- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Christman/Christmas Tree Fires.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 1, No. 4, 1-2, November 2000
- 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
- fire statistics | fire losses | methodology
- Identifiers
- from December 24th through the 26th, fire deaths, injuries, and dollar loss increase an average of 50%, 61%, and 43%, respectively; as Christmas trees, which are in one-third of all households, dry out, the risk of fires increases; use of candles contributes to the increase in the incidence of holiday fires; cooking fires increase on Christmas Eve and Day, but children playing and arson fires decrease