Fire In The United States : A Reference Work on the Nation's Fire Problem.
Bouchard, Ciro.
Fire In The United States : A Reference Work on the Nation's Fire Problem. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (95 pages) - Safety and Risk in Society . - Safety and Risk in Society .
Intro -- FIRE IN THE UNITED STATES: A REFERENCE WORK ON THE NATION'S FIRE PROBLEM -- FIRE IN THE UNITED STATES: A REFERENCE WORK ON THE NATION'S FIRE PROBLEM -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- PURPOSE AND SCOPE -- NATIONAL PROBLEM -- REGIONAL AND STATE PROFILES -- RESIDENCES AND OTHER PROPERTIES -- CAUSES OF FIRES AND FIRE LOSSES -- RACE, AGE, AND GENDER CHARACTERISTICS OF VICTIMS -- CONCLUSIONS -- End Notes -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- SOURCES -- National Fire Incident Reporting System -- U.S. Fire Departments -- Uses of NFIRS -- METHODOLOGY -- National Estimates -- Unknowns -- Incomplete Loss Reporting -- Adjusted Percentages -- Representativeness of the Sample -- Comparing Statistics to Past Editions -- Trend Data -- Cause Categories -- Rounding -- Differences between NFIRS and NFPA Data -- Unreported Fires -- ORGANIZATION OF REPORT -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 THE NATIONAL FIRE PROBLEM -- THE BROADER CONTEXT -- U.S. Fire Deaths versus Other Nations -- Total Cost of Fire -- FIRE CASUALTIES BY POPULATION GROUP -- State and Regional Profiles -- Gender -- Age -- Race -- KINDS OF PROPERTIES WHERE FIRES OCCUR -- Property Types -- Losses -- CAUSES OF FIRES AND FIRE LOSSES -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 STRUCTURES AND OTHER PROPERTIES -- STRUCTURES -- Residential -- Overview of All Residential Structures -- One- and Two-Family Dwellings -- Trends -- Apartments -- Trends -- Other Residential Structures -- Trends -- Non-Residential -- Trends -- VEHICLES AND OTHER MOBILE PROPERTIES -- Trends -- Special Data Problems -- OUTSIDE AND OTHER PROPERTIES -- Trends -- Special Data Problems -- End Notes -- APPENDIX A- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NFPA AND NFIRS ESTIMATES -- End Notes -- INDEX -- Blank Page.
9781613246115
Fire prevention -- United States.
Fires -- United States.
Electronic books.
TH9503 -- .F477 2010eb
363.37/20973
Fire In The United States : A Reference Work on the Nation's Fire Problem. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (95 pages) - Safety and Risk in Society . - Safety and Risk in Society .
Intro -- FIRE IN THE UNITED STATES: A REFERENCE WORK ON THE NATION'S FIRE PROBLEM -- FIRE IN THE UNITED STATES: A REFERENCE WORK ON THE NATION'S FIRE PROBLEM -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- PURPOSE AND SCOPE -- NATIONAL PROBLEM -- REGIONAL AND STATE PROFILES -- RESIDENCES AND OTHER PROPERTIES -- CAUSES OF FIRES AND FIRE LOSSES -- RACE, AGE, AND GENDER CHARACTERISTICS OF VICTIMS -- CONCLUSIONS -- End Notes -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- SOURCES -- National Fire Incident Reporting System -- U.S. Fire Departments -- Uses of NFIRS -- METHODOLOGY -- National Estimates -- Unknowns -- Incomplete Loss Reporting -- Adjusted Percentages -- Representativeness of the Sample -- Comparing Statistics to Past Editions -- Trend Data -- Cause Categories -- Rounding -- Differences between NFIRS and NFPA Data -- Unreported Fires -- ORGANIZATION OF REPORT -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 THE NATIONAL FIRE PROBLEM -- THE BROADER CONTEXT -- U.S. Fire Deaths versus Other Nations -- Total Cost of Fire -- FIRE CASUALTIES BY POPULATION GROUP -- State and Regional Profiles -- Gender -- Age -- Race -- KINDS OF PROPERTIES WHERE FIRES OCCUR -- Property Types -- Losses -- CAUSES OF FIRES AND FIRE LOSSES -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 STRUCTURES AND OTHER PROPERTIES -- STRUCTURES -- Residential -- Overview of All Residential Structures -- One- and Two-Family Dwellings -- Trends -- Apartments -- Trends -- Other Residential Structures -- Trends -- Non-Residential -- Trends -- VEHICLES AND OTHER MOBILE PROPERTIES -- Trends -- Special Data Problems -- OUTSIDE AND OTHER PROPERTIES -- Trends -- Special Data Problems -- End Notes -- APPENDIX A- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NFPA AND NFIRS ESTIMATES -- End Notes -- INDEX -- Blank Page.
9781613246115
Fire prevention -- United States.
Fires -- United States.
Electronic books.
TH9503 -- .F477 2010eb
363.37/20973