Customized reports

Contact: Nancy Schwartz, +1 617 984-7450

In addition to the statistical reports and packages, NFPA's One-Stop Data Shop offers customized reports, incident searches, custom narratives and occupancy cause tables.

Customized Reports
If an existing report does not cover all of the issues of interest to you and our data bases are applicable, we can develop a Custom Report of the size, characteristics, or trends of the fire problem tailored for your needs. This report will contain statistical table(s) and explanatory text when needed. The Fire Analysis and Research Division encourages you to obtain a free consultation regarding the match between the questions you have and the statistics we can analyze. Here are some of the factors we can examine:

Property use
Area of fire origin
Major fire cause
Equipment involved in ignition
Heat source
Material first ignited
Factors contributing to ignition
Extent of flame damage
Performance of detection or suppression equipment
Victim characterisitics
Victim proximity to fire at ignition

After we agree on the report you want and its cost and schedule, work will begin upon receipt of written confirmation and payment from you. All tables are $100. A 10% discount will be applied when ten or more tables are ordered. For information, contact Nancy Schwartz.

Incident Searches
Our Incident Searches are searches of individual fire incident fires, specifically our Fire Incident Data Organization (FIDO) data base. FIDO keywords and codes cover many topics not coded in the data base we use for statistical analysis, so even when we cannot give you precise statistics on a specific topic, we often can provide illustrative fire incidents. Once relevant incidents are identified, we hand screen the incidents to confirm their match with your request. The documentation provided may consist of published articles from NFPA publications and/or NFPA Fire Investigation Reports. The cost of this search is$100. For information, contact Nancy Schwartz.

Custom Narratives
In addition to providing published information on specific incidents, One-Stop Data Shop analysts can also supply custom narratives based on the information in the files. These narratives provide details about the incident that the published information many not include. A consultation with an analyst will tell you whether or not this service is beneficial to your needs. The cost is $500 per staff-day and includes all the searching described in the Incident Service service, as well as copies of any accounts of the incidents published in NFPA periodicals or fire investigations. For information, contact Nancy Schwartz.

Occupancy Cause Tables
Any specific occupancy class identified in the NFPA 901 coding standard for fixed property use can be the subject of a one-page overview giving the latest five-year averages of fires, civilian deaths and injuries, and property damage reported to fire departments, both overall and by the following 13 major cause groups:

Intentional
Children playing
Smoking
Heating
Cooking
Electrical distribution
Appliances and air conditioning
Open flame (including torches, matches, and lighters)
Other equipment
Other heat sources
Natural causes
Exposure
Unknown

These major causes are based on a hierarchical sorting using three NFPA 901 cause dimensions. Consult with our staff for guidance on which occupancy class(es) correspond to your interest. The cost is $100 per occupancy overview sheet (free to the fire service). For information, contact Nancy Schwartz.