U.S. Fire Administration National Fire Incident Reporting System Version 5.0 Design Documentation Specification Release 2006.1 / January 2006 NATIONAL FIRE INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM Version 5.0 Design Documentation Specification Release 2006.1 January 2006 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL FIRE DATA CENTER Table of Contents Section 1 Executive Summary......................................................... 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1 How NFIRS Works.......................................................................................................... 1 The Benefits of NFIRS to Firefighters ............................................................................ 2 Coding Background........................................................................................................ 3 NFIRS Background......................................................................................................... 3 NFIRS Today................................................................................................................... 3 What is NFIC?................................................................................................................ 4 History of NFIRS Participation...................................................................................... 4 Roles and Responsibilities ................................................................................... 5 Section 2 System Overview ............................................................. 7 The Data-based Decision-making Process........................................................... 7 The All-Incident Reporting System................................................................................. 8 System Design Objectives.................................................................................... 9 Benefits................................................................................................................. 9 Ease of Use..................................................................................................................... 9 Compatibility ................................................................................................................ 10 Comprehensiveness ...................................................................................................... 10 Reliability ..................................................................................................................... 10 Usefulness..................................................................................................................... 11 System Module Overview................................................................................... 11 Basic Module (NFIRS-1) .............................................................................................. 11 Supplemental Module (NFIRS-1S)............................................................................... 12 Fire Module (NFIRS-2) ................................................................................................ 13 Structure Fire Module (NFIRS-3)................................................................................. 14 Civilian Fire Casualty Module (NFIRS-4) ................................................................... 15 Fire Service Casualty Module (NFIRS-5) .................................................................... 16 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Module (NFIRS-6) ............................................. 17 Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Module (NFIRS-7) .................................................... 18 Wildland Module (NFIRS-8) ........................................................................................ 19 Apparatus Module (NFIRS-9) ...................................................................................... 20 Personnel Module (NFIRS-10)..................................................................................... 21 Arson Module (NFIRS-11)............................................................................................ 21 Section 3 Technical Documentation ............................................. 23 System Architecture ........................................................................................... 23 System Modules ................................................................................................. 25 Module Logic Flow............................................................................................ 43 Edit Requirements .............................................................................................. 65 Relational Edits .................................................................................................. 99 Incident Module Rules ..................................................................................... 108 System Field Security Levels........................................................................... 109 Incident Flat File Transfer Format ................................................................... 128 Overview..................................................................................................................... 128 Transaction Record Hierarchy ................................................................................... 128 Delimiters ................................................................................................................... 129 NFIRS Version 5.0 Design Documentation - January 2006 i Table of Contents Transaction Record Termination................................................................................ 129 Vendor Identification and Software Identification...................................................... 130 Addition, Deletion, Change and No Activity Transaction Flags................................ 130 Fire Department Transactions.................................................................................... 131 Sequence Numbering Methodologies ......................................................................... 131 Data Types Legend ..................................................................................................... 131 Positive and Negative Numbers ................................................................................. 132 Multiple Choice Fields ............................................................................................... 132 Date and Time ............................................................................................................ 132 Zip Code ..................................................................................................................... 132 User Defined Transactions......................................................................................... 133 Data Dictionary ................................................................................................ 159 Basic Module Data Dictionary................................................................................... 160 Fire Module Data Dictionary..................................................................................... 170 Structure Fire Module Data Dictionary ..................................................................... 186 Civilian Fire Casualty Module Dictionary................................................................. 188 Fire Service Casualty Module Data Dictionary......................................................... 191 EMS Module Data Dictionary.................................................................................... 197 HazMat Chemical Database ...................................................................................... 200 Hazardous Materials Module Data Dictionary.......................................................... 201 Wildland Module Data Dictionary............................................................................. 241 Apparatus or Resource Module Data Dictionary....................................................... 252 Personnel Module Data Dictionary ........................................................................... 253 Arson Module Data Dictionary.................................................................................. 254 Conversion Tables for NFIRS 4.1 to 5.0 .......................................................... 257 General guidelines ..................................................................................................... 257 NFIRS 4.1 Carryover Elements.................................................................................. 257 Basic, Fire, and Structure Modules ............................................................................ 258 Civilian Casualty Module........................................................................................... 287 FireFighter Casualty Module..................................................................................... 291 Hazardous Materials Module..................................................................................... 311 NFIRS 5.0 Vendor Software Development Procedures ................................... 320 Query and Reporting Requirements ................................................................. 321 Reporting Requirements ............................................................................................. 321 Tally Report 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