- Author
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Ahrens, M.
- Title
- Vehicle Fires Involving Buses.
- Journal
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NFPA Journal,
Vol. 100,
No. 5,
64-65,
September/October 2006
- Keywords
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buses
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automobile fires
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death
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fire statistics
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fire data
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mechanical equipment
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failure
- Identifiers
- National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS); bus and school bus fires are less common on weekends; 73 percent of these fires are reported between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.; mechanical failures and malfunctions were leading contributing factors; 1999 model year was the most common in bus and school bus fires in 2003