hendelsestype

Hendelsestype is a term used in data management and public safety to denote the category or nature of a reported event. It acts as a classificatory label that groups events by their underlying cause or kind, such as accidents, crimes, fires, medical emergencies, natural disasters, or system failures. The concept facilitates systematic analysis and reporting across agencies and studies.

Etymology: In Danish and Norwegian, hendelse means incident or event, and type is self-explanatory; together hendelsestype expresses the event's classification. The term is used in both Nordic languages and is sometimes encountered in multilingual datasets.

Usage: In practice, hendelsestype is stored as a field in incident reports, dispatch logs, and research datasets. It supports filtering, trend analysis, and resource allocation by enabling comparisons between events of the same kind. Values can form a hierarchical taxonomy, for example, fire > house fire; crime > burglary; medical > cardiac arrest.

Limitations: The usefulness of hendelsestype depends on clear definitions and consistent reporting. Ambiguities in category boundaries or differences between organizations can hinder comparability.

See also: incident type, event taxonomy, data classification, public safety data management.