NFIRS 2004 Data Quality Rating Criteria


United States Fire Administration

National Fire Data Center
Combined Base Rating for Basic Module:
Calculated WHERE Version = "4.1" OR Version = "5.0" AND
no aid was given AND
Incident Type BETWEEN 100 amd 173 inclusive
FOR EACH FIRE DEPARTMENT:
(Count of Property Loss = NULL +
Count of Property Use = NULL +
Count of Property Use = 000 +
Count of Property USE = UUU +
Count of Incident Type = 100)
Divided by the total number of department fires
= Base Data Quality Rating
Combined Data Quality Rating for Fire Module:
Calculated WHERE Version = "4.1" OR Version = "5.0" AND
no aid was given AND the incident type was
a structure fire (does not include confined fires) OR
a mobile property used as fixed structure fire OR
a mobile property fire OR
a vegetation fire OR
a special outside fire OR
a crop fire
FOR EACH FIRE DEPARTMENT::
(Count of Item First Ignited = NULL +
Count of Item First Ignited = 00 +
Count of Item First Ignited = UU +
Count of Area of Fire Origin = NULL +
Count of Area of Fire Origin = 00 +
Count of Area of Fire Origin = UU +
Count of Heat Source = NULL +
Count of Heat Source = 00 +
Count of Heat Source = UU +
Count of Factor Contributing to Ignition #1 = NULL +
Count of Factor Contributing to Ignition #1 = 00 +
Count of Factor Contributing to Ignition #1 = UU +
Count of Cause of Ignition = 5 +
Count of Cause of Ignition = U +
Count of Equipment Involved in Ignition = 000 +
Count of Equipment Involved in Ignition = UUU)
Divided by the total number of department fires
= Fire Module Data Quality Rating
Base DQ Rating + Fire Module DQ Rating = Overall Data Quality Rating
4.1 Data Quality Rating for Fire Module Fields:
Calculated WHERE Version = "4.1" AND
no aid was given AND the incident type was
a structure fire (does not include confined fires) OR
a mobile property used as fixed structure fire OR
a mobile property fire OR
a vegetation fire OR
a special outside fire OR
a crop fire
FOR EACH FIRE DEPARTMENT::
(Count of Item First Ignited = NULL +
Count of Item First Ignited = 00 +
Count of Item First Ignited = UU +
Count of Area of Fire Origin = NULL +
Count of Area of Fire Origin = 00 +
Count of Area of Fire Origin = UU +
Count of Heat Source = NULL +
Count of Heat Source = 00 +
Count of Heat Source = UU +
Count of Factor Contributing to Ignition #1 = NULL +
Count of Factor Contributing to Ignition #1 = 00 +
Count of Factor Contributing to Ignition #1 = UU +
Count of Cause of Ignition = 5 +
Count of Cause of Ignition = U +
Count of Equipment Involved in Ignition = 000 +
Count of Equipment Involved in Ignition = UUU)
Divided by the total number of department fires
= Version 4.1 Fire Module Data Quality Rating
Version 5.0 Fire Module Data Quality Rating:
Calculated WHERE version = '5.0' AND
No aid was given AND the incident type was:
(a structure fire (does not include confined fires) OR
a mobile property used as fixed structure fire OR
a mobile property fire OR
a vegetation fire OR
a special outside fire OR
a crop fire)
FOR EACH FIRE DEPARTMENT:
(Count of Item First Ignited = NULL +
Count of Item First Ignited = 00 +
Count of Item First Ignited = UU +
Count of Area of Fire Origin = NULL +
Count of Area of Fire Origin = 00 +
Count of Area of Fire Origin = UU +
Count of Heat Source = NULL +
Count of Heat Source = 00 +
Count of Heat Source = UU +
Count of Factor Contributing to Ignition #1 = NULL +
Count of Factor Contributing to Ignition #1 = 00 +
Count of Factor Contributing to Ignition #1 = UU +
Count of Cause of Ignition = 5 +
Count of Cause of Ignition = U +
Count of Equipment Involved in Ignition = 000 +
Count of Equipment Involved in Ignition = UUU +
Count of Wildland Fire Cause = 0 +
Count of Wildland Fire Cause = U +
Count of Human Factor #1 = NULL +
Count of Human Factor Age = NULL
Divided by the total number of department fires
= Version 5.0 Fire Module Data Quality Rating

08/19/2005