National Fire Information Database (NFID)

Performance of smoke alarm device of fire incident, category

Performance of smoke alarm device refers the usefulness of a smoke detector during a fire incident, whether there was a smoke alarm device and whether it activated.

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 classifications and/or lists:

• Smoke alarm device performance in residential fires