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NFIRS 5.0 Transaction: ‘Fire - File attached’

Description: ‘Provides additional information for the fire’

Class: Used for incident transactions

Module: Fire

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Transaction Elements:

The ‘Fire - File attached’ transaction contains the following elements in order.

Key Elements:

These elements are part of the ‘Fire - File attached’ transaction, as they are part of every transaction, since they form the record key; they uniquely identify the incident from other incidents.

Transaction Specific Elements:

These elements are part of the specific information carried by the ‘Fire - File attached’ transaction. They form the main payload of this transaction.

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Transaction Blocks:

These blocks are collections of elements carried by the ‘Fire - File attached’ transaction.

Block  Elements 
A Fire Department IDFire Department StateIncident (Alarm) DateIncident Number (Identifier)Exposure NumberRecord Type/Transaction CodeTransaction Type (Add, Update, Delete)
 
 
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