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This report is intended for individuals working with fire safety issues in small Board and Care (B&C) homes. The report addresses ways in which fire safety professionals may evaluate and improve small B&C home fire evacuation plans. A small B&C home is defined for this report as a detached dwelling providing shelter for 16 or fewer individuals. This definition is consistent with that used in the National Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code; however, the contents of this report are not limited to material appearing only in the Life Safety Code (LX). This report is not intended for use with apartment buildings or high-rise occupancies. This report was developed because residents of a B&C home are five times more likely to die in a house fire than residents of a typical single family home. As B&C homes improve their fire evacuation capability more occupants will escape life-threatening fires.
This report is intended for individuals working with fire safety issues in small Board and Care (B&C) homes. The report addresses ways in which fire safety professionals may evaluate and improve small B&C home fire evacuation plans. A small B&C home is defined for this report as a detached dwelling providing shelter for 16 or fewer individuals. This definition is consistent with that used in the National Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code; however, the contents of this report are not limited to material appearing only in the Life Safety Code (LX). This report is not intended for use with apartment buildings or high-rise occupancies. This report was developed because residents of a B&C home are five times more likely to die in a house fire than residents of a typical single family home. As B&C homes improve their fire evacuation capability more occupants will escape life-threatening fires.
Small Board and Care Fire Evacuations: A Guide for the Fire Safety Professional
S. Deal (author)
1993
14 pages
Report
No indication
English
Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Building Industry Technology , Fire safety , Nursing homes , Evacuating(Transportation) , Emergency planning , Egress , Occupational safety , Planning , Fire protection , Residential buildings , Board and care homes
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