- Author
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Harwood, B.
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Fansler, L.
- Title
- Feasibility Study of Obtaining Field Data on Cigarette-Ignited Fires. Volume 8. Technical Study Group Cigarette Safety Act of 1984.
- Coporate
- Consumer Product Safety Comm., Washington, DC
Technical Study Group Cigarette Safety Act of 1984
- Report
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Volume 8,
October 1987,
46 p.
- Keywords
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cigarettes
- Identifiers
- consumer products
- Abstract
- This report describes the results of a short-term pilot study designed to evaluate the feasibility of collecting field data about fires ignited by cigarettes. Results from the pilot study indicated that a full scale study is feasible. Specifically, the pilot study sought to determine whether the following data could reasonable be collected about the universe of cigarette fires that occur within a sample population: the cigarette that ignited the fire; household materials first ignited by the cigarette; demographic characteristics of the smoker. A cooperative effort was planned between staff of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety commission (CPSC) and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). Nine fire departments agreed to participate, submitting a one-page supplemental report to their routine fire incident report. The data collection period was roughly March and April, 1987. In summary, results from the pilot study indicated that a full-scale study is both feasible and desirable. With additional training and lead time it is expected that response rates from the pilot study could be significantly improved.