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Fire In The United States : A Reference Work on the Nation's Fire Problem.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Safety and Risk in SocietyPublisher: Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2009Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (95 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781613246115
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fire In The United States: A Reference Work on the Nation's Fire ProblemDDC classification:
  • 363.37/20973
LOC classification:
  • TH9503 -- .F477 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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