Relational Edit Rule 44 - NFIRS

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NFIRS Relational Edit Rule 44

The NFIRS specification provides this definition for Relational Edit Rule 44:

Relational Edit Rule 44 — If Incident Type = 140, 170 series then required unless Open/Wildland module is used.

Responserack’s supplement:

Responserack’s copy of the above NFIRS definition, with (when available) NFIRS codes expanded:

Relational Edit Rule 44 - Use Total Acres Burned (or Less than one Acre) on Fire Module for Natural Vegetation Fire Group (14X) (i.e. 140 series) or Cultivated Vegetation, Crop Fire Group (17X) (170 series) unless Wildland Fire Module is used.

Rule References

Entity	Reference
Element	Total Acres Burned
Element	Less than one Acre
Module	Fire
Incident Type Group	Natural Vegetation Fire Group (14X)
Incident Type Group	Cultivated Vegetation, Crop Fire Group (17X)
Module	Wildland Fire

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