National Fire Incident Reporting System Version 50 Fire Data Analysis Guidelines And Issues

Author : National Fire Data Center (U.S.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 21 pages
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Download or read book Data Sources and Methodology Documentation written by National Fire Data Center (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA's) data analyses are based primarily on the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) data, but use other sources as well. Summary numbers for fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss are from the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA's) annual survey of fire departments. Other data sources used by USFA include 2010 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) mortality data as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program, population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, inflation adjustments from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' consumer price index, and state statistics from state fire marshals' offices or their equivalents are also used. Because the NCHS mortality data are based on a census or enumeration of deaths based on death certificates rather than an estimate, it is used as the primary source for the computation of fire death rates and relative risk. The most current year available for the NCHS mortality data is 2010. Please note that for consistency, national trend data are based on the NFPA survey estimates, not the NCHS mortality data.