- Author
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Emsley, A. M.
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Lim, L.
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Stevens, G. C.
- Title
- International Fire Statistics and the Potential Benefits of Fire Counter-Measures.
- Coporate
- University of Surrey, UK
- Book or Conf
- Flame Retardants 2002. (Flame Retardants '02). 10th Conference Proceedings. British Plastics Federation and Interscience Communications in collaboration with the Association of Plastics Manufacturers, European Flame Retardant Association and the Fire Retardant Chemicals Association. February 5-6, 2002,
Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England,
London, England,
23-32 p.,
2002
- Keywords
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flame retardants
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fire statistics
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fire fatalities
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injuries
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fire alarm systems
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smoking
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economic factors
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costs
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bedding
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regulations
- Identifiers
- risk reduction; statistical trends in UK household fires; 1988 regulations in perspective and sources of information; pre- and post-1988 trends in UK fatal fire injuries; pre- and post-1988 trends in UK non-fatal fire injuries; U.S. fatality trends, corrected for the increased use of fire alarms; changing smoking habits in the UK since 1975; correlation of number of fires to smoking habits in the UK since 1975; life and injury saving benefits; economic losses and benefits; furniture and bedding production and replacement trends in the UK