- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Agricultural Storage Fires.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 1, No. 11, 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
- storage | agriculture | fire statistics | costs | injuries | fire fatalities
- Identifiers
- 11,500 agricultural storage fires each year have a very high dollar loss per fire, both because of the cost of the structure and because of the loss of its contents; Open flame is the leading cause (24%) of agricultural storage fires. Arson is also a major cause (17%); 61% of all storage fires are in barns or stables; Storage fires often start in the structure's framing; Silo fires, which may be prone to spontaneous combustion of stored goods, are particularly dangerous and difficult to extinguish