- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Heating Fires in Residential Structures.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 1, No. 9, 1-4, 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 | heating | fire statistics | equipment | heat sources | fire fatalities
- Identifiers
- Since 1984, heating fires have decreased fourfold, primarily because the 1980s surge in the use of space heaters and wood burning has abated; Heating fires are the leading cause of fires in rural areas of the country. They represent the second leading cause of all residential fires (behind cooking fires); More than half of residential heating fires are due to mechanical failure. In one- and two-family residences, onethird of heating fires results from improper maintenance of heating equipment