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Fire Fatality Study
Over a six year period, 523 fire fatalities resulting from 392 fires were studied in the State of Maryland. The study had two major objectives; (1) to determine the specific cause of death by a detailed autopsy study of fire victims and (2) to determine the specific cause of fatality-producing fire by an on-the-scene fire investigation. The fire fatality study was limited to residential fires and to fatalities that occurred within six hours of the fire. The results of the toxicological analysis show that (1) 60% of the victims had a COHb value greater than or equal to 50% carbon monoxide saturation, (2) an additional 20% had elevated carboxyhemoglobin with pre-existing cardiovascular disease, (3) 11% of the victims had severe burns, (4) 9% were unexplained and (5) 40% of the victims had positive blood alcohol levels with 30% of these meeting the legal definition of intoxication (blood alcohol = or > 0.1%). The fire investigations confirmed that the predominate fatal scenario is the cigarette ignition of upholstered furniture or bedding. This scenario accounted for 47% of the fires and 44% of the victims. Alcohol also appears to be a significant factor in this scenario.
Fire Fatality Study
Over a six year period, 523 fire fatalities resulting from 392 fires were studied in the State of Maryland. The study had two major objectives; (1) to determine the specific cause of death by a detailed autopsy study of fire victims and (2) to determine the specific cause of fatality-producing fire by an on-the-scene fire investigation. The fire fatality study was limited to residential fires and to fatalities that occurred within six hours of the fire. The results of the toxicological analysis show that (1) 60% of the victims had a COHb value greater than or equal to 50% carbon monoxide saturation, (2) an additional 20% had elevated carboxyhemoglobin with pre-existing cardiovascular disease, (3) 11% of the victims had severe burns, (4) 9% were unexplained and (5) 40% of the victims had positive blood alcohol levels with 30% of these meeting the legal definition of intoxication (blood alcohol = or > 0.1%). The fire investigations confirmed that the predominate fatal scenario is the cigarette ignition of upholstered furniture or bedding. This scenario accounted for 47% of the fires and 44% of the victims. Alcohol also appears to be a significant factor in this scenario.
Fire Fatality Study
M. M. Birky (Autor:in) / B. M. Halpin (Autor:in) / Y. H. Caplan (Autor:in) / R. S. Fisher (Autor:in) / J. M. McAllister (Autor:in)
1979
8 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Building Equipment, Furnishings, & Maintenance , Fires , Casualties , Residential buildings , Autopsy , Carbon monoxide , Cardiovascular diseases , Burns(Injuries) , Alcoholic beverages , Houses , Maryland , Reprints , Accident causes , Carboxyhemoglobin , Blood alcohol concentration , Smoking
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