Module 'Structure Fire'

National Fire Incident Reporting System. Reporting by Responserack Fire Department NFIRS RMS.

Description: Provides supplementary report data to a fire module for a structure fire.

This module is NOT optional it is NOT ‘department use’; meaning it’s contents are used by FEMA NFIRS reports.

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Structure Fire - ‘Provides details specific to a Structure Fire Incident’- Mandatory, 1 only

These blocks are collections of elements carried by the ‘Structure Fire’ transaction.

Block	Elements
A	Fire Department ID — Fire Department State — Incident (Alarm) Date — Incident Number (Identifier) — Exposure Number — Record Type/Transaction Code — Transaction Type (Add, Update, Delete)
I1	Structure Type
I2	Building Status
I3	Building Height: Stories Above Grade — Building Height: Stories Below Grade
I4	Building Length — Building Width — Total Square Feet
J1	Fire Origin (Story #)
J2	Fire Spread
J3	Number of Stories with Damage: Minor — Number of Stories with Damage: Significant — Number of Stories with Damage: Heavy — Number of Stories with Damage: Extreme
K	No Flame Spread or Same As First or Unknown
K1	Item Contributing To Spread
K2	Type Of Material Contributing To Spread
L1	Detector Presence
L2	Detector Type
L3	Detector Power
L4	Detector Operation
L5	Detector Effectiveness
L6	Detector Failure Reason
M1	Automatic Extinguishment System (AES) Presence
M2	Automatic Extinguishment System (AES) Type
M3	Automatic Extinguishment System (AES) Operation
M4	Number of Sprinklers Operating
M5	Automatic Extinguishment System (AES) Failure Reason

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Module 'Structure Fire' - NFIRS 5.0