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Definition: The date the initial incident occurs, which is only different from the incident date/time if this is an exposure on the initial fire, and the exposure occurs on a subsequent day.
Purpose: In conjunction with other required Section A fields, this element uniquely identifies each incident.
Entry: The Incident Date is the same as the Alarm date (Block E1), except if the incident is an exposure and the exposure occurs on a subsequent day.
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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 ‘Incident (Alarm) Date’.
Rule | Group | Overview |
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Relational Edit Rule 22 | Arrival after Alarmed. | |
Relational Edit Rule 23 | Controlled after Alarmed. | |
Relational Edit Rule 24 | Alarmed before Cleared. |
‘Incident (Alarm) Date’ is a key element, so it is in pretty much all transactions.
Specification | Value |
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Requirement | Mandatory |
Expected Length | 8 |
Element Type | Numeric - Integer numbers (no decimal points). If the user has not provided information, an empty field should be transmitted. All integer values are assumed to be positive. Any fields which allow a negative integer value have been denoted with ‘+ or –’ in the comment field. Negative numbers should be transmitted with the minus sign preceding the digits. - - Date only |
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