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Fire Fatalities and Fatal Fires – Risk Factors and Risk Groups
Knowledge of the relevant risk factors is a prerequisite for effective strategies to prevent fatal residential fires. The aim of this chapter is to present the most important known risk factors for residential fire fatalities.
This review of the literature concentrates on various characteristics of the individuals and households experiencing fatal residential firesResidential fires. We have chosen not to include various types of fireFires safety measures in this review, such as smoke alarmsSmoke alarms, fireFires extinguishers, or mobile sprinklers, as these are the subject of another chapter.
The literature studied provides a reasonably consistent picture of several basic risk factors for death in a residential fireResidential fires. With respect to age, the oldest have the highest risk. Among children, it is the youngest who have the highest risk. In all age groups, men are at greater risk than women. SmokingSmoking and alcoholAlcohol have a large effect on risk. Certain socio-demographic factors are clearly associated with higher risk, such as living alone, having a low incomeIncome, or being unemployed. In addition, individuals with functional limitationsFunctional limitations are at greater risk than others. These risk factors have been observed to hold true over an extended period of time in several countries, despite a gradual decrease in the mortalityMortality rate from residential firesResidential fires in the last decades.
We note that much of the research on risk factors is relatively old, and many studies are of a descriptive nature. It is clear that many of the risk factors identified in the research are correlated. It is desirable that future studies take more account of covariation between the various risk factors and control for confounding factors. In addition, large-scale population-based case-control or cohort studies have the potential to provide a deeper understanding of risk factors for residential fireResidential fires fatalities.
Fire Fatalities and Fatal Fires – Risk Factors and Risk Groups
Knowledge of the relevant risk factors is a prerequisite for effective strategies to prevent fatal residential fires. The aim of this chapter is to present the most important known risk factors for residential fire fatalities.
This review of the literature concentrates on various characteristics of the individuals and households experiencing fatal residential firesResidential fires. We have chosen not to include various types of fireFires safety measures in this review, such as smoke alarmsSmoke alarms, fireFires extinguishers, or mobile sprinklers, as these are the subject of another chapter.
The literature studied provides a reasonably consistent picture of several basic risk factors for death in a residential fireResidential fires. With respect to age, the oldest have the highest risk. Among children, it is the youngest who have the highest risk. In all age groups, men are at greater risk than women. SmokingSmoking and alcoholAlcohol have a large effect on risk. Certain socio-demographic factors are clearly associated with higher risk, such as living alone, having a low incomeIncome, or being unemployed. In addition, individuals with functional limitationsFunctional limitations are at greater risk than others. These risk factors have been observed to hold true over an extended period of time in several countries, despite a gradual decrease in the mortalityMortality rate from residential firesResidential fires in the last decades.
We note that much of the research on risk factors is relatively old, and many studies are of a descriptive nature. It is clear that many of the risk factors identified in the research are correlated. It is desirable that future studies take more account of covariation between the various risk factors and control for confounding factors. In addition, large-scale population-based case-control or cohort studies have the potential to provide a deeper understanding of risk factors for residential fireResidential fires fatalities.
Fire Fatalities and Fatal Fires – Risk Factors and Risk Groups
The soc. of Fire Protection Engineers Series
Runefors, Marcus (Herausgeber:in) / Andersson, Ragnar (Herausgeber:in) / Delin, Mattias (Herausgeber:in) / Gell, Thomas (Herausgeber:in) / Jonsson, Anders (Autor:in) / McIntyre, Colin (Autor:in) / Runefors, Marcus (Autor:in)
28.08.2022
15 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Risk Factors for Fatal Residential Fires
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