Fire Department State - NFIRS

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NFIRS 5.0 Element: ‘Fire Department State’

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NFIRS Coding

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

Common Examples of Fire Department State

More commonly used values for Fire Department State…

Fire Department State	Code
Colorado	CO
Department Of Defense	DD
Native American Tribal Authority	NA
Other	OO

All values for Fire Department State

Fire Department State	Code
Alabama	AL
Alaska	AK
Arizona	AZ
Arkansas	AR
California	CA
Colorado	CO
Connecticut	CT
Delaware	DE
District Of Columbia	DC
Florida	FL
Georgia	GA
Hawaii	HI
Idaho	ID
Illinois	IL
Indiana	IN
Iowa	IA
Kansas	KS
Kentucky	KY
Louisiana	LA
Maine	ME
Maryland	MD
Massachusetts	MA
Michigan	MI
Minnesota	MN
Mississippi	MS
Missouri	MO
Montana	MT
Nebraska	NE
Nevada	NV
New Hampshire	NH
New Jersey	NJ
New Mexico	NM
New York	NY
North Carolina	NC
North Dakota	ND
Ohio	OH
Oklahoma	OK
Oregon	OR
Pennsylvania	PA
Rhode Island	RI
South Carolina	SC
South Dakota	SD
Tennessee	TN
Texas	TX
Utah	UT
Vermont	VT
Virginia	VA
Washington	WA
West Virginia	WV
Wisconsin	WI
Wyoming	WY
American Samoa	AS
Canal Zone	CZ
Department Of Defense	DD
Guam	GU
Federated States Of Micronesia	FM
Marshall Islands	MH
Northern Mariana Islands	MP
Palau	PW
Puerto Rico	PR
US Minor Outlying Islands	UM
Native American Tribal Authority	NA
Virgin Islands	VI
Other	OO

Transactions containing ‘Fire Department State’

‘Fire Department State’ is a key element, so it is in pretty much all transactions.

Incident Header
Basic Incident
Incident Address
Aid Given Received
Officer In Charge
Member Making Report
Incident Remarks
Fire
Structure Fire
Wildland Fire
Fire Mobile Property Involved
Fire - File attached
Fire - Equipment Involved
EMS Patient
Arson
Arson Agency Referral
Arson Juvenile Suspect
Apparatus
Personnel
Fire Department Header - for Fire Department records
Fire Department Personnel - for Fire Department records
Fire Department Apparatus - for Fire Department records
Civilian Fire Casualty
Fire Service Casualty
Fire Service Casualty - Equipment Failure
Hazardous Materials
Hazardous Materials Chemical
Special Study

Element Specification

Specification	Value
Requirement	Mandatory
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.