Relational Edit Rule 10 - NFIRS

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NFIRS Relational Edit Rule 10

The NFIRS specification provides this definition for Relational Edit Rule 10:

Relational Edit Rule 10 — If Incident Type = 113-118 then completion of the Fire module is optional, not required and Block H2, Detector Alerted Occupants, is required.

Responserack’s supplement:

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

Relational Edit Rule 10 - ‘Confined Fires’ (Cooking Fire, Confined To Container (113) to Trash or Rubbish Fire, Contained (118)) - fires in equipment designed for heat containment, e.g. pots, wood burning stoves - often remain within thier confines, causing limited damage.

Rule References

Entity	Reference
Incident Type	Cooking Fire, Confined To Container (113)
Incident Type	Trash or Rubbish Fire, Contained (118)

NFIRS Documentation

For more details, see the FEMA NFIRS Documentation, for example the NFIRS 5.0 specification (PDF).

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