NFIRS Data Quality Report
Data Quality Details By State and Department
Excludes Abbreviated Reporting Incidents
August 19, 2005
1:14 PM
2004 NFIRS Data
United States Fire Administration
National Fire Data Center
WHERE: State = 'AK'
Alaska

Fairbanks Int'l Airport FD
- 31200 -
(1 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 0 N/A
Property Loss 0 0 N/A
Property Use* 0 0 0
Area of Fire Origin 0 0 100
Heat Source 0 0 100
Item First Ignited 0 0 100
Ignition Factor #1 100 0 0
Cause of Ignition N/A 0 (under investigation) 100
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0 0
Human Factors Contributing #1 100 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 100 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 100 0 0
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 0 0 (Y)
*Includes NNN code for blank/null category
Overall Data Quality Rating = 5.00
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 7.00
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 1
Alaska

Meadow Lakes VFD
- 25220 -
(26 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 15.38 N/A
Property Loss 100 0 N/A
Property Use* 26.92 0 61.54
Area of Fire Origin 0 0 63.16
Heat Source 0 0 73.68
Item First Ignited 0 0 73.68
Ignition Factor #1 0 0 0
Cause of Ignition N/A 5.26 (under investigation) 36.84
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 5.26 10.53
Human Factors Contributing #1 0 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 73.68 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 68.42 0 0
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 0 0 (Y)
*Includes NNN code for blank/null category
Overall Data Quality Rating = 4.56
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.42
Base Data Quality Rating = 2.04
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 19
Alaska

Aniak VFD
- 22137 -
(1 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 0 N/A
Property Loss 0 0 N/A
Property Use* 0 0 0
Area of Fire Origin 0 0 0
Heat Source 0 0 100
Item First Ignited 0 0 100
Ignition Factor #1 100 0 0
Cause of Ignition N/A 0 (under investigation) 100
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0 0
Human Factors Contributing #1 100 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 100 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 100 0 0
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 0 0 (Y)
*Includes NNN code for blank/null category
Overall Data Quality Rating = 4.00
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 6.00
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 1
Alaska

Gambell VFD
- 37200 -
(1 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 0 N/A
Property Loss 0 0 N/A
Property Use* 0 0 0
Area of Fire Origin 0 0 100
Heat Source 0 0 100
Item First Ignited 0 0 100
Ignition Factor #1 0 0 100
Cause of Ignition N/A 0 (under investigation) 0
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0 0
Human Factors Contributing #1 0 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 100 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 100 0 0
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 0 0 (Y)
*Includes NNN code for blank/null category
Overall Data Quality Rating = 4.00
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 5.00
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 1
Alaska

King Cove VFD
- 21118 -
(1 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 0 N/A
Property Loss 0 0 N/A
Property Use* 0 0 0
Area of Fire Origin 0 0 0
Heat Source 0 0 100
Item First Ignited 0 0 100
Ignition Factor #1 100 0 0
Cause of Ignition N/A 0 (under investigation) 100
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0 0
Human Factors Contributing #1 100 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 100 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 100 0 0
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 0 0 (Y)
*Includes NNN code for blank/null category
Overall Data Quality Rating = 4.00
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 6.00
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 1
Alaska

Funny River Emergency Services
- 26711 -
(2 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 0 N/A
Property Loss 100 0 N/A
Property Use* 0 0 0
Area of Fire Origin 0 0 50
Heat Source 0 0 50
Item First Ignited 0 0 50
Ignition Factor #1 50 0 0
Cause of Ignition N/A 0 (under investigation) 50
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0 0
Human Factors Contributing #1 50 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 100 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 100 0 0
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 0 0 (Y)
*Includes NNN code for blank/null category
Overall Data Quality Rating = 3.50
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 4.00
Base Data Quality Rating = 1.00
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 2
Alaska

Craig VFD
- 19705 -
(5 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 0 N/A
Property Loss 80 0 N/A
Property Use* 0 0 0
Area of Fire Origin 0 0 33.33
Heat Source 0 0 66.67
Item First Ignited 0 0 66.67
Ignition Factor #1 33.33 0 0
Cause of Ignition N/A 0 (under investigation) 66.67
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0 0
Human Factors Contributing #1 33.33 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 100 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 100 0 0
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 0 0 (Y)
*Includes NNN code for blank/null category
Overall Data Quality Rating = 3.47
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 4.00
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.80
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 3
Alaska

Nikiski VFD
- 26200 -
(46 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 4.35 N/A
Property Loss 73.91 2.17 N/A
Property Use* 2.17 4.35 0
Area of Fire Origin 0 0 18.92
Heat Source 0 10.81 43.24
Item First Ignited 0 5.41 54.05
Ignition Factor #1 51.35 0 10.81
Cause of Ignition N/A 8.11 (under investigation) 24.32
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0 0
Human Factors Contributing #1 59.46 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 100 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 94.59 0 0
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 5.41 0 (G)
*Includes NNN code for blank/null category
Overall Data Quality Rating = 3.12
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.86
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.85
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 37
Alaska

University Of Alaska Fire Dept
- 31300 -
(70 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 0 N/A
Property Loss 84.29 0 N/A
Property Use* 0 1.43 0
Area of Fire Origin 0 0 26.53
Heat Source 0 2.04 48.98
Item First Ignited 0 4.08 57.14
Ignition Factor #1 34.69 4.08 22.45
Cause of Ignition N/A 2.04 (under investigation) 20.41
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0 0
Human Factors Contributing #1 38.78 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 100 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 100 0 0
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 0 0 (Y)
*Includes NNN code for blank/null category
Overall Data Quality Rating = 3.08
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.61
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.86
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 49
Alaska

Huslia VFD
- 34506 -
(1 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 0 N/A
Property Loss 0 0 N/A
Property Use* 0 0 0
Area of Fire Origin 0 0 0
Heat Source 0 0 100
Item First Ignited 0 0 0
Ignition Factor #1 100 0 0
Cause of Ignition N/A 100 (under investigation) 0
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0 0
Human Factors Contributing #1 100 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 100 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 0 0 0
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 0 0 (Y)
*Includes NNN code for blank/null category
Overall Data Quality Rating = 3.00
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 5.00
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 1
Alaska

Kenny Lake VFD
- 24410 -
(4 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 0 N/A
Property Loss 25 0 N/A
Property Use* 0 0 0
Area of Fire Origin 0 0 50
Heat Source 0 25 75
Item First Ignited 0 0 50
Ignition Factor #1 0 0 50
Cause of Ignition N/A 0 (under investigation) 25
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0 0
Human Factors Contributing #1 0 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 100 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 100 0 0
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 0 0 (Y)
*Includes NNN code for blank/null category
Overall Data Quality Rating = 3.00
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.75
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.25
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 4
Alaska

Chitina VFD
- 24600 -
(1 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 0 N/A
Property Loss 100 0 N/A
Property Use* 0 0 0
Area of Fire Origin 0 0 0
Heat Source 0 0 100
Item First Ignited 0 0 100
Ignition Factor #1 0 0 0
Cause of Ignition N/A 0 (under investigation) 0
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0 0
Human Factors Contributing #1 0 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 100 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 100 0 0
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 0 0 (Y)
*Includes NNN code for blank/null category
Overall Data Quality Rating = 3.00
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.00
Base Data Quality Rating = 1.00
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 1
Alaska

Kenai Penn. Other Areas
- 26000 -
(3 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 0 N/A
Property Loss 66.67 0 N/A
Property Use* 0 0 0
Area of Fire Origin 0 0 100
Heat Source 0 0 33.33
Item First Ignited 0 0 33.33
Ignition Factor #1 0 0 33.33
Cause of Ignition N/A 0 (under investigation) 33.33