1. Framework Name
Industrial Firefighter Response and Incident Governance Framework (IFRIG‑F)
A governance-first structure for documenting, analyzing, and sharing industrial fire response and incident information.
2. Governance Statement
Purpose and Scope
The Industrial Firefighter Response and Incident Governance Framework (IFRIG‑F) establishes the ethical, methodological, and technical standards for documenting industrial fire response and emergency incidents in the United States. The framework supports transparent incident documentation, ethical data stewardship, cross-facility learning, and voluntary participation from industrial sites.
Definitions
- Industrial Firefighter: Responder employed by or assigned to an industrial facility.
- Industrial Fire Response: Any emergency or planned activity involving fire suppression, rescue, hazmat mitigation, standby operations, or emergency support.
- Incident: A discrete event involving industrial fire response activities.
- Dataset: Structured collection of incident-level and response-level records maintained under IFRIG‑F.
Data Sources
Data may originate from industrial facilities, internal incident reports, OSHA summaries, NIOSH or USFA reports, news media, public records, and organizational after-action reviews.
Inclusion Criteria
- Incident involves industrial fire response or emergency operations.
- Occurs at a fixed industrial facility within the U.S.
- Sufficient information exists to classify the event.
Exclusion Criteria
- Non-industrial emergency responses.
- Insufficient verifiable information.
- Events unrelated to fire, rescue, hazmat, or emergency operations.
Governance Model
- Stewardship: Dataset maintained by an independent researcher.
- Versioning: Updates logged with version numbers and change summaries.
- Transparency: Governance statement, minimum dataset, and schema publicly accessible.
- Review: Periodic review and updates.
Privacy and Sensitivity
Additional privacy protections apply even when data originates from public sources.
Access and Use
- Public Access: Aggregated or anonymized versions may be published.
- Research Access: Detailed records may be shared under defined terms.
- Prohibited Uses: Harassment, commercial exploitation, or misuse of sensitive operational details.
Ethical Principles
- Respect for responders and organizations.
- Accuracy and correction of errors.
- Transparency of methods.
- Non-commercial, public-interest orientation.
- Commitment to improving industrial fire safety.
Conflicts of Interest
Material conflicts of interest will be disclosed.
Contact and Corrections
A public mechanism will be provided for submitting corrections or concerns.
3. IFRIG‑F Minimum Dataset
Incident-Level Minimum Fields
- Incident ID
- Incident date
- Incident location (city, state)
- Facility type
- Incident type (fire, explosion, hazmat, rescue, standby, training)
- Operational context
- Number of responders involved
- Injuries or fatalities (Y/N)
- Primary contributing factors
- Sources used for verification
Response-Level Minimum Fields
- Responder role category
- Employment relationship (employee, contractor, mutual aid)
- Activity at time of event
- PPE used
- Outcome (no injury, minor injury, serious injury, fatality)
- Lessons learned (if provided)
4. IFRIG‑F Anonymization Rules
Rule 1 — No new PII
No personal information beyond what is already public.
Rule 2 — Facility Anonymization
Public dataset uses facility type + state unless naming is essential and already widely public.
Rule 3 — Responder Anonymization
Use coded responder IDs and age/service bands.
Rule 4 — Sensitive Operational Details
Do not publish security vulnerabilities, proprietary processes, tactical weaknesses, or internal layouts.
Rule 5 — Small-N Protection
Aggregate data when identifiability risk is high.
Rule 6 — Correction and Removal
Organizations may request corrections or partial redaction.
5. IFRIG‑F Incident Schema
Incident Table
- incident_id
- incident_date
- incident_year
- city
- state
- facility_type
- facility_name_internal
- incident_type
- operational_context
- number_of_responders
- injuries_reported
- fatalities_reported
- contributing_factors
- sources
- notes_internal
Responder Table
- responder_id
- incident_id
- role_category
- employment_relationship
- activity_at_time
- ppe_used
- outcome
- age_band (optional)
- years_of_service_band (optional)
- notes_internal