Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and TechnologyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Prevention of Residential Fire Fatalities
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and TechnologyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Prevention of Residential Fire Fatalities
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and TechnologyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Residential Fire Safety
Author: Marcus RuneforsPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031063252
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive overview of deaths and injuries from residential fires as well as the most up to date information on evidence-based approaches to reduce this problem. The volume serves as a guide for professionals working in the field of fire prevention and as a textbook for instruction in universities and fire service schools. The authors’ interdisciplinary approach, where public health methodology is combined with fire protection engineering, medicine, and policy science, is quite distinctive outside of the technical literature devoted to larger scale fire events. Traditional textbooks on fire protection tend to describe the problem as purely technical, whereas in essence it is a problem of human vulnerability. In this book, readers will find lucid and rigorous descriptions of various risk groups and effective preventive measures that are effective, both in general and with respect to the different risk groups. They will also find work processes to facilitate risk reduction. Summarizing state-of-the-art knowledge and giving guidance for the future, both in terms of preventive efforts and ongoing research, Residential Fire Safety: An Interdisciplinary Approach, is ideal for students, educators, and practitioners of residential fire protection.
Residential Fire Fatalities
Author: Eight Fatality Row House Fire; Lessons Learned from Residential Fires with Five or More Fatalities; Chester, PA
Author: Prevention of Residential Fire Fatalities
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and TechnologyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Highlights of Fire in the United States
Author: National Fire Data Center (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fires
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Fire Education: People, Programs, and Sources
Author: Fire Deaths in the United States
Author: Geraldine FristromPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Implementation Guide
Author: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.). Division of Unintentional Injury PreventionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Each year in the United States, about three of every four fire-related deaths and injuries occur because of home fires. Seniors are at particularly high risk for injury and death from residential fires. In fact, people over 65 years of age are three times more likely to die in a residential fire as people younger than 65. Having physical or mental impairments, using chemical substances such as medicines and alcohol, and living with smokers or in substandard housing are some of the risk factors that make older adults more vulnerable to fire injury and death. Although most fires and associated injuries could be prevented, a large number of households lack working smoke alarms, which could alert them in case of fire. Other households may not be aware of fire safety actions they can take that could potentially save their lives. Effective residential fire safety interventions, including smoke alarm installation and fire prevention education, have been proven to reduce the risk of injury and death, particularly among high-risk households. Therefore, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) have created the Fire Safe Seniors Program to help organizations like yours to plan and implement fire safety interventions for the high-risk group of older adults.