NFIRS Building Status - Responserack

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National Fire Incident Reporting System, powered by Responserack Fire Department Software.

Also known as: ‘buildingStatus’

Description: ‘The operational status of the building involved in the fire. Indicates the actual use of the building at the time of the fire.’

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Here are the NFIRS codes for the ‘Building Status’ element, including any “other” values in case none of the preselected choices match:

More commonly used values for Building Status…

Building Status	Code
In Normal Use	2
Undetermined	U

A few NFIRS elements are reused accross a number of transactions, but typically the value is captured by one transaction only.

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Specification	Value
Requirement	Mandatory
Expected Length	1
Element Type	Coded Field - The coded field relating to an entry in the code table. Most coded fields allow for Plus+ One codes. For these fields the expected length of the coded entry is depicted as (National length OR Plus+ One length). Only fields with this notation in the expected length column allow for Plus+ One definitions. If the user has not provided information, an empty field should be transmitted.

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