Incident data definitions

Financial year

Financial year in which incident occurred

Incident Number

ECFRS incident number - each incident has a unique number

Date & time of call

Date and time that incident occurred

Hour of day

Hour of the day in which the incident occurred

Day of week

Day of week in which the incident occurred

District

The district where the call occurred

Ward

The ward area where the incident occurred

Station Ground

The station ground where the incident occurred

Origin of call

How ECFRS were notified of the incident

Incident Category

Incident are categorised as Fire, Special service or False alarm

Incident Category Subtype

Sub category/type of incident attended

Road Traffic collision?

Was the Incident a Road Traffic Collision?

Fire Classification *

Is Fire - Primary, Secondary or chimney?

Cause/motive **

Established cause/motive

Property type

The overall type of property attended

Property subtype

Detail of property attended

Is property derelict?

Whether the property was fit for use at the time of the incident

Occupied at time of fire?

Whether the property was occupied at the time of the incident

Normally occupied?

Whether the property was normally occupied at any part of the at time of ignition

Victims involved? ***

Whether the incident involved any victims (False alarm incidents will not have victims involved)

How fire discovered ~

The way the fire was discovered

Main cause of fire ~

The detailed cause of fire

Source of ignition ~

What item or thing caused the fire to ignite

Ignition powered by ~

What fuel powered the ignition source

First item ignited ~

What item was first to be damaged by the fire

Item(s) responsible for spread of fire ~

What item, if any, was responsible for the spread of the fire

Alarm system present? ~

Whether there was an alarm system present in the building where the incident happened

Main action by other than FRS ~

What, if any, was the main course of action to fight the fire by other than fire service personnel

Main action FRS ~

What, if any, was the main course of action to fight the fire by fire service personnel

Appliances deployed @

Appliances, listed by call sign, deployed to the incident

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Fire incident only

 

** Primary & secondary fires only

 

*** Denotes only answered for fire & special service incidents

 

~ Only answered for primary fires

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