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NFIRS 5.0 Transaction: ‘Wildland Fire’

Description: ‘Provides details specific to a Wildland Fire Incident’

Class: Used for incident transactions

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Transaction Elements:

The ‘Wildland Fire’ transaction contains the following elements in order.

Key Elements:

These elements are part of the ‘Wildland Fire’ 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 ‘Wildland Fire’ transaction. They form the main payload of this transaction.

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Transaction Blocks:

These blocks are collections of elements carried by the ‘Wildland Fire’ 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)
B	Latitude — Longitude — Township — Township Direction - North/South — Range — Range Direction - East/West — Section — Subsection — Meridian
C	Area Type
D1	Wildland Fire Cause
D2	Human Factors Contributing
D3	Factors Contributing To Ignition
D4	Fire Suppression Factors
E	Heat Source
F	Mobile Property Type
G	Equipment Involved In Ignition
H	NFDRS Weather Station ID — Weather Type — Wind Direction — Wind Speed — Air Temperature — Relative Humidity — Fuel Moisture — Fire Danger Rating
I1	Number of Buildings Ignited
I2	Number of Buildings Threatened
I3	Total Acres Burned
I4	Primary Crop Burned #1 — Primary Crop Burned #2 — Primary Crop Burned #3
J	Undetermined Acres Burned Percentage (%) — Tax Paying Acres Burned Percentage (%) — Non-Tax Paying Acres Burned Percentage (%) — City Town Village Local Acres Burned Percentage (%) — County or Parish Acres Burned Percentage (%) — State or Province Acres Burned Percentage (%) — Federal Acres Burned Percentage (%) — Foreign Acres Burned Percentage (%) — Military Acres Burned Percentage (%) — Other Acres Burned Percentage (%) — Property Management Ownership — Federal Agency Code
K	NFDRS Fuel Model At Origin
L1	Person Responsible For Fire
L2	Gender
L3	Person Age
L4	Activity of Person
M	Horizontal Distance From Right Of Way — Type of Right of Way
N	Elevation — Relative Position on Slope — Aspect — Flame Length — Rate of Spread

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