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NFIRS 5.0 Transaction: ‘Hazardous Materials’

Description: ‘Provide details for Hazmat’

Class: Used for incident transactions

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Transaction Elements:

The ‘Hazardous Materials’ transaction contains the following elements in order.

Key Elements:

These elements are part of the ‘Hazardous Materials’ 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 ‘Hazardous Materials’ transaction. They form the main payload of this transaction.

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Transaction Blocks:

These blocks are collections of elements carried by the ‘Hazardous Materials’ transaction.

Block	Elements
A	Fire Department ID — Fire Department State — Incident (Alarm) Date — Incident Number (Identifier) — Exposure Number — Record Type/Transaction Code — Transaction Type (Add, Update, Delete)
F1	HazMat Released From — HazMat Story of Release
F2	HazMat Population Density
G1	HazMat Area Affected Measurement — HazMat Area Affected Units
G2	HazMat Area Evacuated Measurement — HazMat Evacuated Units
G3	HazMat Estimated Number Of People
G4	HazMat Estimated Number of Buildings
H	HazMat Actions Taken
I	HazMat Occurred First
J	HazMat Cause of Release
K	HazMat Factors Contributing to Release
L	HazMat Factors Affecting Mitigation (Mitigating Factors)
M	HazMat Equipment Involved In Release
O	HazMat Disposition
P	HazMat Civilian Deaths — HazMat Civilian Injuries

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