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NFIRS Relational Edit Rule 52

The NFIRS specification provides this definition for Relational Edit Rule 52:

Relational Edit Rule 52 — If Cause of Ignition = 2 (Unintentional) then Block E2 and Block E3 (Factors Contributing and Human Factors) are required (None is a valid answer).
Responserack’s supplement:

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

Relational Edit Rule 52 - If Cause of Ignition = 2 (Unintentional) then Block E2 and Block E3 (Contributed to Ignition Factors and Human Factors) are required (None is a valid answer).

Rule References
Entity  Reference 
Element Cause of Ignition
Element Contributed to Ignition Factors
Element Human Factors
 
NFIRS Documentation

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

 
 
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