- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Dormitory Fires.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 1, No. 14, 1-3, January 2001
- Distribution
- For more information about Topical Fire Research Series contact: Website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/nfdc/tfrs.htm AVAILABLE FROM: U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 16825 South Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Telephone: 301-447-1000. Website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/
- Keywords
- dormitories | fire statistics | costs | injuries | fire alarm systems | smoke detectors | time
- Identifiers
- Dollar loss and fatalities per dormitory fire are one-third of the national average; Dormitory fires occur most often when school is in session; 33% of dormitory fires are the result of arson, which is more than twice that of arson fires in residential structures; Most injuries (56%) from dormitory fires are incurred while the victim attempts to suppress the blaze; Smoke alarms operated in 79% of dormitory fires, twice the number as in residences. Alarms were present in 93% of dormitory fires