NFIRS Validation Rules
NFIRS Validation Rules - Specification, Relational Edits, etc.
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All NFIRS 5.0 Rules
NFIRS 5.0 validation rules are provided to ensure NFIRS data is consistent and correct for the fire/reporting concepts that are being modeled.
| Rule | Group | Overview |
|---|---|---|
| Edit Requirement Rule Basic.E1.Containment | Content | Exposure Number Above Zero. |
| Edit Requirement Rule Fire.D3a.Spread | Structure Fire | Spread or no Spread. |
| Edit Requirement Rule Fire.B.Latitude | Wildland Fire | Valid Latitude. |
| Edit Requirement Rule Fire.B.Longitude | Wildland Fire | Valid Longitude. |
| Relational Edit Rule 1 | Transaction | Key must be Unique. |
| Relational Edit Rule 2 | Content | Exposure number positive. |
| Relational Edit Rule 3 | Transaction | No Duplicates except to Lookup Edits. |
| Relational Edit Rule 4 | Transaction | Delete and No Activity require minimal fields. |
| Relational Edit Rule 5 | Alternative Wildland Location. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 6 | Intersection Elements. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 7 | Fire Group Modules. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 8 | Fire Control or Extinguishment Actions. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 9 | Structure Fires Require Structure Information. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 10 | Confined Fires. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 11 | Mobile Property Fixed Structure. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 12 | Fire Module Optional For Outside Rubbish Fires. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 13 | EMS Module Allowed. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 14 | Animal Problems/Rescues Actions Allowed. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 15 | Malicious or Mischievous Incident Actions Allowed. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 16 | Bomb Scare Actions Allowed. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 17 | System Malfunction Actions Allowed. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 18 | Unintentional Alarm Actions Taken. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 19 | Documentation | relational edit rule 19. |
| Relational Edit Rule 20 | Special Incident Actions Taken. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 21 | Report from Departments Giving Aid. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 22 | Arrival after Alarmed. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 23 | Controlled after Alarmed. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 24 | Alarmed before Cleared. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 25 | Arrival before Controlled. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 26 | Arrival before Cleared. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 27 | Controlled before Cleared. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 28 | Cleared after Alarmed. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 29 | relational edit rule 29. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 30 | Basic | Actions Taken. |
| Relational Edit Rule 31 | Basic | Ordered Actions 1 and 2. |
| Relational Edit Rule 32 | Basic | Ordered Actions 2 and 3. |
| Relational Edit Rule 33 | relational edit rule 33. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 34 | relational edit rule 34. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 35 | relational edit rule 35. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 36 | Property Details. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 37 | Need On Site Materials for Commercial Property Fires. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 38 | Fire or Wildland Fire Required. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 39 | relational edit rule 39. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 40 | relational edit rule 40. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 41 | relational edit rule 41. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 42 | relational edit rule 42. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 43 | relational edit rule 43. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 44 | Acres Burned Needed Somewhere. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 45 | Content | No Storage not Materials. |
| Relational Edit Rule 46 | Content | Each Material requires Storage. |
| Relational Edit Rule 47 | Documentation | relational edit rule 47. |
| Relational Edit Rule 48 | relational edit rule 48. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 49 | No Fire Spread if Confined. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 50 | Type of Material Required. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 51 | Cause of Ignition ‘Other’ for Exposures. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 52 | Factors Required for Unintentional Cause. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 53 | relational edit rule 53. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 54 | relational edit rule 54. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 55 | relational edit rule 55. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 56 | Content | No Factor Contributing Duplicates. |
| Relational Edit Rule 57 | relational edit rule 57. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 58 | Not on Exposures. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 59 | relational edit rule 59. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 60 | relational edit rule 60. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 61 | relational edit rule 61. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 62 | relational edit rule 62. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 63 | relational edit rule 63. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 64 | relational edit rule 64. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 65 | relational edit rule 65. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 66 | relational edit rule 66. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 67 | relational edit rule 67. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 68 | Structure | Length and Width or Total Area. |
| Relational Edit Rule 69 | Spread to Same Floor or Less. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 70 | Documentation | relational edit rule 70. |
| Relational Edit Rule 71 | Damaged Floors no more than All Floors. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 72 | relational edit rule 72. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 73 | relational edit rule 73. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 74 | relational edit rule 74. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 75 | If the detector operated, did it alert occupants?. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 76 | If the detector failed, how did it fail?. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 77 | Power failure only effects powered detectors. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 78 | relational edit rule 78. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 79 | relational edit rule 79. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 80 | relational edit rule 80. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 81 | relational edit rule 81. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 82 | relational edit rule 82. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 83 | Injured before Cleared. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 84 | If None then no Others. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 85 | relational edit rule 85. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 86 | relational edit rule 86. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 87 | relational edit rule 87. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 88 | relational edit rule 88. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 89 | relational edit rule 89. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 90 | Started Below Building Height. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 91 | relational edit rule 91. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 92 | Injured Below Building Height. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 93 | Sequence Numbers Below Total Number. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 94 | relational edit rule 94. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 95 | Injured At within Alarmed At and Cleared At. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 96 | Firefighter Struck or Collided. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 97 | relational edit rule 97. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 98 | relational edit rule 98. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 99 | relational edit rule 99. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 100 | relational edit rule 100. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 132 | Address On Wildland Module. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 133 | Location Of Some Sort. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 134 | Wildland | Above Zero. |
| Relational Edit Rule 135 | Crop Order. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 136 | Wildland | Percentages. |
| Relational Edit Rule 140 | Wildland | Right Of Way. |
| Relational Edit Rule 160 | Fire | Significant Dollar Loss. |
| Relational Edit Rule 161 | Street Name Optional On Directions. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 163 | Content | Either Mobile Property or Equipment. |
| Relational Edit Rule 164 | Content | Actions Other. |
| Relational Edit Rule 165 | Cancelled. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 167 | Content | Main Fire NOT Exposure. |
| Relational Edit Rule 169 | Content | Exceptional Age. |
| Relational Edit Rule 171 | Confined Fire | Not Confined Fire. |
| Relational Edit Rule 175 | Fire | Non-Structure Fire. |
| Relational Edit Rule 176 | Property Use | Barracks / Dormitory. |
| Relational Edit Rule 177 | Response Time | NFPA standard Response Time. |
| Relational Edit Rule 179 | Cancelled | Cancelled Type/Action Taken. |
| Relational Edit Rule 180 | Standard Building Structures/Type. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 182 | Reserved | Reserved. |
| Relational Edit Rule 183 | Weather / Natural Disaster | Long Day (Notice). |
| Relational Edit Rule 184 | Fire | Contents Loss/Property Loss (Notice). |
| Relational Edit Rule 925 | Cancelled Arrival Requirement. | |
| Relational Edit Rule 926 | Cancelled Action Taken. | |
| Logic Rule 1003 | REFERENCE #1. | |
| Logic Rule 1004 | REFERENCE #2. | |
| Logic Rule 1005 | REFERENCE #3. | |
| Logic Rule 1006 | REFERENCE #4. | |
| Logic Rule 1008 | REFERENCE #6. | |
| Logic Rule 1009 | REFERENCE #7. | |
| Logic Rule 1010 | REFERENCE #8. | |
| Logic Rule 1011 | REFERENCE #9. | |
| Logic Rule 1012 | REFERENCE #10. | |
| Logic Rule 1014 | REFERENCE #11. | |
| Logic Rule 1015 | REFERENCE #12. | |
| Logic Rule 1016 | REFERENCE #13. | |
| Logic Rule 1017 | REFERENCE #14. | |
| Logic Rule 1018 | REFERENCE #15. | |
| Logic Rule 1019 | REFERENCE #16. | |
| Logic Rule 1020 | REFERENCE #17. | |
| Logic Rule 1021 | REFERENCE #18. | |
| Logic Rule 1022 | REFERENCE #19. | |
| Logic Rule 1023 | REFERENCE #20. | |
| Logic Rule 1024 | REFERENCE #21. | |
| Logic Rule 1025 | REFERENCE #22. | |
| Logic Rule 1000 | Mandatory Element. | |
| Logic Rule 1001 | Formatted Element. | |
| Logic Rule 1002 | Element Specification. |
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