type	Text
Overview	Name of the station.
Mandatory	True
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘station_address_1’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_address_1
Type	Text
Overview	Physical address of station.
Mandatory	True
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘station_address_2’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_address_2
Type	Text
Overview	Additional address information.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘station_city’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_city
Type	Text
Overview	City in which station is located.
Mandatory	True
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘station_state’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_state
Type	Text
Overview	State in which station is located.
Mandatory	True
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘station_zip’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_zip
Type	Text
Overview	Zip Code in which station is located.
Comments	secondary check matching City/State
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘station_point’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_point
Type	Array[Point]
Overview	WGS84 latitude and longitude of the incident. If a latitude and longitude are not submitted but a location is, the location geocoding result (if successful) will be used.
Comments	May be submitted in any standard coordinate reference system but will be stored and provided back in WGS84.
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘station_primary_division’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_primary_division
Type	Text
Overview	Name and id of the primary division region in which the station falls.
Comments	ID and name concatenated as divisions may have one or the other
Cardinality	Single

| Computed | Yes, but no computation description available. | 

 

Field ‘station_coverage’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_coverage
Type	Array[Text]
Overview	Name and id of the coverage area region in which the station falls.
Comments	Station-based only
Cardinality	Single

| Computed | Yes, but no computation description available. | 

 

Field ‘station_staffing’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_staffing
Type	Integer
Overview	Minimum staffing assigned to the station.
Comments	This is separate from unit staffing since stations can cross staff unit.
Cardinality	Single

  

Group of Fields: ‘station.unit’

Field ‘station_unit_id_1’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_unit_id_1
Type	Text
Overview	Unit’s first designation in CAD.
Comments	Required if department has a CAD.
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘station_unit_id_2’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_unit_id_2
Type	Text
Overview	Unit’s second designation in CAD.
Comments	Optional second identification for the unit. This would come to bear if for example a unit carries both municipal and county IDs in the CAD.
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘station_unit_capability’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_unit_capability
Type	Text
Overview	Type of unit housed at the station.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘station_unit_staffing’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_unit_staffing
Type	Integer
Overview	Minimum staffing required for this unit to be dispatched to an incident.
Mandatory	True
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘station_unit_dedicated’

Attribute	Value
Key	station_unit_dedicated
Type	Boolean
Overview	Whether the unit has dedicated staffing.
Comments	Can only be true if staffing is greater than 0.
Cardinality	Single

  

Group of Fields: ‘staffing’

Field ‘staff_total’

Attribute	Value
Key	staff_total
Type	Integer
Overview	Number of total staff within department.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

| Computed | Yes, but no computation description available. | 

 

Field ‘staff_active_ff_career_ft’

Attribute	Value
Key	staff_active_ff_career_ft
Type	Integer
Overview	Total number of active full-time career firefighters in agency.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘staff_active_ff_career_pt’

Attribute	Value
Key	staff_active_ff_career_pt
Type	Integer
Overview	Total number of active part-time career firefighters in agency.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘staff_active_ff_volunteer’

Attribute	Value
Key	staff_active_ff_volunteer
Type	Integer
Overview	Total number of active volunteer firefighters in agency.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘staff_active_ems_only_career_ft’

Attribute	Value
Key	staff_active_ems_only_career_ft
Type	Integer
Overview	Total number of active full-time career ems only staff in agency.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘staff_active_ems_only_career_pt’

Attribute	Value
Key	staff_active_ems_only_career_pt
Type	Integer
Overview	Total number of active part-time career ems only staff in agency.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘staff_active_ems_only_volunteer’

Attribute	Value
Key	staff_active_ems_only_volunteer
Type	Integer
Overview	Total number of active volunteer ems only staff in agency.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘staff_active_civilians_career_ft’

Attribute	Value
Key	staff_active_civilians_career_ft
Type	Integer
Overview	Total number of active full-time career civilians in agency.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘staff_active_civilians_career_pt’

Attribute	Value
Key	staff_active_civilians_career_pt
Type	Integer
Overview	Total number of active part-time career civilians in agency.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘staff_active_civilians_volunteer’

Attribute	Value
Key	staff_active_civilians_volunteer
Type	Integer
Overview	Total number of active volunteer civilians in agency.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Group of Fields: ‘dept.attributes’

Field ‘assess_iso_rating’

Attribute	Value
Key	assess_iso_rating
Type	Integer
Overview	Current ISO rating (1- 10) of the agency, if applicable.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘assess_cpse_acredit’

Attribute	Value
Key	assess_cpse_acredit
Type	Boolean
Overview	Whether the agency is accredited through CPSE.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Field ‘assess_caas_acredit’

Attribute	Value
Key	assess_caas_acredit
Type	Boolean
Overview	Whether the agency is accredited through CAAS.
Mandatory	False
Cardinality	Single

  

Alternative Views

View	Description
Examples	Data dictionary details on the data, types.
Overview	Overview of the data.

    

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