How should Methamphetamine lab fires be coded?
Assuming that the lab fire is in a single–family home: • BASIC MODULE • Incident Type =111 (building) • Property Use = 419 (1 or 2 family dwelling) • FIRE MODULE • On-Site Materials = 545 (illegal drugs) • On-Site Materials Use = 2 (processing or manufacturing) • Fire Suppression Factor = 222 (illegal and clandestine drug operation) If, in addition to the above, you wanted to specifically capture that the on-site illegal drug was methamphetamine, you could create a state level ’plus one‘ code for code 545 (for example: ’5451 Methamphetamine‘). The contents of the other critical cause and ignition fields would, of course, be dependent of the specifics of what happened in each individual fire.
