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Fire-Code Inspections and Fire Prevention: What Methods Lead to Success
This study was undertaken to determine whether some fire-code inspection practices result in fewer fires, lower fire loss, and fewer civilian casualties in properties covered by fire codes (excluding one- and two-family residences) than do other fire-code inspection practices. The research involved (1) identifying the fires and civilian fire casualties that are potentially preventable by inspection and measuring the proportion of fires and casualties which are of that type; (2) relating differences in characteristics of fire-code inspection practice to differences in fire rates for a representative group of cities; and (3) examining the circumstances of major casualty incidents across the country to determine the relative preventability of those incidents. It was found that cities that annually inspect all or nearly all inspectable properties appear to have substantially lower fire rates than do other cities. Moreover, deficiencies in building features and the absence of automatic fire protection equipment were factors in most of the 48 incidents involving ten or more civilian deaths in inspectable buildings in the United States between 1969 and 1977.
Fire-Code Inspections and Fire Prevention: What Methods Lead to Success
This study was undertaken to determine whether some fire-code inspection practices result in fewer fires, lower fire loss, and fewer civilian casualties in properties covered by fire codes (excluding one- and two-family residences) than do other fire-code inspection practices. The research involved (1) identifying the fires and civilian fire casualties that are potentially preventable by inspection and measuring the proportion of fires and casualties which are of that type; (2) relating differences in characteristics of fire-code inspection practice to differences in fire rates for a representative group of cities; and (3) examining the circumstances of major casualty incidents across the country to determine the relative preventability of those incidents. It was found that cities that annually inspect all or nearly all inspectable properties appear to have substantially lower fire rates than do other cities. Moreover, deficiencies in building features and the absence of automatic fire protection equipment were factors in most of the 48 incidents involving ten or more civilian deaths in inspectable buildings in the United States between 1969 and 1977.
Fire-Code Inspections and Fire Prevention: What Methods Lead to Success
J. R. Hall (author) / M. J. Karter (author) / M. Koss (author) / A. H. Schainblatt (author) / T. C. McNerney (author)
1978
142 pages
Report
No indication
English
Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Building Industry Technology , Fire prevention , Building codes , Fire safety , Fire detection systems , Fire protection , Law(Jurisprudence) , Law enforcement , Fire alarm systems , Urban planning , Fire codes , Fire inspections , Building fires
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