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National Sample Survey of Unreported Residential Fires, 1984

S. M. Zdep / M. J. Kilkenny / J. McGowan

The major finding of the report is that during the year beginning in December 1983, an estimated 25,197,000 residential fires occurred in the continental U.S. of which 96 percent were not reported to fire departments. The estimate of unreported fires was much higher than in 1974 due to improved survey methods. The characteristics of reported fires were found to be quite different from unreported fires which tended to be very limited in scope, constituting mostly potential rather than serious fire hazards. The report includes data on national fire incidence, comparisons of fire and non-fire households, characteristics of residential fires, the role of consumer products in unreported fires involving residential structures, and the role of smoke detectors.

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National Sample Survey of Unreported Residential Fires, 1984

S. M. Zdep / M. J. Kilkenny / J. McGowan

The major finding of the report is that during the year beginning in December 1983, an estimated 25,197,000 residential fires occurred in the continental U.S. of which 96 percent were not reported to fire departments. The estimate of unreported fires was much higher than in 1974 due to improved survey methods. The characteristics of reported fires were found to be quite different from unreported fires which tended to be very limited in scope, constituting mostly potential rather than serious fire hazards. The report includes data on national fire incidence, comparisons of fire and non-fire households, characteristics of residential fires, the role of consumer products in unreported fires involving residential structures, and the role of smoke detectors.

National Sample Survey of Unreported Residential Fires, 1984

S. M. Zdep / M. J. Kilkenny / J. McGowan

The major finding of the report is that during the year beginning in December 1983, an estimated 25,197,000 residential fires occurred in the continental U.S. of which 96 percent were not reported to fire departments. The estimate of unreported fires was much higher than in 1974 due to improved survey methods. The characteristics of reported fires were found to be quite different from unreported fires which tended to be very limited in scope, constituting mostly potential rather than serious fire hazards. The report includes data on national fire incidence, comparisons of fire and non-fire households, characteristics of residential fires, the role of consumer products in unreported fires involving residential structures, and the role of smoke detectors.

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Title:

National Sample Survey of Unreported Residential Fires, 1984

Contributors:

S. M. Zdep (author) / M. J. Kilkenny (author) / J. McGowan (author)

Publication date:

1985

Size:

122 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Building Industry Technology , Consumer Affairs , Fires , Residential buildings , Fire hazards , Fire safety , Surveys , Smoke detectors

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