- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Winter Residential Fires.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 1, No. 13, 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
- residential buildings | fire statistics | weather effects | fire fighting
- Identifiers
- Christmas/Christmas Tree Each year, more than a half million winter fires cause $3 billion in property loss, 1,900 deaths, and nearly 8,000 injuries; Heating is the leading cause of winter fires, whereas cooking is the leading cause over the entire year; January is the peak month for residential fire deaths and injuries; Winter months put extraordinary strains on firefighter abilities --more hazardous getting to the fire, frozen water supplies, increased risk of injury and dehydration