- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Grill Fires.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1-3, July 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
- grill fires | fire statistics | costs | residential buildings
- Identifiers
- each year, an average of 6,500 grill fires result in nearly $27 million in property loss; most grill fires are associated with residences; grill fires increase during the warm-weather months, corresponding to increased outdoor recreational activities; as the public increases its use of gas grills, the number of gas grill fires has increased significantly, with a corresponding drop in charcoal fires; mechanical failure or malfunction is by far the leading ignition factor for grill fires