Equipment Power Source - NFIRS

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NFIRS 5.0 Element: ‘Equipment Power Source’

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Relational Edit Rules for ‘Equipment Power Source’

NFIRS 5.0 relational edit validation rules are provided to ensure NFIRS data is consistent and correct for the fire/reporting concepts that are being modeled. Relational edits determine relationships between multiple fields / elements. These are the rules for ‘Equipment Power Source’.

Rule	Group	Overview
Relational Edit Rule 60		relational edit rule 60.

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NFIRS Coding

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

Common Examples of Equipment Power Source

More commonly used values for Equipment Power Source…

Equipment Power Source	Code
Natural Gas or Other Lighter-than-air Gas	21
LP Gas or Other Heavier-than-air Gas	22
Electrical Line Voltage (>= 50 Volts)	11
Power Source - Other	00
Undetermined	UU

All values for Equipment Power Source

Electrical Group

11 - Electrical Line Voltage (>= 50 Volts)
12 - Batteries And Low Voltage (< 50 Volts)
10 - Electrical - Other

Gas Fuels Group

21 - Natural Gas or Other Lighter-than-air Gas
22 - LP Gas or Other Heavier-than-air Gas
20 - Gas Fuels - Other

Liquid Fuels Group

31 - Gasoline
32 - Alcohol
33 - Kerosene, Diesel Fuel, No.1 And 2 Fuel Oil
34 - No.4, 5 & 6 Fuel Oils
30 - Liquid Fuel - Other

Solid Fuels Group

41 - Wood, Paper
42 - Coal, Charcoal
43 - Chemicals
40 - Solid Fuel - Other

Other Power Sources Group

51 - Compressed Air
52 - Steam
53 - Water
54 - Wind
55 - Solar
56 - Geothermal
57 - Nuclear
58 - Fluid/hydraulic Power Source
00 - Power Source - Other
UU - Undetermined

Transactions containing ‘Equipment Power Source’

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

Fire - Equipment Involved

Element Specification

Specification	Value
Requirement	Optional
Expected Length	2
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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