NFIRS Data Quality Report
Data Quality Details By State
Excludes Abbreviated Reporting Incidents		 August 19, 2005
1:13 PM
2004 NFIRS Data
United States Fire Administration
National Fire Data Center
WHERE: state != ''
Oregon
(3,871 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 2.84 N/A
Property Loss 0 58.56 N/A
Property Use* 0 0 100
Area of Fire Origin 0 0 100
Heat Source 0 7.38 27.09
Item First Ignited 0 0 100
Ignition Factor #1 0 0 95.4
Cause of Ignition N/A 0 (under investigation) 95.4
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0 0
Human Factors Contributing #1 4.6 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 98.82 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 63.86 0 0
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 1.67 0.63 (G)
Overall Data Quality Rating = 5.28
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 5.29
Base Data Quality Rating = 1.03
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 2,872
Arizona
(5,806 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 6.77 N/A
Property Loss 28.87 58.49 N/A
Property Use* 1.62 1.88 49
Area of Fire Origin 0 4.34 15.27
Heat Source 0 4.64 61.89
Item First Ignited 0 4.9 66.03
Ignition Factor #1 16.4 1.21 48.15
Cause of Ignition N/A 5.38 (under investigation) 45.26
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0.24 2.27
Human Factors Contributing #1 20.83 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 94.21 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 74.98 0 0.06
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 1.65 0.5 (G)
Overall Data Quality Rating = 3.62
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.91
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.88
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 3,385
Maryland
(13,067 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 6.01 N/A
Property Loss 32.66 41.9 N/A
Property Use* 2.27 1.12 6.24
Area of Fire Origin 8.69 3.81 30.77
Heat Source 4.14 5.67 51.96
Item First Ignited 5.03 4.7 54.1
Ignition Factor #1 18.2 1.75 38.74
Cause of Ignition N/A 4.55 (under investigation) 42.49
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0.12 1.68
Human Factors Contributing #1 16.7 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 36.45 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 36.23 0.76 34.51
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 1.69 0.78 (G)
Overall Data Quality Rating = 3.58
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 4.01
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.33
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.48
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 9,756
Delaware
(3,603 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 6.58 N/A
Property Loss 55.23 35.97 N/A
Property Use* 3.91 1.89 1.53
Area of Fire Origin 0.89 2.66 20.7
Heat Source 0.89 2.55 57.72
Item First Ignited 0.89 2.71 56
Ignition Factor #1 41.89 0.72 10.9
Cause of Ignition N/A 29.44 (under investigation) 15.44
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0.22 4.26
Human Factors Contributing #1 44.66 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 91.98 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 80.24 0.06 0.44
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 2.1 0.77 (G)
Overall Data Quality Rating = 3.13
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.85
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.69
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 1,807
Mississippi
(21,549 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 6.46 N/A
Property Loss 11.22 62.04 N/A
Property Use* 8.35 4.9 3.9
Area of Fire Origin 0 5.11 36.06
Heat Source 0 4.92 63
Item First Ignited 0 3.7 58.79
Ignition Factor #1 47.76 1.73 12.4
Cause of Ignition N/A 9.8 (under investigation) 29.93
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0.25 1.66
Human Factors Contributing #1 56.27 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 95.65 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 75.75 0.11 0.36
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 0.75 0.35 (G)
Overall Data Quality Rating = 3.09
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 4.28
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.35
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 16,229
Tennessee
(21,544 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 6.35 N/A
Property Loss 49.83 23.85 N/A
Property Use* 3.08 2.7 4.13
Area of Fire Origin 8.14 3.15 17.82
Heat Source 7.9 5.98 43.48
Item First Ignited 8.08 6.11 41.02
Ignition Factor #1 30.25 4.87 16.27
Cause of Ignition N/A 7.41 (under investigation) 25
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0.15 1.61
Human Factors Contributing #1 28.7 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 69.39 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 54.99 0.65 8.65
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 1.44 0.83 (G)
Overall Data Quality Rating = 3.01
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 3.44
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.43
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.66
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 15,866
Kentucky
(9,752 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 6.35 N/A
Property Loss 27.58 44.53 N/A
Property Use* 5.31 3.74 2.12
Area of Fire Origin 0.15 3.33 21.33
Heat Source 0.04 4.6 50.67
Item First Ignited 0.08 5.3 45.89
Ignition Factor #1 34.03 2.19 11.72
Cause of Ignition N/A 7.42 (under investigation) 26.38
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0.22 2.01
Human Factors Contributing #1 41.09 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 80.94 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 57.35 0.23 1.79
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 1.72 1.16 (G)
Overall Data Quality Rating = 2.60
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 1.53
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.71
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.45
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 7,247
West Virginia
(7,468 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 5.91 N/A
Property Loss 28.94 23.35 N/A
Property Use* 10.02 1.87 3.48
Area of Fire Origin 2.16 2.75 18.18
Heat Source 4.48 3.45 38.82
Item First Ignited 3.85 3.74 35.63
Ignition Factor #1 23.44 1.29 18.15
Cause of Ignition N/A 7.59 (under investigation) 24.73
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0.24 1.43
Human Factors Contributing #1 23.41 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 55.63 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 39.71 0.91 6.74
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 2.25 1.36 (G)
Overall Data Quality Rating = 2.46
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 2.38
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.59
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.50
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 5,742
New Jersey
(16,476 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 3.95 N/A
Property Loss 53.69 39.09 N/A
Property Use* 0.67 0.59 0.88
Area of Fire Origin 0.34 2.84 10.98
Heat Source 0.3 4.59 41.45
Item First Ignited 0.46 5.84 36.55
Ignition Factor #1 36.03 1.54 6.85
Cause of Ignition N/A 15.41 (under investigation) 19.11
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0.01 1.32
Human Factors Contributing #1 43.48 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 87.37 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 66.64 0.58 1.31
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 3.22 3.05 (G)
Overall Data Quality Rating = 2.44
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 2.60
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.42
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.60
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 8,615
Pennsylvania
(4,095 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 10.13 N/A
Property Loss 70.57 11.82 N/A
Property Use* 2.27 1.78 0.39
Area of Fire Origin 0 4.6 6.65
Heat Source 0 7.6 32.58
Item First Ignited 0 10.99 30.28
Ignition Factor #1 30.38 3.4 5.7
Cause of Ignition N/A 9.9 (under investigation) 13.99
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0.25 0.25
Human Factors Contributing #1 50.77 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 97.7 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 92.6 0.1 0
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 3.3 4.7 (G)
Overall Data Quality Rating = 2.41
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.05
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.85
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 2,001
Connecticut
(13,049 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 6.94 N/A
Property Loss 52.2 35.4 N/A
Property Use* 0.8 0.85 0.4
Area of Fire Origin 0 1.56 9.25
Heat Source 0 5.98 41.38
Item First Ignited 0 6.42 37.79
Ignition Factor #1 29.86 3.28 9.78
Cause of Ignition N/A 12.42 (under investigation) 21.63
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0.09 1.1
Human Factors Contributing #1 40.48 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 97.03 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 72.4 0.13 0.16
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 3.3 2.6 (G)
Overall Data Quality Rating = 2.41
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.18
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.61
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 6,337
Alabama
(9,232 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 5.73 N/A
Property Loss 39.49 44.76 N/A
Property Use* 3.05 3.82 1.64
Area of Fire Origin 0 4.3 17.25
Heat Source 0 6.43 44.85
Item First Ignited 0 5.13 41.15
Ignition Factor #1 24.14 1.99 7.55
Cause of Ignition N/A 13.76 (under investigation) 17.99
Wildland Fire Cause N/A 0.76 6.33
Human Factors Contributing #1 30.92 N/A N/A
Age (Was a Factor) 85.15 N/A N/A
Equipment Involved in Ignition 63.3 0.13 0.11
Casualties Per 100 Fires FF Casualties Per 100 Fires Casualty DQ Flag
Casualties 1.45 0.51 (G)
Overall Data Quality Rating = 2.39
Version 4.1 Data Quality Rating = 0.00
Version 5.0 Data Quality Rating = 3.08
Base Data Quality Rating = 0.54
Fire modules used for DQ rating = 6,330
Vermont
(2,195 Fires)
Field Null/Blank Zeros (Other) Unknown
Incident Type (Other Fire) N/A 7.02 N/A
Property Loss 48.7 34.35 N/A
Property Use* 4.51 2.14 0.87
Area of Fire Origin 5.47 4.31 9.95
Heat Source 5.06 6.47 29.93
Item First Ignited 6.14 5.14 29.52
Ignition Factor #1 28.28 1.91 10.2
Cause of Ignition N/A 10.36 (under investigation) 16
Wildland Fire Cause