Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Restaurant Building Fires: Topical Fire Report Series, Volume 12, Issue 1
There are many different types of restaurants from chain restaurants that are found at many locations, including fast food restaurants, to small, family-owned restaurants that limit business to a single location. Restaurants also vary by the different types of food that they prepare and serve to their customers. No matter the type, however, each restaurant poses unique fire risks as it engages in cooking activities and large numbers of customers potentially gather at one time. From 2007 to 2009, an estimated 5,900 restaurant building fires occurred annually in the United States causing 75 injuries and 172 million in property loss. Although national estimates resulted in zero restaurant building fire deaths for 2007 to 2009, the potential for fire-related fatalities still exists in these establishments. This report examines the characteristics of restaurant building fires reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) from 2007 to 2009, the most recent data available at the time of this analysis. The NFIRS data are used for the analyses presented throughout the report. For the purpose of the report, the terms nonresidential fires and restaurant fires are synonymous with nonresidential building fires and restaurant building fires, respectively. Restaurant fires is used throughout the body of this report; the findings, tables, charts, headings, and footnotes reflect the full category, restaurant building fires.
Restaurant Building Fires: Topical Fire Report Series, Volume 12, Issue 1
There are many different types of restaurants from chain restaurants that are found at many locations, including fast food restaurants, to small, family-owned restaurants that limit business to a single location. Restaurants also vary by the different types of food that they prepare and serve to their customers. No matter the type, however, each restaurant poses unique fire risks as it engages in cooking activities and large numbers of customers potentially gather at one time. From 2007 to 2009, an estimated 5,900 restaurant building fires occurred annually in the United States causing 75 injuries and 172 million in property loss. Although national estimates resulted in zero restaurant building fire deaths for 2007 to 2009, the potential for fire-related fatalities still exists in these establishments. This report examines the characteristics of restaurant building fires reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) from 2007 to 2009, the most recent data available at the time of this analysis. The NFIRS data are used for the analyses presented throughout the report. For the purpose of the report, the terms nonresidential fires and restaurant fires are synonymous with nonresidential building fires and restaurant building fires, respectively. Restaurant fires is used throughout the body of this report; the findings, tables, charts, headings, and footnotes reflect the full category, restaurant building fires.
Restaurant Building Fires: Topical Fire Report Series, Volume 12, Issue 1
2011
11 pages
Report
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Englisch