National Fire Information Database (NFID)

Death of fire incident, count

Death refers to the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after a live birth has taken place. Stillbirths are excluded.

Fire incident refers to a destructive incident involving fire which causes deaths or injuries or which destroys or damages property having a value that may be expressed in terms of dollars.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

• Whole number