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Fire Death Scenarios and Fire Safety Planning

F. B. Clarke / J. Ottoson

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the fire loss scenario as a tool for planning. Scenarios are defined in terms of categories of fire loss (death, injury or property loss) and the circumstances (occupancy type, ignition source, etc.) which surround each incident. Fire statistics from four sources are combined to provide a quantitative ranking of the most important scenarios for fire deaths. Fourteen scenarios account for approximately 66 percent of U.S. fire deaths. The most important of these is the residential fire deaths caused by ignition of furnishings items by careless smoking. This scenario scene accounts for 27 percent of fire deaths. The implications of these findings for planning for safety programs are discussed.

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Fire Death Scenarios and Fire Safety Planning

F. B. Clarke / J. Ottoson

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the fire loss scenario as a tool for planning. Scenarios are defined in terms of categories of fire loss (death, injury or property loss) and the circumstances (occupancy type, ignition source, etc.) which surround each incident. Fire statistics from four sources are combined to provide a quantitative ranking of the most important scenarios for fire deaths. Fourteen scenarios account for approximately 66 percent of U.S. fire deaths. The most important of these is the residential fire deaths caused by ignition of furnishings items by careless smoking. This scenario scene accounts for 27 percent of fire deaths. The implications of these findings for planning for safety programs are discussed.

Fire Death Scenarios and Fire Safety Planning

F. B. Clarke / J. Ottoson

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the fire loss scenario as a tool for planning. Scenarios are defined in terms of categories of fire loss (death, injury or property loss) and the circumstances (occupancy type, ignition source, etc.) which surround each incident. Fire statistics from four sources are combined to provide a quantitative ranking of the most important scenarios for fire deaths. Fourteen scenarios account for approximately 66 percent of U.S. fire deaths. The most important of these is the residential fire deaths caused by ignition of furnishings items by careless smoking. This scenario scene accounts for 27 percent of fire deaths. The implications of these findings for planning for safety programs are discussed.

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Title:

Fire Death Scenarios and Fire Safety Planning

Contributors:

F. B. Clarke (author) / J. Ottoson (author)

Publication date:

1976

Size:

5 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Building Industry Technology , Fire losses , Residential buildings , Scenarios , Death , Damage , Injuries , Smoking , Ignition , Statistical distributions , Household fabrics , Fire safety , Planning , Reprints , Causal analysis

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